Call for Papers - Maternal Health & Well-Being - Journal of Association for Research on Mothering

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Maternal Health and Well-Being

The editorial board is seeking submissions for Vol. 11.1 of the

Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)

to be published in Spring/Summer 2009.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Maternal Health and Well-Being

(physical, psychological, social, economic, sexual, political and spiritual issues)

The journal will explore the topic of Maternal Health and Well-Being from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, health care professionals and other health workers, artists, mothers and others who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We also welcome creative reflections such as poetry, short stories, and artwork on the subject.

Topics can include (but are not limited to):

maternal health promotion and education; globalization and maternal health; maternal health activism; reproductive justice; public policy and maternal health; the environment and maternal health issues; mothers and healthy living; maternal health and challenges within Indigenous communities; mothers with disabilities; mothers with illnesses; HIV/AIDS; breast cancer; mental health issues; postpartum depression; disease prevention; psychiatry; psychology; medicine; pregnancy; childbirth; breastfeeding; young mothers; mothers and aging; work and family balance; maternal nutrition; disordered eating; mothering children with disabilities; violence against mothers and children; sexual abuse, healing through the arts; addictions and recovery; raising healthy children; politics of reproduction; abortion; sterilization; maternal sexuality; maternal health promotion and education; LBGT maternal health issues; menstruation; menopause; mothers and the health professions; representations/images of mothers and health/well-being issues

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Articles should be 15 pages (3750 words).

All should be in MLA style, WordPerfect or Word and IBM compatible.

Please see our style guide for complete details.

http://www.yorku.ca/arm/styleguide.html

For more information, please contact us.

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

** TO SUBMIT WORK ONE MUST BE A MEMBER OF ARM

http://www.yorku.ca/arm/armmembership.html

Please direct your submissions to:

Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
726 Atkinson, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3