1st Annual Worldwide Nursing Conference (WNC) to be held in beautiful and vibrant Singapore. Nursing practice is both a science and an art. It requires scientific skill yet demands a strong background in the social sciences and humanities. Nursing makes a significant contribution to the health maintenance, health promotion and well-being of individuals, local communities … Continue reading CFP: Health Disparities (WNC)
Month: January 2013
CFS: Social and Behavioral Aspects of LGBT Health (Annals Behav Med)
Call for Papers: Social and Behavioral Aspects of LGBT Health | Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Third Special Section on Understanding and Minimizing Health Disparities: Focus on Social and Behavioral Aspects of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued the report, The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and … Continue reading CFS: Social and Behavioral Aspects of LGBT Health (Annals Behav Med)
CFS: Health Equity & Sexual Minority Populations (J Am Psych Nurs Assoc)
Call for Papers for a Focused Issue of the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association: Advancing Health Equity in Disparity Populations--Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People Guest Editors: Alicia Matthews, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Chicago, IL; Tonda Hughes, Ph.D., RN, FAAN University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, … Continue reading CFS: Health Equity & Sexual Minority Populations (J Am Psych Nurs Assoc)
RAMESES: Meta-narrative reviews & realist syntheses
The Journal of Advanced Nursing has published two standards developed as part of the Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Syntheses Evolving Standards (RAMESES) project: "The RAMESES project is a NIHR funded international collaboration to produce such guidance and standards for these new forms of systematic review - Realist syntheses and Meta-narrative reviews." "RAMESES publication standards: meta-narrative … Continue reading RAMESES: Meta-narrative reviews & realist syntheses
Chronicle: Should You Say Yes Or No?
One obstacle to completing writing projects is already having too much else to do, what Robert Boice characterizes as "busyness." Nurses, with an ethos of service at the core of their careers, may have particular difficulty knowing when (and how) to say, "No." Natalie Houston, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, offers some guidelines … Continue reading Chronicle: Should You Say Yes Or No?
CFP: Public Health (ICPP)
ICPP - Call for papers - The Widening Agenda of Public Health - Grenoble, June 26-28 June 2013 A widening public health agenda challenges governments in new and different ways. For example, the growing evidence of the importance of the social determinants of health suggests that economic inequality is closely correlated with poor health. New … Continue reading CFP: Public Health (ICPP)
CFP: Global Public Health (APHA)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 141st APHA Annual Meeting | Theme: Think Global, Act Local: Best Practices Around the World Medical Care Submission Deadline: Friday, February 8, 2013 OVERVIEW: For the 141st Annual Meeting, in Boston, Medical Care Section invites abstracts that fit with this year’s theme (in the title above) and with the Section's interests--advances … Continue reading CFP: Global Public Health (APHA)
CFP: LGBT Global Health
Call for Abstracts: The LGBT Caucus of Public Health Professionals is soliciting abstracts for presentations in its scientific sessions at the 141st Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association in Boston, Massachusetts, November 2 – 6, 2013. Topics should focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health research and/or the conference theme, “Think Global … Continue reading CFP: LGBT Global Health
CFP: Colonial, Post-Colonial Nursing
Call for Papers: History of Colonial and Post-Colonial Nursing, July 4, 2013 Oxford, United Kingdom The UK Association for the History of Nursing Colloquium will be held on 4 July 2013 at the History Faculty, University of Oxford. This year’s theme will explore the ‘History of Colonial and Post-Colonial Nursing’. The history of nursing presents … Continue reading CFP: Colonial, Post-Colonial Nursing
CFP: Understanding Embodiment (ICNAP)
ICNAP V CONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS The Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists, 24—26 May 2013, Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA CONFERENCE THEME: “Understanding Embodiment” ICNAP: The Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists calls for abstracts to be submitted for inclusion in our 2013 meeting at Ramapo College May 24—26. Founded in 2009, ICNAP … Continue reading CFP: Understanding Embodiment (ICNAP)