II International Workshop “Health and citizenship: Equity in maternal-child healthcare in times of crisis”

II International Workshop

Health and Citizenship:

Equity in maternal-child healthcare in times of crisis

27-28th February, 2014

ISCTE-IUL, University Institute of Lisbon

Portugal

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

In current context of crisis, uncertainty and progressive impoverishment of an increasing part of the population in Portugal and other Southern European countries, one of the greatest risks is the deterioration of health and the increase of health inequalities, particularly in populations living under conditions of vulnerability and social exclusion. This includes immigrants, their descendants and other groups suffering with particular strength the consequences of the crisis as a result of unemployment, economic instability, the general precarization of working and living conditions, and the retrenchment of the Welfare State.

In this scenario, immigrant pregnant women and mothers are one of the most vulnerable groups, together with those at risk of social exclusion, including native women. Assuming that health and healthcare are a matter of human rights, the reduction of healthcare inequalities among pregnant women and mothers is a key challenge for the present and future health of Europeans.

The II International Workshop “Health and citizenship: Equity in maternal-child healthcare in times of crisis” is intended to provide a forum for researchers, academics, policy makers, healthcare providers and users, and the civil society, in order to share multidisciplinary knowledge on the impact of the crisis on maternal-child health and healthcare, and discuss policies, practices and strategies oriented to promote equity in maternal-child healthcare in times of crisis.

This International Workshop is organized as part of the research project “Health and citizenship: Gaps and needs in intercultural healthcare to immigrant mothers” (Ref. PTDC/CS-SOC/113384/2009), funded by the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT), Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal. Preliminary results of this research project will be presented during the conference.
 

Call for papers

We are pleased to invite researchers, academics, healthcare providers and users, policy makers, members of civil society organizations, university students and other stakeholders, to participate in the II International Workshop “Health and citizenship: Equity in maternal-child healthcare in times of crisis”, an event that will take place the 27-28^th February 2014, at the University Institute of Lisbon, ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, Portugal.

Papers may be submitted in the following categories: oral communication, poster, and video presentation.

Oral communication: Oral presentation of research or practice papers, focused on the dissemination of research results or practices, interventions and community actions oriented to address a specific need or problem in the field of maternal-child care. In research papers, the presentation of empirical research results is required. Oral communications will be organized in coordinated sessions with a duration of 1 ½ hours. Each contributor will have 15 minutes to present, plus 5 minutes for discussion.

Abstracts for oral communications (research/practice) should include:

• Title
• Authors, institutions, country
• Key words: no more than 5 key words
• Summary: between 300 and 500 words

Video presentations: Documentaries or video presentations focused on the conference topics, including specific practices, interventions or community actions oriented to address a specific need or problem in the field of maternal-child care. Contributors will make a brief introduction of the video (no more than 5 minutes) and will moderate a discussion with participants in the session (no more than 10 minutes). Videos should have a recommended duration of no more than 15 minutes.

Abstracts for video presentations should include:

• Title
• Authors, institutions, country
• Key words: 3 key words
• Summary of the video/documentary: no more than 300 words
• Full version of the video

Papers (oral communications, posters) and video presentations should be focused on one of the following topics, with particular attention to health and healthcare inequalities in current context of crisis, the role of migration-driven diversity, and the transfer of knowledge to policy, practice and action:

• Reproductive health                         
• Pregnancy and birth
• Maternal health and healthcare        
• Child health and healthcare
• Social determinants of maternal-child health and healthcare
• Community maternal-child health
• Strategies for the promotion of equity in maternal-child healthcare

Contributions may be submitted in English, Portuguese or Spanish. A selection of the most relevant oral communications and posters (full version) will be published as an electronic book (ebook with ISBN).

Dates and deadlines:

• Abstract submission (extended deadline): 1^st February, 2014
• Acceptance notification: 7^th February, 2014
• Registration: 20^th February, 2014

Organizing Committee:

Beatriz Padilla, PhD.                           Sonia Hernández Plaza, PhD.  

Erika Masanet, PhD.                           Cláudia da Freitas, PhD.

Alejandra Ortiz, MA                             Elsa Rodrigues, MA

José M. Peixoto Caldas, PhD.             Ligia Moreira Almeida, MA

Scientific Committee:

Helena Legido-Quigley, PhD. (invited speaker). London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London (United Kingdom).

Hannah Bradby, PhD. (invited speaker). Department of Women's and Children's Health (WHO Collaborating Centre), Uppsala University (Sweden). Co-editor of the journal “Ethnicity and Health”, and “Sociology of Health and Illness” monograph series editor

Walter Devillé, PhD. (invited speaker). Netherlands Institute for Health Service Research (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Elvira Méndez (invited speaker and project advisor). Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona (Spain) / Director of Health and Family Association

Bárbara Bäckström, PhD. (discussant). Centro de Estudos das Migrações e Relações Interculturais (CEMRI), Universidade Aberta, Lisbon (Portugal)

Beatriz Padilla, PhD. (project coordinator). Centre for Research in Social Sciences (CICS), University of Minho

Sonia Hernández Plaza, PhD. (research team member, former Marie Curie Fellow). Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL), ISCTE-IUL

Erika Masanet, PhD. (research team member)        . University of Valencia (Spain)

Registration form available at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-8-oXwfVpzp07AeipBSEPuVCMKCn-LwUZn6cOgy-5Gc/viewform

For further information, please contact the organizers at: healthcitizenship@gmail.com