Maternal, Parental and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN) Conference
This interdisciplinary conference is being organised by the Maternal, Parental and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN), University of Central Lancashire.
The conference convenors are Professor Gill Thomson, Professor of Perinatal Health and Dr Victoria Hall Moran, Reader in Maternal and Child Nutrition.
The conference links closely with the international journal Maternal and Child Nutrition (Wiley Publishing) which has its editorial office in MAINN. Senior Editors are Victoria Hall Moran and Rafael Perez-Escamilla (Yale University, USA).
Conference aims
- Illuminate the socio-cultural, political and economic influences upon infant and child feeding practices.
- Explore the nature of relationships within families in connection with various types of nutritive and nurturing behaviour in infancy and childhood.
- Increase the understanding of breastfeeding as a bio-psychosocial activity.
- Enhance understanding of the complex interactions between socio-cultural, psychological and biological factors in infant and child feeding, eating and nutrition.
- Focus on key initiatives that may impact upon practices related to infant and child feeding, eating and nutrition.
Conference location
The conference venue is The Grange Hotel, Grange over Sands, LA11 6EJ. This is situated on the fringe of the Lake District in beautiful surroundings.
Visit The Grange Hotel website to find out more.
Conference fee
£150 per day or £450 full three days, non-residential. There is no VAT charged on the conference fee.
All presenters will need to register for the conference and pay for the days they are attending.
Accommodation is not included in the conference fee and must be booked and paid for separately.
Grange Hotel
B&B rate of £116 for sole occupancy, small additional charge for dual occupancy.
This can be booked with the Grange Hotel via email or 015395 33666.
Alternatively, other accommodation can be found below:
Clare House
Park Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7HQ.
Visit their website.
Email or call 015395 33026 to book.
Approx. 15 minutes walk to venue, wheelchair accessible rooms.
Corner Beech House
Kents Bank Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7DP.
Visit their website.
Email or call 015395 33088 to book.
Approx. 10/15 minutes walk to venue.
Cumbria Grand Hotel
Lindale Rd, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6EN.
Visit their website.
Email or call 015395 32331 to book.
Approx. 5 minutes’ walk to venue.
Grange Boutique Hotel
Kents Bank Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7EY.
Visit their website.
Email or call 015395 33076 to book
Approx. 20 minutes’ walk to venue
Hampsfell House Hotel
Grange Over Sands, LA11 6BG.
Visit their website.
Email or call 015395 32567 to book.
Approx. 15 minutes’ walk to venue
Netherwood Hotel
Lindale Road, LA11 6ET.
Visit their website.
Email or call 015395 32552 to book.
Approx. 5 minutes’ walk to venue, wheelchair accessible rooms.
Somerset House
Kents Bank Road, Grange Over Sands, LA11 7EY
Visit their website.
Email or call 015395 32631 to book.
Approx. 10 minutes’ walk to venue
For conference enquiries, please email the Events Team or Tel: +44 (0)1772 892650
For academic enquiries please contact Professor Gill Thomson or Dr Victoria Hall Moran.
For enquiries regarding publishing your abstract in Maternal and Child Nutrition, please contact Dr Victoria Hall Moran here.
- Cheryl Battersby – Consultant Neonatologist, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Neonatal Medicine, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London.
- Constance Ching - Consultant, WHO Code Implementation & Advocacy Alive & Thrive, East Asia Pacific, Malaysia.
- Kate Jolly – Professor, Institute of Applied Health Research, Professor of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Birmingham.
- Elaine Speight - Reader in Curatorial Practice and Place, University of Central Lancashire.
- Sera Young – Associate Professor, Anthropology & Global Health, Northwestern University, USA.
- Phillip Baker - Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of Sydney, Australia.
Papers (30 minute presentation), workshops (60 minute presentation) or posters are invited on:
- Infant and child nutrition and feeding (to include biological, social, cultural, psychological, political, economic and practice issues). The scope includes fetal and neonatal nutrition, infant and child nutrition, feeding and eating including adolescence.
- Nurturing the infant–parent relationship. The scope includes infants, parents, staff and/or organisations.
Papers and workshops will be presented at concurrent sessions and posters will be displayed and discussed during designated poster sessions.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the Conference Scientific Review Committee chaired by Professor Gill Thomson and Dr Victoria Hall Moran. Please submit your abstract here.
You can access the book of abstracts for previous conferences here.
Maternal & Child Nutrition journal would like to invite you to submit your abstract for publication in the MAINN published conference proceedings. The proceedings will have open online access. Please note that abstracts will be subject to peer review. Should your abstract be accepted for publication in this special issue of Maternal & Child Nutrition, it will not preclude you from subsequently publishing your research in full in any journal. Please indicate if for any reason you prefer not to have your abstract published in the book of proceedings.
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