Last call for abstract submissions: Don’t miss your final chance!

iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference | Healthier Beginnings | 8 May 2025

The deadline for abstract submissions for our iHV Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Conference 2025 is fast approaching! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to showcase your work on a national platform.

Submit your abstract here by 7 October 2024.

The annual iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference provides a fantastic opportunity to boost your career and raise the profile of your organisation by presenting your health visiting innovations or research at the largest health visiting conference in the UK.

Who can submit an abstract?

Health visitors leading innovative evidence-driven projects or service delivery models that have improved outcomes for babies, children, and families through strengthened health visiting provision.
Health visiting team members involved in service improvement initiatives that tackle key public health priority areas for babies, children, and families (e.g., oral health, healthy weight and nutrition, infant feeding).
Researchers or academics showcasing cutting-edge developments in health visiting practice, innovation, or research.

Why submit now?

Submitting an abstract is your opportunity to:

Gain national recognition as a speaker at a UK-wide conference.
Raise your profile and that of your organisation.
Network and learn from local, national, and international experts in health visiting and public health.
Boost your career by adding public speaking experience to your CV.

Top-scoring abstract authors have the opportunity to present as:

Oral breakout session speakers
Concurrent session speakers
Or even plenary keynote speakers.

Indicate your preferences in your submission – allocations will be based on scoring and topic.

Don’t miss out on this important event! Submit your abstract and join us in shaping the future of health visiting. For more information on conference themes and submission guidelines, click here.

Any questions? Email us today: [email protected]

Submit your abstract here

iHV EBP Conference 2025 | Healthier Beginnings: Calling all health visiting team members for abstracts!

Are you a health visiting team member contributing to a health visitor-led service improvement initiative, which is aimed at improving outcomes for babies, children and families? (for example, oral health, healthy weight and nutrition, infant feeding)
Are you a health visitor with innovative ideas and successful initiatives that have made a difference in the lives of children and families?
Are you a researcher or academic with examples of cutting-edge developments in health visiting practice, innovation or research?

Then don’t delay – submit your abstract today to join us at iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference 2025 “Healthier Beginnings”. It will be held at King’s House Conference Centre in Manchester on Thursday 8 May 2025.

Healthier Beginnings

Call for Abstracts

With a new government and changes in nurse leadership across many UK nations, we are entering a transformative era for child and family health in the UK. Change brings opportunity, and health visitors across the UK are poised to lead our profession into the future. We believe in the power of innovation, research, and evidence-based practices in health visiting to create a brighter, healthier future for all babies, children, and families. Our impact is amplified when we unite and learn from one another.

Join us on our conference platform in 2025

Connect with local, national, and international experts and speakers to share your developments in health visiting practice, innovation, and the latest research aimed at addressing health inequalities and improving health outcomes for babies, children, and families. Be a part of this important event and help shape the future of health visiting.

Why submit an abstract?

Top-scoring abstract authors have the chance to present their work as an oral breakout session speaker, a concurrent session speaker, or even a plenary keynote speaker. You can indicate your preferences in your submission and allocation of presenter sessions will depend on scoring and topic selection.

The benefits of presenting include:

Recognition: Raise your own profile as a speaker at a UK-wide conference
Showcase your work and raise the profile of your organisation
Networking and learning: Connect, collaborate and learn from other practitioners working in the field of health visiting and family public health
Boost your career: Add your experience of presenting to your curriculum vitae (CV)

Important dates:

Submission deadline: 7 October 2024.
Notification of acceptance: After an iHV peer-review process, participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for either oral keynote/concurrent presentation, or an oral breakout presentation, by 24 October 2024.
Conference Date: Thursday 8 May 2025. Successful entrants will receive a special 25% discount on their conference ticket. If your organisation is paying for your ticket, please ensure you have their approval prior to submitting your abstract.

Click here for further details and how to submit your abstract

We look forward to reading your abstracts and hearing about your practice innovations and research!
Any questions – please email [email protected].

Call for iHV EBP 2025 abstracts now open!

Healthier Beginnings

Call for Abstracts

Want to be part of our fantastic conference next year?

Call for abstracts for iHV Evidence-based Practice Conference 2025 is now open!

Submit your abstract for our iHV Evidence-based Practice conference “Healthier Beginnings” which will be held at King’s House Conference Centre in Manchester on Thursday 8 May 2025.

With a new government and changes in nurse leadership across many UK nations, we are entering a new era for child and family health in the UK. With change, there is also opportunity – and as a profession, health visitors across the UK will be leading our profession into the future. We believe in the power of health visiting innovation, research, and evidence-based practices to create a brighter, healthier future for all babies, children and families – and the impact that we have is magnified when we come together and learn from each other.

Be part of our conference platform in 2025 – join local, national, and international experts and speakers and share your cutting-edge developments in health visiting practice, innovation and the latest research to address health inequalities and improve health outcomes for babies, children and families.

What are the benefits of presenting at the iHV conference?

It’s an excellent opportunity for you to:

Raise your own profile as a speaker at a UK-wide conference
Raise the profile of your organisation and showcase your work
Connect, collaborate and learn from other practitioners working in the field of health visiting and family public health
Add your experience of presenting to your CV and boost your career

Top-scoring abstract authors have the chance to present their work as a concurrent session speaker, or even a plenary talk in the main auditorium (you can indicate your preferences – allocation will depend on scoring and topic selection).

What are the presentation opportunities?

A short oral breakout session presentation
An oral concurrent presentation
A plenary keynote presentation

Abstract timeline:

Submissions: The abstract submission deadline is 7 October 2024.
Notifications: After an iHV peer-review process, participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for either oral keynote/concurrent presentation, or an oral breakout presentation, by 24 October 2024.

For further details and how to submit

We look forward to reading your abstracts and hearing about your practice innovations and research! Any questions – please email [email protected].

Call for abstracts for iHV Evidence-based Practice conference 2022

Would you like to share your practice developments or research at our 2022 annual evidence-based practice (EBP) conference – “Together | Fairer | Stronger” on 15 September 2022 at King’s House Conference Centre in Manchester?

If so, we would love to hear from you! The EBP conference will be a fabulous event for you to showcase your work whilst sharing learning and innovations in practice.

We welcome submissions that support the overall theme of reducing health inequalities and strengthening integrated working from researchers, and educators. We know that many practitioners are also leading innovative improvement projects in practice, and we want to provide an opportunity for you to showcase and disseminate your findings to a wider audience.

We are keen to showcase best practice examples of effective integrated working and would also be especially delighted to receive applications from community nursery nurses and other health visiting associate practitioners. Non-UK applicants will also be considered if their work can demonstrate transferable learning.

Why should I submit an abstract?

To showcase your work, disseminate your findings to a national audience and raise the profile of your organisation
To enhance research in health visiting
To inform others about positive, innovative approaches to improve evidence-based practice in health visiting and preventative public health work focused on families with babies and young children
To raise the profile and benefits of an effective health visiting service focused on reducing health inequalities

Abstract/conference themes:

We are inviting abstracts that support the overall theme of the conference: Reducing health inequalities and strengthening integrated working:

Improving access/ reducing inequalities: We are particularly interested in submissions that improve the experience and outcomes of health visiting service users who encounter obstacles accessing health care, and/ or people with protected characteristics, for example: people from minoritised ethnic groups; people with disabilities; LGBTQI+ women and people; families experiencing homelessness; domestic abuse; substance misuse problems; mental illness and mental health problems; and safeguarding.
Integration: Innovations in health visiting practice or service delivery models from across the UK that can demonstrate impact within integrated/ ‘whole system’ public health approaches to addressing health inequalities.
Themes may also include, but are not limited to current priority public health topics:
- Transition to parenthood, including preconception care
- Breastfeeding
- Perinatal mental health (mothers, fathers, and partners)
- Infant and child mental health
- Healthy nutrition, physical activity, and healthy weight
- Managing minor illnesses, building health literacy and prevention of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
- Reducing unintentional injuries
- The uptake of immunisations
- Primary prevention and health promotion in oral health
- Child development 0-5 years, including speech, language and communication and school readiness
- Sleep
- Children with developmental disorders, disabilities, and complex health needs
- Tobacco, alcohol, and substance misuse in the perinatal period
- Healthy couple relationships
- Teenage parenthood

Abstract Submissions

The abstract submission deadline is 4 April 2022.

Please see Abstract Submission Guidelines and Timeline for further details on format and how to submit.

We are very excited that our EBP conference will be face to face. It will provide a great opportunity to showcase local work and network with colleagues and national experts from across the country. It really is a conference that can’t be missed!

Our Booking system is due to go live on 11 March so, in the meantime, please hold the conference date in your diary – 15 September 2022 at King’s House Conference Centre in Manchester.

Call for abstracts for iHV evidence-based conference

We are delighted to offer the opportunity to present your practice development or research at our 4th evidence-based conference – Health for All Children Now (being held on Thursday 9 May 2018 in Manchester).

Abstracts will be considered on the following areas:

Maximising health visiting’s prescribing potential
Role of health visitors in immunisation
Encouraging optimal childhood nutrition
Promoting oral health and sugar reduction
Getting families active
Managing atopic conditions in early childhood
Early identification of childhood disorders
Early detection of speech, language and communication delay
Identifying and addressing non-specific learning difficulties
Innovation in safeguarding
Addressing domestic abuse in families
Innovation in promoting sleep
Effective working with couple relationships
Identifying and addressing mental health issues in pre-school children
Working with fathers
Working with excluded families
Addressing health inequalities
Promoting leadership in health visiting
Creating effective integration with the early years work force

Abstract Submission and Timeline

Abstract format:

The abstract should be no more than 250 words and provide an overview of your practice development or research, clearly indicating the impact on health visiting practice.
Please structure your abstract as follows:
- aim
- objectives
- method
- results
- conclusion
- recommendations.
Also, please tell us whether you would like to present this as an oral presentation or poster.
Please submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document to [email protected].

Abstract Timeline:

The abstract submission deadline is 28 February 2019.
After an iHV peer-review process, participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for either oral presentation or or a poster by the middle of March.
Full guidance on the poster and oral presentation delivery format will be provided if your abstract is successful.

It is important that you book to secure your conference place on or before the final registration deadline for accepting your offer to present.

UPDATE 30 January 2019 – BOOKINGS ARE NOW OPEN

5th International GNPHN Conference – last call for abstracts

Please note the closing date for abstract submission for the 5th International Global Network of Public Health Nurses conference is on 30 September 2018.

The 5th International Global Network of Public Health Nurses conference takes place in Nairobi, Kenya, 14-16 May 2019.

Conference Theme: ‘Good Health & Well Being’ – Goal 3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Because of their global significance and relevance to Public Health Nursing, it was agreed to explore the contribution of Public Health Nursing to achieving Goal 3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ‘Good Health & Well Being’ as a working title for the conference. http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/health/ .

The sub themes will focus on how Goal 3 targets can be applied to every aspect and every population group, for example older people’s services, maternal & child, mental health, people with disabilities, health care systems and safe environments.

Call for abstracts:

in support of the conference theme ‘Good Health & Well Being’ – Goal 3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
closes 30 September 2018
please submit via the Ex Ordo online system

Conference Bookings/Registration and Earlybird

Bookings are now open with earlybird registration (saving you $50 USD) available until 28 February 2019. After this date the prices will increase by $50 USD.

GNPHN members receive a $50 reduction on the conference registration cost.

Conference registration includes:

Attendance at 3 day conference 14-16 May 2019 including meals and refreshments
Optional – Site visits on 13 May 2019 /Welcome reception on 13 May 2019 /Gala Dinner on 15 May 2019

Conference registration does not include:

Accommodation and travel costs.
Tour packages will be available and can be booked separately.

Click here for further conference information including accommodation advice, travel guide and registration

Call for abstracts

Win a prize by presenting your innovation, practice development or research

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for you to present your innovation, practice development or research at our evidence-based conference on 7 March 2018 in Manchester- with exciting prizes for best poster/presentation.

With the conference focused on giving every child The Best Start in Life, abstracts will be considered on the following key areas:

Health visitor prescribing
Role of health visitors in immunisation
Childhood nutrition
Oral health and sugar reduction
Getting families active
Atopic conditions in early childhood
Early identification of childhood disorders
Speech, language and communication delay
Non-specific learning difficulties
Safeguarding for The Best Start in Life
Domestic Violence
Sleep
Working with couple relationships

Abstract Submission and Timeline

Please submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document to [email protected]. The abstract should be no more than 250 words and provide an overview of your innovation, practice development or research, clearly indicating the impact on supporting “A Best Start in Life for all children.”

24 January 2018 – Abstract submission deadline
24 January – 7 February – iHV peer-review process on subsmissions
7 February 2018 – participants informed of acceptance of abstracts for either oral poster presentation or a poster. Full guidance on the poster format and oral presentation will be provided if your abstract is successful.

It is important that you book to secure your conference place on or before the final registration deadline for accepting your offer to present.

Early bird tickets (for members and non-members) are available until 11 February 2018, so don’t miss them!

For more conference details and to book your place

Breastfeeding and Maternal & Infant Health conference 2018 – Call for abstracts

Healthy Children Project Inc. (HCP) and Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN) are calling for papers for their INTERNATIONAL BREASTFEEDING CONFERENCE & NUTRITION AND NURTURE IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD: BIO-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES.

HCP and MAINN invite the submission of abstracts to be considered for paper presentations and poster session. Content of abstracts should demonstrate the application of strategies to human lactation, breastfeeding management, and research. Abstracts may describe contributions to theory, completed work involving human lactation, breastfeeding management and research, work in progress, or proposed application of human lactation and breastfeeding management to other health issues.

Abstract submission by 15 May 2017

Conference Date: 10-12 January 2018

Conference Venue: Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA.

Submission:

ONLINE at the Healthy Children Project, Inc. website www.healthychildren.cc/conferences.htm
OR
EMAIL [email protected]
(use Abstract Submission in the subject line)

See flyer for more details

Submit an abstract for this year’s Welsh Public Health Conference 2 weeks to go!

Submit an abstract for this year’s Welsh Public Health Conference – to share your work with delegates through a presentation or poster.

The conference, Health in Wales: The shape of things to come, takes place in Cardiff on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 November 2016.

The conference brings together colleagues from across Wales to explore the challenges that need to be addressed and the opportunities that can be taken to achieve a healthier, happier and fairer Wales for our present and future generations.

Last year, the conference was attended by over 500 people from all four UK nations and across 100 organisations.

Six exciting themes …

The sessions and posters will be considered under the following themes:

Engaging communities as equal partners – working with individuals and groups to create an environment that supports their health and wellbeing and reduces health inequalities.
Building resilient systems and managing threats – growing a resilient community, health and care system that best meets the needs of our present and future population and protects against emerging health threats.
Transforming the delivery of health and care – identifying improvements and innovations to transform health and care service delivery to achieve better outcomes for patients, a more person-centred approach and better meet the needs and expectations of our changing population.
Creating a learning and adaptive public sector – working across silos and boundaries to maximise resources and expertise, and share assets and learning to improve health, care and wellbeing.
Making prevention a priority – identifying effective ways to influence people’s behaviours and encourage healthier lifestyles to prevent disease and illness and to drive a more preventive approach to policy setting and the provision of services across multiple sectors.
Bringing our public with us – involving the public in managing, controlling and deciding about their own care and treatment to enable better outcomes and avoid over-treatment.

Submit your abstract today …

The closing date for entries is 24 July. You can submit your abstract for poster display and/or a presentation – although you will only be selected for one of these formats.

All posters will be on display throughout the two days and this provides a great opportunity to share your work with colleagues in public services across Wales.
Successful presentations will be included in a series of parallel breakout sessions – with one breakout session focusing on each theme.

For further details, visit the website today – which provides full details on how to submit your abstract.

Call for abstracts – AIMH conference

AIMH is celebrating 20 years of The Association for Infant Mental Health – AIMH (UK). To mark this event they are holding a Celebratory Conference at The Radcliffe Centre, University of Warwick, on Friday 30 September 2016.

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts are invited under the following category:

‘Promoting infant mental health in your day-to-day professional practice and promoting infant mental health for the future’

Call for Abstracts deadline is Friday 12 August 2016

You can submit a clinical or scientific abstract and the maximum word count is 500 words.

In clinical abstracts please use the following structure: Introduction, Aims or Purpose of the work or project described, Description of the work or projects, Conclusions.

In scientific abstracts please use the following structure: Introduction, Aims of the study, Material and Methods, Results, Conclusions.

Please send your expression of interest as soon as possible to: [email protected]

Presentation of Posters at the Conference

Authors will be expected to be present with their poster for a short scheduled time during the conference to discuss their poster with participants. The size of your poster should not exceed 175 cm (height) x 95cm (wide).