UPDATED - All Wales Sexual Health Network Annual Conference 2013: Call for Abstracts

Friday, 10 August 2012

Following a meeting of the All Wales Sexual Health Network Advisory Board in July 2012, it has been decided that the 2013 Annual Conference will take place in February 2013 at a South Wales venue on the theme of Communication in Sexual Health.

The conference will look at the challenges presented in communicating about sexual health, working in more than one language, and identifying ‘new media’ issues and innovations.

We are inviting practitioners to submit abstracts for plenary presentations, parallel sessions and poster presentations around the following example topic areas:

Topic Area 1: ‘Meeting the needs of bilingualism and multilingualism in sexual health information’
Topic Area 2: ‘Innovations in new media for sexual health’
Topic Area 3: ‘Providing sexual health information for people with sensory disabilities’
Topic Area 4: ‘Communication tools and techniques for diverse populations’
Topic Area 5: ‘Public engagement in developing sexual health initiatives’
Topic Area 6: ‘The challenges of internet abuse: ‘sexting’, chatrooms and social networking’
Topic Area 7: ‘Traditional media and sexual health’
Topic Area 8: ‘Resources for practitioner learning and development in sexual health’

(Suitable abstracts will also be considered for topic areas not addressed by the above list)

Please send your completed submission form to sexualhealth.network@wales.nhs.uk. The deadline for submissions is Friday 23rd November 2012 and all submissions will be reviewed by the All Wales Sexual Health Network Advisory Board’s Conference Planning Sub-Group. Successful submissions will be notified no later than 6 weeks prior to the conference date. For any queries, please email adam.jones2@wales.nhs.uk or call 02920 827625.

Source: All Wales Sexual Health Network