Department of Anthropology: Parent-Infant Sleep Lab

Programme

  

   9:00             Coffee/tea and muffins are available on arrival until 10.00am

   9.30             Registration

 10.00             Welcome

 10.15             Bed-sharing? What to advise

                       Dr. Peter Blair, Inst. of Child Health, University of Bristol

11.15              Mother and infant sleep: circadian rhythms and the clock

                       Dr. Desaline Joseph, Dept of Paediatrics, University of Nottingham

12.15              Parental perceptions of infant sleep

                       Dr. Alanna Rudzik, Sleep Lab, Dept Anthropology, Durham University

12.30              Lunch

14.00              New Zealand studies of infant sleep: culture based strategies for safer infant sleep

                       Dr. Sally Baddock, School of Midwifery, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand

15.00              Where will the baby sleep: a bed-sharing education intervention

                       Dr. Charlotte Russell, Sleep Lab, Dept Anthropology, Durham University &

                       Ms. Mary Whitmore, Blackpool NHS Trust

15.30              Sleeping on the web: the ISIS project

                       Professor Helen Ball, Sleep Lab, Dept Anthropology, Durham University &

                       members of ISIS steering committee

16.30              General discussion and chance to meet speakers

                       Coffee/tea and biscuits available prior to departure

17.00              Close