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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS BY TEAM MEMBERS

2008 – Conferences and presentations

• Haora, P: “Medicalisation, ‘medwives’ and ‘doctor gods’: birthing transition in Thailand”. International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Triennial Congress Glasgow, Scotland, June 1-5, 2008.
• Yiengprugsawan, V, L L-Y Lim, GA Carmichael, S Seubsman, and AC Sleigh.   Oral presentation: “Measuring and decomposing health inequalities for self-reported disease in a national survey of Thailand.” AND “Thailand’s health system in transition: Decomposing changes in health services use before and after the universal coverage scheme.” Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Durham, North Carolina USA, 22 – 25 June 2008.
• Tangmongvorakul, Arunrat - Abuja, Nigeria, The International Conference on Investing in Young People’s Health and Development: Research that Improves Policies and Programs, (April 27-30, 2008). Presentation: “Sexual Health in Transition: Adolescent Lifestyles and Relationships in Contemporary Chiang Mai, Thailand”.
• Seubsman, S and Sleigh A. Cohorts and Prospective Studies: A North-South Networking Meeting, 7-9 January 2008, Arusha, Tanzania Convened by The Wellcome Trust \Presentations by Seubsman and Sleigh on 'Thai military recruit height trends and implications for health-risk transition'  and on 'The Thai Cohort Study'.
• Dixon, J. “The social determinants of obesity in Australia and Thailand”, Population Health Congress 2008 Breakfast Session, Brisbane Convention Centre, July 7, 2008.
• Dixon, J. “Climate change, food security and health inequalities: 3 harbingers of functional foods”, Invited lecture to the School of Geography, University of Auckland, May 14 2008.

2007 – Conferences and presentations

• Sleigh A, Seubsman S and Vilainerun D. Thai health-risk transition: A national cohort study. Paper and poster at ICRGS satellite conference, Global Forum for Health Research, Beijing, Oct-Nov 2007.
• Dixon, J. “A 'Cinderella public health dimension': the socio-cultural determinants of a taste for healthy food”, Keynote address to the Australian Public Health Nutrition Academic Collaboration (APHNAC) Conference, Brisbane, November 29, 2007.
• Dixon, J., Banwell, C., Lim, L. Seubsman, S-A., Dellora, T., and Pangsup, S. “BMI and transitions in Thailand’s culinary culture: integrating the Thai Cohort Study, theoretical currents and fieldwork insights”, Thai Health Risk Transition: a National Cohort Study Workshop, ANU, Canberra, November 7-9, 2007
• Haora, Penny - Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSH) Hyderabad, India, October 29-31, 2007. Presented two posters: ‘MDGs, MMRs and Measuring Maternal Mortality & Morbidity in Thailand’ & ‘Normal Birth under Threat: Caesarean Section in Thailand – the New Epidemic?’
• Haora, Penny - Australian College of Midwives 15th National Conference, “Big, Bold & Beautiful”. Canberra, Australia, Sep 25-28, 2007. Presented paper: ‘MDGs, MMRs and Medicalisation: Birthing in Thailand, then and now’.
• Haora, Penny - 38th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference, “Reality Check”. Alice Springs, Australia, Sep 23-26, 2007. Presented paper: ‘Birthing transition in Thailand: how it was then, how it is now’.
• Haora, Penny -ARC Asia-Pacific Futures Research Network Conference, “Transitions: Health & Mobility in Asia-Pacific Populations”. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, June 24-26, 2007. Partial Conference Scholarship. Presented paper: ‘Becoming a Mother in Thailand: How it was then, how it is now’. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, June 26, 2007.
• Tangmongvorakul, Arunrat – Made 3 presentations from her thesis at the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health, in Hyderabad, India, on 29th to 31st October 2007. 1. Adolescent Lifestyles and Sexual Relationships in Contemporary Chiang Mai, Thailand  2. Sexual Diversity among Urban Adolescents in Chiang Mai, Thailand  3. Gender Issues, Power Relations and Sexual Health Services: Evidence from Adolescents in Northern Thailand

2006 – Conferences and presentations

• Dixon J, Banwell C, Seubsman S . On the Margins of the Global Food System: How a Simple Technology is Driving Dietary Diversity and the Nutrition Transition in Khon Kaen, Thailand'. AGRI-FOOD XIII, University of Otago, New Zealand, November 26-December 1, 2006. (Published abstract)  and ANU seminar April 2007.
• Seubsman S, Sleigh A, and the Thai Cohort Study Team . 'The Thai Health-Risk Transition: a National Cohort Study' . Proceedings of International Conference on Understanding Health and Population over Time: Strengthening Capacity in Longitudinal Data Collection and Analysis in Asia and the Pacific Region, Mahidol University, Bangkok, May 24-25, 2007 (Invited talk and paper)
• Seubsman S, Sleigh A, Isaac-Toua G, Black P. ‘Enhancing civil society participation to support avian flu control in Thailand '. From Outbreaks to Pandemics in the Region, Building our Capacity to Respond, Australian Communicable Diseases Control Conference, Canberra, March 14-15, 2007.
• Dixon J, Banwell C, Seubsman S . ‘On the Margins of the Global Food System: How a Simple Technology is Driving Dietary Diversity and the Nutrition Transition in Khon Khaen, Thailand '. AGRI-FOOD XIII, University of Otago , New Zealand , November 26-December1, 2006. (Published abstract)
• Seubsman S, Sleigh AC, Lim L and Vilainerun D.  Cancer among a large cohort of distance learning university students, Thailand .   Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (APOCP) General Assembly Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov 3-5, 2006 .  
• Seubsman S, Sleigh AC and Thai Cohort Study Team.  ‘Thai Health-Risk Transition: A National Cohort Study'.  Invited presentation to the International Health session at the 37th Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Conference, Sydney, Australia, Sept 25-27, 2006.