Biological, Social and Cultural Dimensions of Human Health

1. Applications of evolution to human health
2. Health determinants, measurements and trends
3. Health and illness in cross-cultural perspective
4. Ethical issues in anthropological research
5. Applied anthropology and human health
6. Health and quality of life in adolescence
7. Human morbidity in the past and present

8. Health and human behaviour
9. Growth, maturation and ageing
10. Human skeletal health
11. Nutrition Anthropology
12. Overweight and obesity
13. Sport Anthropology
14. Miscellany

The required Abstract format

General Information

• Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words with single line and normal character spacing in 12pt Times New Roman font.
• The abstract must be written in English.
• Each abstract should contain the following information:

Paper title
First and last name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s)
Body of abstract: purpose of the study, methods used, summary of the results and conclusion reached
5 keywords or less.

• Please do not paste tables, graphs, charts, formulas etc. in the abstract body.
• References must not be included in the abstract.
• Use standard abbreviations in parentheses after the full word the first time it appears, if necessary.
• Abstracts will be published as submitted. Proof and edit your submission accordingly.

• Abstracts must be received no later than     May 15, 2010 and preceded by payment of a registration fee.
• The presenting author must pay the registration fee and attend the meeting.
• The electronic submission procedure is required. In order to do it, you have to register as a participant of the conference, and if already done, log in to your Profile, indicate your preferred type of presentation and specify one of the themes listed to indicate the preferred assignment to a session. Then enter your abstract in the area marked for the abstract.
•  All accepted abstracts will be published in the Abstract Book.
• Notification of acceptance will be mailed by June 1, 2010.

How to book and pay?

• The booking will be possible via Congress Secretariat czerniak@awf.poznan.pl
• Booking is guaranteed if payment is settled by the 30th June, 2010.
• The accommodation payment should be made to the account of the conference (see below) with a note JOWITA and payer’s name.
• After receiving the payment an invoice will be prepared and sent to the address indicated in the Registration Form.

Lack of the full payment by June 30th, 2010 will be regarded as a cancellation of the reservation.

Conference fee & payment

2010 important dates

* EAA Members are those who have been paying their membership fees regularly and have not been in arrears for two years preceding the conference

** Students are requested to submit a copy of the student identification or letter confirming their status together with a registration form and confirmation of payment.

Payment should be made in euro, preferably before May 1, 2010 by credit card or bank transfer. Bank details are listed below:

Please, do not forget to list name(s) of payer(s) together with the registration number(s)