Country Liaisons are key to the Association. The role of liaison is to disseminate information, promote involvement, and encourage IFNA membership and conference participation of their colleagues in their own country. Country liaisons must be IFNA members and will work closely with a Country Liaison Coordinator to identify key audiences and develop strategies for promoting IFNA in their country. We hope to have multiple liaisons from many countries. If you are interested in becoming a country liaison, Click here.
Country Liaison Coordinators
We have identified 3 IFNA members to be the coordinators for the Country Liaisons and have assigned each coordinator a region of the Globe. If you have any questions, please contact the coordinator for your respective region / area:
Regina Bousso (Brazil) – szylit@usp.br
South America / Central America / Portugal / Spain
Jane Lassetter (USA) – jane_lassetter@byu.edu
North America (Canada, USA, Mexico) / Middle East / Asia / Australia / New Zealand
Veronica Swallow (UK) – veronica.swallow@manchester.ac.uk
Europe (Except Portugal and Spain) / Japan / South Africa
Country Liaison Orientation Webinar (recorded)
Click here to view the Country Liaison Orientation Webinar, recorded *live 8/14/14
*Please note, there is a slight delay between the introduction and the start of the presentation.
View the ** Slides from the webinar (PowerPoint). View a copy of the ** Slides from the webinar (pdf).
**Please note, the slides have been changed slightly from those recorded for the webinar.
Country Liaisons
The following have agreed to serve as Country Liaisons for the 12th International Family Nursing Conference and will disseminate information within their country regarding the conference and IFNA in general.
| Name | Country | |
| Jyu-Lin Chen | Asia | Jyu-lin.chen@nursing.ucsf.edu |
| Elisabeth Coyne | Australia | e.coyne@griffith.edu.au |
| Debra Jackson | Australia | Debra.jackson@uts.edu.au |
| Thomas Alan Laws | Australia | Tom.laws@unisa.edu.au |
| Jane Caldwell | New South Wales Australia | janecaldwell@bigpond.com |
| Lucila Castanheira Nascimento | Brazil | lucila@eerp.usp.br |
| Eda Schwartz | Brazil | eschwartz@terra.com.br |
| Janice M. Bell | Canada | jmbell@ucalgary.ca |
| Francine de Montigny | Canada (Quebec) | Francine.Demontigny@uqo.ca |
| Birte Ostergaard | Denmark | boestergaard@health.sdu.dk or birte@ostergaard.eu |
| Regina Lee | Hong Kong | Regina.lee@polyu.edu.hk |
| Bridie McCarthy | Ireland | Bridie.mccarthy@ucc.ie |
| Veronica Lambert | Ireland | Veronica.lambert@dcu.ie |
| Paola Obbia | Italy | paolaobbia@gmail.com |
| Naohiro Hoshasi | Japan | naohiro@hohashi.org |
| Lisa Whitehead | Australia | l.whitehead@ecu.edu.auz |
| Virginia Jones | New Zealand | virginia.jones@otago.ac.nz |
| Anne Geard | Norway | anne.geard@sunnaas.no |
| Maria do Céu Barbieri-Figueiredo | Portugal | ceu@esenf.pt |
| Petra Brysiewicz | South Africa | Brysiewiczp@ukzn.ac.za |
| Cristina Garcia-Vivar | Spain | cgarvivar@unav.es |
| Christen Erlingsson | Kalmar, Sweden | christen.erlingsson@lnu.se |
| Romy Mahrer-Imhof | Winterthur, Zurich Switzerland | mahr@zhaw.ch |
| Li-Chi Chiang | Taiwan | lichichiang@gmail.com |
| Nujjaree Chaimongkol | Thailand | nujjaree@buu.ac.th |
| Ayşe Ferda Ocakçi | Turkey | aocakci@ku.edu.tr |
| Wendy Looman | USA | looma003@umn.edu |
| Sarah Neill | UK | Sarah.neill@northampton.ac.uk |
| Joanna Smith | UK | j.e.smith@hud.ac.uk |
