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Environment Section Call for Abstracts APHA Annual Meeting – Washington DC "Public Health and the Environment" November 6-10, 2004 ABSTRACTS DUE FEBRUARY 13, 2004 NEW DEADLINE The Environment Section is currently seeking abstracts related to the 2004 American Public Health Association annual meeting on “Public Health and the Environment” to be held in Washington DC November 6-10, 2004. While abstracts on any environmental public health practice, policy, research or other issue are welcome, the Environment Section will be placing an emphasis on abstracts related to: Addressing Environmental Health Disparities in Environmental Public Health Tracking Agricultural Issues and Environmental Public Health Air Pollution: From Assessment to Intervention Allies Against Asthma Coalitions: Improving Ways to Implement and Integrate Asthma Interventions Approaching Asthma Through Multiple Venues Asthma Epidemiology Asthma Issues Asthma and School Indoor Air Quality Best Choice Biomonitoring: Community Advocacy and Policy Implications Bioterrorism and Epidemiology: Questions, Methods and Outcomes 1 Bioterrorism and Epidemiology: Questions, Methods and Outcomes 2 Built Environment Institute I: Exploring the Connections Between the Built Environment and Obesity Built Environment Institute II: Community Design and Health Impact: Toward the Full Integration of Walking and Biking as Alternative Modes of Transportation Built Environment Institute III: Building Health Back Into Community - Toward he Creation of a More Sustainable and Less Toxic Built Environment, Part I Built Environment Institute IV: School Environments - Not Just Little Offices Built Environment Institute IX: Built Environment and Weather Influences on Environmental Public Health Built Environment Institute V: Transportation, The Built Environment, and Public Health: A Critical Review of the Science Built Environment Institute VI: Discussions on Direct and Indirect Influences of a School’s Built Environment on Health and Physical Activity Built Environment Institute VII: Building Health Back into Community - Toward the Creation of a More Sustainable and Healthful, Less Toxic Built Environment, Part II Built Environment Institute VIII: Multiple Perspectives on Designing Healthy Futures Built Environment Institute X: Housing Quality and Environmental Justice Issues in the Built Environment Built Environment: Creating Healthy Communities Chemical Management, Regulation, and Policy Reform Collaborative Methodologies for Improving Infrastructure, Planning and Bioterrorism Preparedness Community Involvement for Children's Health Community-based Advocacy to Reduce Environmental Asthma Triggers Core Environmental Health Functions: New Approaches Disabilities and the Environment--Special Panel Disparities in Vulnerable Populations: Responses in Home, School, and Community Settings Emerging Linkages Between Environmental Exposure and Chronic Illness in Children Emerging Metrics and Methods in Environmental Health Science Environment Section Business Meeting I Environment Section Business Meeting II Environment Section Business Meeting III Environment Section Business Meeting IV Environment Section Homer N. Calver Lecture Environment Section Rejection Bin Environment Section Social Hour Environment Section Student Poster Showcase Environment Section Waitlist Bin Environmental Contaminants and Assessment of Exposure Environmental Health Environmental Health Education Environmental Health and Native Communities Environmental Health and Vulnerable Populations Environmental Health and the Media Environmental Health in an Era of Increasing Globalization Environmental Health: From the Front Lines Environmental Health: Political, Economic and Legal Issues Environmental Injustices: Highlights of Community Efforts To Reduce Health Disparities Environmental Justice and Community-Based Public Health Environmental Public Health Tracking Environmental Public Health in Action Environmental Public Health: Exposures, Surveillance & Risk Assessment Food and Nutrition Poster I: The Obesigenic Environment Global Environmental Change and Disease Emergence Healing the Hospital Environment: Purchasing Food & Less Toxic Products for Healthier Patients and Communities Health Impacts of Agricultural Practices Health Impacts of Urban Pollution Health Implications of Environmental Concerns in Public Health Health Indicators and Methods of Capacity Building: Disparities in Vulnerable Populations Healthy at Home: Addressing Health Disparities Among Vulnerable Populations Hidden Dangers: Disparities in Exposure to Foodborne Illnesses Home Interventions to Reduce Asthma Morbidity in Children: Early Findings from HUD’s Healthy Homes Initiative Human Biomonitoring Research and Usage Indoor Air Pollution: Advances in Interventions and Impact Assessment Integrating Occupational and Environmental Health Integrity of Science: How Political Agendas Impact Public Health Issues That Affect Us All - Health in the Global Environment Launching Your Career in Public Health Managing Mold: Results of a Collaborative Research, Clinical and Worker Training Process National Agenda for the Environment and the Aging: A Case Study on Air Pollution and the Broader Applications Overcoming Environmental Health Disparities in Initiatives to Reduce Air Toxics PDBE Flame Retardants: Case Study in Public Health Protection PHN's and Environmental Health Professionals: A New Collaboration Perception and Communication of Risk Pollutants and Pathogens - Issues that Affect the Worlds Water Supply Population, Health and Environment: What's the Connection? Preventing Catastrophes: An Agenda for the 21st Century Public Health Impacts of U.S. Energy Use and Reasonable Solutions Public Health and the Environment: Poster Session 1 Public Health in the Environment 1 Public Health in the Environment 2 Reducing Environmental Triggers of Asthma Through Policy Change: Strengthening Communities and Building Linkages School Environment: Changing Food and Physical Activity Choices Science in environmental public health: Healthy air Scientific Integrity in Regulation Strengthening Environmental Public Health Strengthening the Infrastructure: Environmental Public Health Student Session: Public Health and the Environment Successes of Integrating Environmental Health Across Disciplines in K-12 Education The Environmental and Health Effects of War in the New Millenium The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative: New Research, Educational and Policy Efforts to Prevent Exposures to Neurotoxicants The Obesity Epidemic: Food Policy, Community Design, Toxic Chemicals & Other Environmental Contributors The Relationship Between Asthma and the Environment The Vicious Spiral: Population Growth, Nutritional Needs and Environmental Degradation Traditional and Emerging Environmental Issues in the Community Using Community-Based Research to Improve the Nutrition and Physical Activity Environment Using Data to Strengthen Environmental Public Health What Do the 2004 Elections Mean for Environmental Public Health? An Interactive Discussion withdrawn papers The Built Environment Institute is an organization developed by the Environment Section of the American Public Health Association. The Institute's overall goal is to assist in an effort to identify what combinations of planning, design, and lifestyle choices are prescribed for healthy and sustainable living and more human-focused growth. Identifying mechanisms by which the built environment adversely impacts health and identifying appropriate interventions that reduce or eliminate harmful health effects are core Institute objectives. Topics of interest for the 2004 meeting include (1) sprawl and obesity, (2) urban design and transportation planning - impacts on human health, and (3) Architect/Planner/Developer perspectives on healthy design. If you would like to contribute to the Built Environment Institutes please contact Neal Rosenblatt at Neal.Rosenblatt@mail.state.ky.us for specific instructions. Although not exhaustive, this list is meant to stimulate ideas for abstract submission. Topics are not meant to be mutually exclusive. In fact, the Section encourages integrative approaches to environmental health, especially issues that involve and impact the public and public health. Individual abstract contributions will be considered for: 1. An oral presentation of 10–30 minutes 2. A poster presentation during a 90-minute session 3. A round table presentation of 10-30 minutes Full session contributions will be considered for: 1. A 90-minute oral session with 1–6 back-to-back presentations on the same topic 2. A round table session with up to 10 presentations run simultaneously during a 90-minute block of time. 3. A poster session with 10 boards presented during a 90-minute block of time All abstracts will be peer-reviewed and ranked for quality, topic applicability, and relation to overall Section priorities. Every effort will be made to accommodate the author’s presentation preference for accepted abstracts (e.g.: author prefers to present an oral presentation). In certain cases the Environment Section may not be able to accommodate all presentation preferences. Students of environmental health programs, public health and other health related fields are especially encouraged to submit abstracts pertaining to their academic research. Up to 10 students who are first and presenting author on their contributed abstract will be eligible for the Environment Section’s Student Achievement Awards when submitting their abstract online. The top student finalists will be judged during their presentation for presentation style and knowledge of the subject matter. Up to three finalists will be awarded prizes at the Environment Section’s Social Hour. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS Individual Abstract Contributions Abstract must be submitted online via APHA’s Web site After reading the instructions, click “SUBMIT ABSTRCT” (Upper right hand corner of this page) to submit your abstract If you do not have Internet access, please contact the programs for specific instructions. Abstracts over 250 words will not be accepted. All abstracts must be submitted online by FEBRUARY 6, 2003.* Full Session Contributions Contact the program planners for a Preliminary Full Session Proposal Form and specific instructions. Preliminary Full Session Proposal Forms are to be returned to Robin Lee, at RPL5@CDC.GOV Preliminary Full Session Proposal Form must be received BEFORE 5:00pm EST, JANUARY 23, 2003. If Preliminary Full Session Proposal Form is accepted submitter(s) must enter the entire submission on online.
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Program Planner Contact Information: Robin Lee, MPH CDC/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Health Studies/Health Investigations Branch 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mail Stop E-31, Office 1357 Atlanta, GA 30333 Phone: (404) 498-0605 Fax: (404) 498-0079 RPL5@CDC.GOV and Robyn Gilden, RN, MS Center for Hazardous Substances in Urban Environments University of Maryland 655 W. Lombard St. Rm 665 Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-706-4803 Fax: 410-706-0295 rgilden@son.umaryland.edu