Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

Injury Control and Emergency Health Services	Submit Abstract
The Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) section invites abstracts related to the prevention and control of injuries; emergency health services; and safety and health. The theme for the 2005 meeting is "Evidence Based Policy and Practice." Abstracts must be submitted via this website. The deadline for submitting abstracts to ICEHS section is midnight EST on Friday, February 11, 2005. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and considered for presentation at the 133nd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, to be held November 5 - 9, 2005, in New Orleans, LA. Abstracts are reviewed in two general categories: research and program. Research abstracts typically include purpose, methods, results, and conclusions from a research study. Program abstracts typically include a description of the development, implementation, and evaluation of an injury prevention or emergency health program. The word limit for abstracts is 250 words. Subjects of interest include, but are not limited to: Adaptation of evidence-based programs to prevent violence Agricultural and occupational injuries Child maltreatment Disaster preparedness, safety, and response Emergency transport and care Family-based interventions to prevent youth violence Global health and injury control Homicide and suicide Injury outcomes and rehabilitation Injury surveillance and other data issues Injury, violence and health disparities Older adult injuries Pediatric injuries Poisonings Program implementation and evaluation in injury control Research design and methods in injury control School safety and violence Sports and recreational injury The role of the environment in injury control Transportation-related injuries Unintentional injuries Violence against women Youth violence An expanded summary of the paper must be submitted with the abstract. The average length of an expanded summary is 500 words, with a maximum limit of 2,000 words. The purpose of the expanded summary is to provide additional information to help the reviewers judge the quality of your work. The expanded summary should not simply repeat the material in the abstract but should provide complementary details about the background, methods, results, and implications (for research abstracts) or background, development, implementation, and evaluation (for program abstracts). Special Sessions For a special session, at least two qualified speakers should be identified. Abstracts for EACH proposed presentation in the session MUST be submitted via the same mechanism as all abstracts as outlined above. Persons proposing special sessions should advise one of the Scientific Program Committee Co-Chairs (see contact information below) of their intention and the topic of the session, and, for future reference, should record the abstract number of each paper submitted for the session. Best Student Paper Award: Each year, ICEHS awards a prize or prizes for the best student paper accepted and presented at the annual meeting. Applicants who are currently enrolled in a degree program or have completed their programs within the last year, and have not previously presented the same data at a professional meeting or published the data, are welcome to participate. Abstracts submitted to the late-breaker session will not be considered for the student competition. To participate in the competition, students must: Submit their abstract, via this website, by midnight EST on February 11, 2005 On the TITLE screen (Step 2 of the submission process), you must enter your abstract into the ICEHS Best Student Paper Competion. You do this by checking the "YES" button on the "Consider This Paper For An Award" question (located in the "Presenting Author and Award Submission" box). Use the pull-down menu to select "Best Student Paper Award." Submit one completed manuscript, organized and presented according to a standard peer-reviewed journal format, and four blinded copies to Dr. Susan G. Gerberich by September 1, 2005. Be a primary or secondary member of the ICEHS section at the time of presentation. For additional information regarding the student paper competition, contact Dr. Susan G. Gerberich, University of Minnesota (ph: 612-625-5934; email: gerbe001@umn.edu). Latebreaker Sessions: There will two latebreaker sessions, one oral and one poster. A call for latebreaker abstracts will be released around June 2005. For further information about the latebreaker sessions, please contact Dr. Nelson Adekoya, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ph: 770-488-8406; email: NBA7@cdc.gov). For Further Information: Contact one of the Scientific Program Committee Co-Chairs, Larry Cook (larry.cook@hsc.utah.edu) or Stacey Knight (stacey.knight@hsc.utah.edu). See below for detailed contact information.
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Program Planner Contact Information: Larry J. Cook, MStat Intermountain Injury Control Research Center University of Utah PO Box 581289 295 Chipeta Way Salt Lake City, UT 84158 Phone: 801.585.9760 Fax: 801.581.8686 larry.cook@hsc.utah.edu and Stacey Knight, MStat Intermountain Injury Control Research Center University of Utah PO Box 581289 295 Chipeta Way Salt Lake City, UT 84158 Phone: 801.585.9163 Fax: 801.581.8686 stacey.knight@hsc.utah.edu