Chiropractic Health Care

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The Chiropractic Health Care Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA-CHC) invites abstracts for presentation at the 2006 Annual Meeting to be held in Boston, MA, November 4-8, 2006.

Topics related to this year's theme, "Public Health and Human Rights", and in all areas related to chiropractic health care will receive high priority.

Other topics of interest include:
  • Community Advancement and Professional Responsibility
  • Developing Policy and Defining Practice
  • Dietary Supplements: Evidence for use, interactions with foods and medicines
  • Healthcare Disparities and Access to Service
  • Injury Care and Prevention
  • Professionalism and Ethics in Chiropractic
  • Public Health Education and Service in Chiropractic
  • Status of Chiropractic Research
The topic on dietary supplements will be jointly sponsored with the Food and Nutrition section.
This Call for Abstracts for the APHA-CHC scientific sessions requests papers that present: Original empirical work (e.g. scientific studies, program evaluations, or organizational case studies), or noteworthy advances in methodology or analysis; Innovative integrative scholarship and scientific work; Programmatic reports of significant research infrastructure development; Programmatic reports of health professions curricular development or educational research; Substantive policy analyses (e.g. systems-wide assessments or policy case-studies); Informative reports on program or project management and development; Other similarly noteworthy, innovative, or informative reports and studies.

An author's paper may not have been presented or published prior to its presentation at the Annual Meeting. The abstract is limited to 250 words. The submission deadline is February 13, 2006.
Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the APHA website.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
John Stites, DC
Rock Island Clinic
Palmer College of Chiropractic
1000 Brady St.
Davenport, IA 52803
Phone: 309-786-2663
stites_j@palmer.edu