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Environment Section Call for Abstracts
APHA Annual Meeting – Boston, MA
“Public Health and Human Rights”
November 4 – 8, 2006

FULL SESSION PROPOSALS DUE January 27, 2006
INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACTS DUE February 17, 2006

NOTE: Per APHA policy - All accepted presenters are expected to register for the conference and join APHA if not already a member.

The Environment Section is currently seeking abstracts related to the 2006 American Public Health Association annual meeting on “Public Health and Human Rights” to be held in Boston, MA November 4 – 8, 2006

Topics of Interest
While abstracts reflecting any innovative work highlighting environmental health and human rights will be reviewed, the Environment Section will be placing an emphasis on abstracts related to:
  • Built Environment Institute*
  • Children's Health – A Right not a Privilege (ex: access to healthcare, schools and environmental justice)
  • Policies to Protect Human Rights (ex: right-to-know, REACH, precautionary principle and healthcare policies)
  • Right to Clean Air and Water (ex: asthma/respiratory health, monitoring, environmental engineering, pollution and environmental justice.)
  • Science Integrity and Innovation to Protect Public Health (ex: scientific integrity, green chemistry, human genome and community-based science)
  • Sustainable Land Use and Rights (ex: housing, goods movement, export, trade, transboundary health and indigenous rights)
*Abstracts for The Built Environment Institute will be considered for either one of 3 scientific sessions or a Continuing Education Institute, occurring before the conference begins. The BEI 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.

Although not exhaustive, the topics listed above are 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. When choosing which track to submit an abstract, authors should select the one they feel best represents the contents focus.

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 4 or 5 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.

Eligibility requirements:
1. A student enrolled in an academic degree program completed the abstracted work.
2. The student must be enrolled in 3+ credit hours during the November 2006 meeting or have graduated no earlier than May 2006.
If the abstract is accepted for presentation proof of student status will be requested.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS
Individual Abstract Contributions
• Abstract must be submitted online via APHA’s Web site
• After reading the instructions, click “SUBMIT ABSTRACT” (Upper right hand corner of this page) to submit your abstract
• If you do not have Internet access, please contact the APHA Program Staff for specific instructions.
• Abstracts over 250 words will not be accepted.
• All abstracts must be submitted online by February 17, 2006.

Full Session Contributions
• Contact the program planners for a Full Session Proposal Form and specific instructions.
• Full Session Proposal Forms (completed in entirety) are to be returned to Aditi Vaidya, at aditi_v1@yahoo.com
• Full Session Proposal Form must be received BEFORE 5:00pm EST, January 27, 2006.
• If a Full Session Proposal is accepted, submitter(s) will then be directed to enter the entire submission on online by the February 17, 2006 individual abstract deadline.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Aditi Vaidya, MPH
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
760 N. First Street
San Jose, CA 95112,
Phone: 408-287-6707
Fax: 408-287-6771
Email: aditi_v1@yahoo.com

And

August Martin, MSPH
10306 Morado Cove, #140
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: 512-589-7854
Email: augustmartinjr@yahoo.com
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Aditi Vaidya, MPH
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
760 N. First Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: 408-287-6707
Fax: 408-287-6771
aditi_v1@yahoo.com

and
August Martin, MSPH
unavailable
10306 Morado Cove
#140
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: 512-589-7854
augustmartinjr@yahoo.com