CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 138th APHA Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2010)EnvironmentSubmission Deadline: Friday, February 5, 2010 |
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APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition Environment Section “Social Justice: Public Health Imperative” November 6-10, 2010 | Denver, CO The Environment Section is seeking abstracts and full session proposals for the 2010 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Exposition to be held November 6-10, 2010, in Denver. The theme of the 138th Annual Meeting and Expo is “Social Justice: Public Health Imperative.” Many environmental public health concerns are also concerns of social justice. Environmental contaminants, pollution, and even climate change disproportionately affect underrepresented and underserved populations. This is a critical and timely environmental public health challenge which will be the focus of the 2010 Annual Meeting and Expo. DEADLINES: Full “Invited” Session Proposals Due: January 22, 2010 Successful Full Session Proposal Applicants Notified: February 5, 2010 Abstracts for Accepted Full Sessions Proposals Due (uploaded on-line): April 15, 2010 Individual Abstracts Due: February 5, 2010 Accept, Reject, or Waitlisted Assignments: June 1, 2010 Student Achievement Poster Award Abstracts Due: February 5, 2010 Accepted Student Achievement Poster Award Abstracts Notified: April 2010 Student Achievement Poster Award Revised Abstracts Due: April 15, 2010 NOTE: Per APHA policy - All accepted presenters are required to register for the conference and join APHA if not already a member DESCRIPTIONS OF SESSION FORMATS: Oral Session: 90 minute session with 3-5 presentations, each 15–25 minutes in length. Poster Session: Sets of 10 posters organized and presented together within a 60 minute session Roundtable Session: 90 minute session with a set of “round tables” where each table has a different speaker. Participants rotate from table to table to participate in different discussions. NOTE: Audiovisual equipment (e.g., computer, LCD projector, etc.) is not available during roundtable sessions. Panel Discussion: 90 minute session comprised of 4-5 panelists discussing a specific topic or set of closely related topics. DESCRIPTIONS OF SESSION TYPES: Research Presentations Abstracts describing scientific research projects should focus on new knowledge of environmental public health issues. The abstract and presentation should include the purpose of the study, a hypothesis or study question, detailed methods and results, and specific conclusions. Policy or Program Presentations Policy or program abstracts should describe the application of knowledge to real-world problems or policies. Many times these types of abstracts are referred to as public health in practice. The abstract and presentation should include a problem statement and conclusions describing resolution of the problem. Strong preference will be given to abstracts that include systematic assessment of the policy or program, with detailed description of methods and findings. TOPICS OF INTEREST: The Environment Section encourages you to submit Abstracts and Full Session proposals describing research studies, innovative policies, or programs that address an environmental public health problem. While abstracts reflecting any innovative work highlighting environmental public health will be reviewed, the Section will place emphasis on abstracts related to the following topics:
Special *Intersectional* Track on Environmental Justice & Occupational Justice The Environment Section is organizing a special intersectional “Environmental Justice (EJ) and Occupational Justice (OJ)” track (i.e., multiple sections developing one inter-disciplinary track). For this track, we are looking for abstracts on research, policy, programs, and practice that speak to EJ and OJ issues. We are also looking for abstracts on efforts to use community-university partnerships or other types of collaborations, such as the development of partnerships, capacity-building, research translation into practice and policy, and innovative programs, models, and best practices to address environmental and occupational justice issues from a public health perspective. Specifically, we are seeking abstracts on the following topics: • Climate Change and Social Justice: What is The Role of Public Health? • Green Jobs -- Healthy housing -- Impact on occupational and children's health -- Local and global implications for environmental, occupational, and social justice • Community Engagement -- Role of social and civic organizations in achieving environmental and occupational justice and improving public health -- New community-labor alliances to address disparities -- Using community-based participation for interventions, solutions, and new policies to address food security & safety, malnutrition, and sanitation • International Health: Environmental Justice, Labor, and Opportunities for Social Change • Risk Communication, Health Messaging, and Capacity Building • Global Movement of Goods and Workers: Environmental and Occupational Health Impacts • Transportation, Smart Growth, and Social Justice Please note: Abstracts submitted under this special intersectional track will be evaluated through a separate intersectional process and evaluation criteria. An ad-hoc intersectional committee will determine the details in the future. Please note: Abstracts submitted under this special intersectional track will require an extra commitment from authors. Authors will be expected to sufficiently coordinate with other abstract authors to create a cohesive, well organized Session. FULL "INVITED" SESSION PROPOSALS – Deadline January 22, 2010 Proposals for Full Sessions are welcome. Full Sessions are comprised of invited speakers who will address different aspects of the same topic of high interest. A variety of formats are acceptable including oral sessions, roundtables, and panel discussions. To submit a proposal, you must: • Request the Full “Invited” Session Proposal Form from the Program Planners at: apha.environment@yahoo.com; • Read the directions and complete the form; and • Return the completed form to the Program Planners at: apha.environment@yahoo.com BEFORE 12:00 PM (PST), January 22, 2010. All Full Session Proposals will be peer-reviewed and ranked for quality, topic applicability, adherence to Full Session Proposal Form requirements, and relation to overall Section priorities. Please review the Evaluation Criteria (above). The Program Planning committee will make extra efforts to fill Sessions that relate to the APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition theme. If a Full Session Proposal is accepted, the applicant will be notified by February 1, 2010. Submitter(s) will then be directed to enter the individual abstracts comprising the Full Session online during the APHA window for “invited” abstract submissions, March 26 – April 15. If the Full Session Proposal is not accepted, the Environment Section encourages submission of the individual abstracts by February 5, 2010. INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACT CONTRIBUTIONS – Deadline February 5, 2010 Proposals for individual abstracts are welcome. Program Planners will combine accepted individual abstracts into 90 minute sessions (4-5 individual abstracts of 10-20 minute oral presentations) or sets of poster presentations. Please state your preferred format: oral presentation or poster presentation or either option. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed and ranked for quality, topic applicability, adherence to abstract requirements, and relation to overall Section priorities. Please review the Evaluation Criteria (above). The Program Planning committee will make extra efforts to fill Sessions that relate to the APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition theme. Every effort will be made to accommodate the author’s presentation preference for accepted abstracts (e.g., oral presentation or poster). However, the Environment Section may not be able to accommodate all presentation preferences. To submit your abstract, you must: • Submit online via APHA’s Website • Complete all specified steps and click “SUBMIT ABSTRACT” • Ensure the abstract is 250 words or less • Submit by 12:00 PM (PST), February 5, 2010 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT POSTER AWARD TRACK – Deadline February 5, 2010 Students of programs in environmental health, public health, and other related fields are encouraged to submit abstracts pertaining to their academic research. Interested students should submit their abstract online via APHA’s Website; abstracts should be submitted into the Environment Section’s “Student Achievement Poster Award Track.” Please note that abstracts submitted into other topic related tracks will not be considered for the award. Students must submit an abstract including a well thought out study purpose and detailed methods (250 words or less). Submitted abstracts will be reviewed for relevance to environmental public health and the student’s clarity in describing the work that will be or has been done. While it is understood results may not be available by the February 9, 2009, abstract submission deadline, it is expected that final student posters will include details about the study purpose, methods, results and specific conclusions. Up to ten abstracts will be selected for poster presentation during the Environment Section’s Student Achievement Poster Award Session. During the poster session, students and their posters will be judged for presentation style, knowledge of the subject matter, and project quality. Up to three finalists will be honored at the Environment Section’s Social Hour. Eligibility requirements: 1. Work must have been completed by the student as part of an environmental health, public health, or other health related degree program. 2. A student must be enrolled for enough credit hours during fall semester 2010 to be considered in good standing as at least a part-time student, or have graduated from their program between May-August 2010. If the abstract is accepted for presentation, proof of student status will be requested. 3. The student must be the first and presenting author on their contributed abstract. 4. To be eligible for an award the student must present the work at the APHA meeting and attend the Environment Section Social Hour (extenuating circumstances that prevent a student from presenting at APHA and attending the Environment Section Social Hour will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis). 5. Students that have received an award in previous years are not eligible to resubmit unless they are working on a different degree. Student Travel Awards A limited number of student travel awards are available. It is not necessary to submit an abstract to be eligible for a travel award; however, extra consideration will be given to students who submit an abstract. For information about travel awards, contact Rebecca Tave Gluskin at rebeccatavegluskin@gmail.com. EVALUATION CRITERIA: Both Individual Abstracts and "Full" Session Proposals will be evaluated by the same criteria. The criteria are broad to allow for the evaluation of science, policy, and public health practice proposals. They are: 1) Importance to environmental health; 2) Originality of work; 3) Defined objectives/purpose; 4) Sound methodology/philosophy; 5) Reasonable conclusions; and 6) Overall reviewer enthusiasm. In addition to this evaluation criteria, Program Planners will pay special interest to abstracts that cover the 2010 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo theme, “Social Justice: Public Health Imperative.” Please note: Abstracts submitted under this special intersectional “EJ & OJ” track will be evaluated through a separate intersectional process and evaluation criteria. CRAFTING LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Please note that learning objectives are required for each submitted abstract. Applicants are encouraged to list at least one MEASURABLE objective (see below). Guidance and information about appropriate learning objectives can be found at: http://apha.confex.com/apha/learningobjectives.htm. Continuing Education Credit APHA values the ability to provide continuing education credit to physicians, nurses and health educators at its Annual Meeting & Expo. These credits are necessary for members to keep their licenses and credentials. For a session to be eligible for Continuing Education (CE) credit, each presenter must provide: • An abstract free of trade and/or commercial product names • At least one MEASURABLE objective (to understand or to learn are not measurable objectives). Examples of acceptable measurable action words: explain, demonstrate, analyze, formulate, discuss, compare, differentiate, describe, name, assess, evaluate, identify, design, define or list. • A signed Disclosure Conflict of Interest (COI) form with a relevant qualification statement. Thank you for your assistance in making your abstract credit worthy. For any questions, contact Annette Ferebee at: annette.ferebee@apha. APHA FILM AND TECHNOLOGY THEATER: The Film & Technology Theater is an environment for (1) live presentations of information and computer technology applications for public health; and (2) for the showing of public health films (documentaries, public service announcements, short clips) and related multimedia. It is a fully equipped meeting room with Internet access, LCD projection capability, and theater-quality video projection and stereo audio. Technology dependent presentations will be shown in the morning Sessions and public health films will be shown in the afternoons. All abstracts to be considered for presentation in the Film and Technology Theater must first be submitted to a Section, SPIG, Caucus, or Forum for content review and acceptance. If you are submitting to the Environment Section and want to be considered for the Film and Technology Theater, please check the box on the abstract submission form to indicate your presentation requires use of the Film and Technology Theater. PROGRAM PLANNER CONTACT INFORMATION: Yolanda Sanchez, MS, MPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW (8723F) Washington, DC 20460-0001 Phone: 703-603-9246 Karen Perry Stillerman, MPA Food and Environment Program Union of Concerned Scientists 1825 K Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-331-5426 Jyotsna Jagai, MS, MPH, PhD Environmental Public Health Division | Office of Research and Development U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 104 Mason Farm Rd Chapel Hill, NC Phone: 919-966-6209 To ensure the quickest and safest handling of your inquiry, request or Full Session Proposal Form, please use the following email address and not the Program Planners' work email: apha.environment@yahoo.com. |
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