CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 139th APHA Annual Meeting
Theme: Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds & Bodies
Aging & Public Health
Submission Deadline: Friday, February 18, 2011
We welcome empirical research or practice-related presentations, using either quantitative or qualitative methods. Individuals may submit up to two abstracts as first author to the Aging and Public Health Section. Submissions may be for poster, oral, or roundtable session formats; please note desired format on the abstract form. All presenters must become individual members of APHA and register for the Annual Meeting in order to give their presentation.
Specific areas of interest for sessions of Aging and Public Health include but are not limited to:
- Aetna Award for Excellence in Research on Older Women and Related Papers
- Aging and Public Health Section Awards Session
- Aging and Public Health Section Business Meeting I
- Aging and Public Health Section Business Meeting II
- Aging and Public Health Section Social Hour
- Aging and the Built Environment
- Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, and Related Issues
- Alzheimer’s Disease / Dementia
- Built Environment and Aging
- Chronic Disease Management and Self-Care
- Chronic Disease Management and Self-care
- Chronic Disease Management in International Setting
- Community-Based Long-Term Care
- Environment and Aging
- Health Care For Special Population and Special Circumstances
- Health Care and Health Management for the Elderly
- Health Promotion Among the Elderly
- Health Promotion among the Elderly
- Health Promotion for Older Adults
- Health Promotion, Health Education, and Prevention
- Health Promotion, Health Prevention, and Health Care
- Health, Health Care & Aging
- Healthcare Outcomes and Quality of Life
- Immigrant and Minority Health and Aging
- International Health for Older Adults
- International Symposium on Global Aging Issues
- Medicare/Medicaid Policy
- Nursing Home Healthcare Utlization and Costs
- Nutrition and Aging
- Older Adults and Disability
- Personal Assistance, Social Support, and Caregiving
- Promoting Aging-Friendly Communities
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities
- Rural Aging Issues
- Special Population and Special Circumstances
- Special Topics in Aging Research
- Technology and Aging
We also invite submissions for 90 minute symposium sessions. Please e-mail the program chair if you are submitting a symposium since these submissions require special processing for appropriate review. There will only be a few open time slots available for consideration of symposia. Also, because of the volume of abstracts we receive and the limited number of oral sessions we are allotted, we cannot consider symposium sessions containing fewer than four presented papers. Symposium proposals must be submitted along with each individual presentation abstract. This complete package gives the reviewers more substance from which to judge the overall merits of the proposal. Symposium submissions should contain:
1. An overall session abstract, which includes a rationale for the session, the proposed paper titles, author(s), order of presentation, and the abstract numbers for the individual papers;
2. Clearly label the overall session abstract with “SESSION ABSTRACT - your proposed session title" (you fill in the italicized part but keep the SESSION ABSTRACT) on the electronic submission page form when entering your proposal;
3. The proposed moderator and/or discussant;
4. Be sure that each individual proposed presentation submits a separate abstract under the same topic (e.g. Rural aging issues) and that it indicates that it is part of a symposium referencing the session title, otherwise they may become lost in the shuffle; please include the session abstract #;
5. Put contact information (phone and e-mail) for person in charge of session directly on the overall session abstract so we can contact you easily; and
6. Indicate whether or not you would like to have the individual abstracts considered for presentation in other sessions, if your proposed session is not accepted. Please state, "YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ABSTRACTS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY" or "NO, I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THESE ABSTRACTS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY".
Please be aware that each paper in the symposium is scored individually and the symposium is also scored as a group. The individual presentation abstracts must score reasonably well in order to be considered for a symposium session.
Abstract scoring:
All abstract submissions are evaluated based on the following criteria:
1. Significance of the problem to public health and aging.
2. Innovativeness of ideas, methods and or approach.
3. Methodological rigor of methods and approach (analytical design for research, systematic approach for practice and or policy).
4. Presentation of empirical findings.
5. Implications identified for future research, practice and/or policy.
6. Clarity of writing.
Aging and Public Health Section Awards
The Aging and Public Health Section sponsors several awards related to various categories of aging and public health. If you would like to be considered for one of the following awards, please indicate which one on your abstract submission form by selecting the award from the drop-down box.
We would like to highlight three of the above awards. Through the generous support of the Retirement Research Foundation and its president, Marilyn Henessey, Aging and Public Health Section offers two student research awards. The Retirement Research Foundation Masters Student Research Award recognizes research conducted while a graduate student. Individuals who are currently in doctoral programs, or are in other settings but who completed research as a masters student are eligible to submit an abstract for this award. Similarly the Retirement Research Foundation Doctoral Student Research Award (also known as the Lawrence G. Branch Doctoral Student Research Award), is awarded for research completed as a doctoral student, even if the doctoral degree has recently been completed. For student awards at both levels, Aging and Public Health Section /APHA membership will be provided through the award for attendance at the 2012 Annual Meeting. Funding is also available to support conference attendance (e.g., registration).
The newly expanded Aging and Public Health-Rural and Environment Award’s purpose is to recognize individuals in public health research who have made a significant difference to understanding the impact that rural location and/or environment have on aging and public
health. Research can focus on rural issues and environment issues separately or jointly on both areas. An overriding goal of the award program is to recognize individuals and their research efforts that have the potential to improve the health and functional status of older people.
All awardees are recognized at the Aging and Public Health Awards session, present their research at the Annual Meeting, receive a monetary award, and are recognized on the Web site of the Aging and Public Health Section.
Each abstract can be considered only for one award. You may, however, submit different abstracts to be considered for different awards. For submission for the Archstone Foundation Award, please contact Allan Goldman for further details at abgoldman@dhr.state.ga.us.
For more information about the individual awards, contact Aging and Public Health Awards Chair Irena Pesis-Katz, PhD, at Irena_PesisKatz@urmc.rochester.edu or view the Web site of the Aging and Public Health Section.
For questions and inquiries, please contact the 2011 Program Planners:
Chair: Junling Wang, PhD, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, 847 Monroe Ave., Room 205R, Memphis, TN 38163, Phone: 901-448-3601, E-mail: jwang26@uthsc.edu
Past-Chair: Pankaja (PJ) Desai, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Health Research & Policy, Center for Research on Health & Aging, 1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Rm. 558 Chicago, IL 60608, Phone: (312)-355-3174, E-mail: pdesai5@uic.edu
Continuing Education Credit
APHA values the ability to provide continuing education credit to physicians, nurses, health educators and those certified in public health at its annual meeting. Please complete all required information when submitting an abstract so members can claim credit for attending your session. These credits are necessary for members to keep their licenses and credentials.
For a session to be eligible for Continuing Education Credit, each presenter must provide:
1) an abstract free of trade and/or commercial product names
2) at least one MEASURABLE objective (DO NOT USE understand or to learn as objectives, they are not measureable).
Examples of Acceptable Measurable Action Words:
Explain, Demonstrate, Analyze, Formulate, Discuss, Compare, Differentiate, Describe, Name, Assess, Evaluate, Identify, Design, Define or List.
3) A signed Conflict of Interest (Disclosure) form with a relevant Qualification Statement. See an example of an acceptable Qualification Statement on the online Disclosure form.
Thank you for your assistance in making your session credit worthy.
Contact Annette Ferebee at annette.ferebee@apha.org if you have any questions concerning continuing education credit. Contact the program planner for all other questions.
Program Planner Contact Information:
Pankaja Desai, PhD
Institute for Health Research and Policy, Center for Research on Health and Aging
University of Illinois at Chicago
1747 W. Roosevelt Road, Room 558, MC 275
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL 60608
Phone: 312-355-3174
pdesai5@uic.edu
and
Junling Wang, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Tennessee
847 Monroe Ave., Room 205R
Memphis, TN 38163
Phone: 901-448-3601
Fax: 901-448-4731
jwang26@uthsc.edu