CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 140th APHA Annual Meeting

Theme: Prevention and Wellness Across the Lifespan

Men's Health Caucus

Submission Deadline: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
MEN’S HEALTH CAUCUS
The Men’s Health Caucus is seeking abstracts on a wide range of topics related to men’s health for presentation at the APHA annual meeting to be held in San Francisco, CA, on October 27 - October 31, 2012. This year we will continue to expand the focus of presentations to include new topic areas. Topics of particular interest to the Men’s Health Caucus include, but are not limited to:
  • Cardiovascular health
  • Communicating to men
  • Employer outreach initiatives to men
  • Faith-based men's health outreach
  • Fatherhood
  • Gender disparities
  • Global men's health policy
  • Male community health initiatives
  • Male reproductive health
  • Masculinity
  • Men's health core competencies
  • Mental health and well-being (depression, anxiety, stress, suicide, etc.)
  • Men’s access to healthcare
  • Men’s health across the lifespan
  • Men’s health and healthcare reform implementation
  • Preconception and male reproductive health
  • Prostate and other men’s cancers
  • Public health and men’s health policy
  • Public health messaging to men
  • Role of women and families in men’s health
  • Sexuality and sexual health
  • Sports and men’s health (concussions, injuries, accidents, etc.)
  • Veterans and active duty military health and well-being
  • Violence against men
  • Workplace safety
Abstracts must be submitted by the above deadline date and are limited to 250 words. Please contact our Program Planner, Ana Fadich by email (HealthyFamilies@menshealthnetwork.org) if you have questions about the topic areas or abstracts. For more general information, please contact our Caucus Chair, Scott T. Williams by email (scott@menshealthnetwork.org).

Abstract review and presentation type
Abstracts are reviewed anonymously and rated according to the following criteria:
  1. important issue or problem addressed,
  2. innovative approach or perspective,
  3. sound methods or arguments,
  4. substantive findings or recommendations, and
  5. compelling to a broad audience.

    Those whose abstracts are accepted for presentation will be asked either to give 15-minute oral presentations or to present their work in an hour-long poster session
Presentation requirements
  • All presenters must be individual members of APHA in order to present.
  • All presenters are strongly encouraged to join the Men’s Health Caucus (www.menshealthcaucus.net).
  • All presenters must register for the meeting.
  • Abstracts cannot be presented or published in any journal prior to the APHA Annual Meeting

    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 measurable).
      3. 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.
    Ready?
    Program Planner Contact Information:
    Ana Fadich, MPH, CHES
    Men's Health Network
    PO Box 75972
    Washington, DC 20013
    Phone: 202-543-6461 ext. 106
    Fax: 202-543-2727
    healthyfamilies@menshealthnetwork.org