Academic Public Health Caucus

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Caucus Purpose:
The APHA Academic Public Health Caucus serves as a platform for the APHA members from academic public health institutions to discuss issues of mutual concern. Moreover, the APHA Academic Public Health Caucus provides a forum to showcase and learn about innovations in education, training, and academic research not only from academicians at graduate schools and programs of public health, but also from public health institutions (i.e., federal, state, regional, local, private sector or non-profit organizations or personnel) that administer or participate in academic partnerships (including, but not limited to interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaborations) to advance health promotion and disease prevention.


Abstract Guidelines: The caucus will consider abstract submissions for oral or poster session formats. The theme of the 2002 APHA annual conference is, “Putting the Public Back into Public Health.” For 2002, special consideration will be given to abstracts that promote the caucus purpose and address one or more of the following areas:

  • Distance Education and Informatics
    - Demonstrating the implementation of distance education and informatics systems;
    - Explaining the essential role of academia in creating and supporting distance education and informatics;
    - Discussing the integration of Section 508 Guidelines in distance education courses;
    - Sharing innovative instructional methodologies in distance education programs; or,
    - Evaluating the effectiveness of distance-based education and informatics systems in regards to obtaining professional degrees, certification, continuing education, or workforce training.

  • Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Infrastructure: Academic-Practice Partnerships to Enhance the Workforce
    - Responding to health agencies’ daily and emergency operational needs –- the responsibility of academic public health institutions (e.g., training and readiness for managing biological/chemical threats and natural disasters);
    - Portraying innovative collaboration between practitioners and academic public health to improve data, policies, systems, standards and training (e.g., the outcomes of increasing the integration of practice principles and measures within epidemiology, biostatistics, health administration, etc.; the establishment of formal academic-practice policies and/or offices within public health agencies and academic institutions); or,
    - Illustrating the significant roles and responsibilities of health agencies toward supporting practice-based training, research and education in general, or an identified topic, in particular.

  • Enhancing Relevant Faculty Skills and Student Preparedness through Academic-Practice Partnerships
    - Presenting academic programs that promote scholarship in practice-based curricula, training, and research (e.g., integrating practitioners into the classroom, as well as faculty into the community);
    - Creating or augmenting faculty development and/or student training (courses, seminars, internships, faculty fellowships, practica); or,
    - Illustrating the mutual benefits of academic-practice linkages (e.g., instances in which linkages integrate real-life practitioner experience to improve curricula, teaching, training and research while also affording health agencies greater resources and technical assistance).

    • Distance Education and Informatics: Implementation
    • Distance Education and Informatics: Methodologies/Evaluation
    • Distance Education and Informatics: Section 508
    • Enhancing Relevant Student Skills and Preparedness through Academic-Practice Partnerships
    • · Enhancing Relevant Faculty Skills and Preparedness through Academic-Practice Partnerships
    • · Strengthening the Public Health Workforce Infrastructure: Academic-Practice Partnerships
    Institutions that request an entire scientific session timeslot must submit each proposed presenter’s abstract with the same main title clearly displayed; subtitles may be used to distinguish each proposed presenter’s abstract. We cannot guarantee that your request will be honored.


    All abstracts must adhere to the general APHA abstract guidelines. The deadline to submit abstracts online is February 7, 2002. Presenters will be notified in June.

    Program Planner Contact Information:
    Geraldine S. Aglipay
    ASPH, Project Manager
    1101 15th St., NW
    #910
    Washington, DC 20005
    Phone: 202-296-1099
    Fax: 202-296-1252 x134
    gaglipay@asph.org

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