The ATOD section invites abstracts in all areas pertaining to:
alcohol
tobacco
other drugs
Abstracts are especially invited that relate to this year's theme, Putting the Public Back into Public Health. Members with an interest in media advocacy, public policy, treatment, prevention, health services research, or practice issues are encouraged to submit abstracts.
The section has a specific interest in abstracts that focus on or encompass vulnerable populations which include, but are not limited to:
- Acadiana Coalition of Teens Against Tobacco
- Alcohol - College Students
- Alcohol - I
- Alcohol - II
- Alcohol Policy
- Alcohol Treatment
- American Legacy Foundation Methodological Research
- Comparing the Impact of Tobacco Packaging in the US and Canada
- Comprehensive ATOD Prevention System: Logic, Components and Advocacy Agenda
- Debate: Drug Testing
- Developing Measures of Exposure to Pro- and Anti-Tobacco Mass Media
- Ecstacy and Other Club Drugs
- Effects of State and Local Programs on Youth Tobacco Use
- Findings from the CASAWORKS for Families Program
- Harm Reduction: A Critical Framework for Club Drugs
- Health-Related Concerns of Aging Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Persons
- HIV Risk among Young Adult Injection Drug Users: Recent findings from the Second Collaborative Injection Drug Users Study (CIDUS 2) and Similar Studies
- Identities, Images and Deceptions: The Tobacco Industry and Special Populations
- Injection Drug Users
- Legacy’s Truth(sm) Campaign: Understanding the Effectiveness of Truth(sm) as a Brand
- Multi-Drug Use
- New Findings from the 2000/2001 National Alcohol Survey: A Focus on Special Populations
- Other Drugs I
- Other Drugs II
- Performance Measures for Substance Abuse: Opportunities and Challenges
- Prospective Cohort Study of HIV and HCV in Young Injection Drug Users
- Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm through Evidence-Based Policies
- REJECTED Abtract Pile
- School-Based Substance Use Prevention Programs Study: Findings about Fidelity of Implementation
- Smoking Cessation Among Youth, Adults and Pregnant Women: Results from American Legacy Foundation Programs and Research
- Studies of Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs for Co-Occurring Disorders
- Substance Abuse Treatment - I
- Substance Abuse Treatment - II
- The Tobacco Epidemic: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century
- Tobacco - I
- Tobacco - II
- Tobacco - III
- Tobacco - International
- Tobacco - IV
- Tobacco - Prevention
- Tobacco Addiction Treatment (Cessation)
- Tobacco Control Research in Targeted Populations
- Varied Solutions for Alcohol Problems: Findings from 222 Resolved Problem Drinkers
- Warning Labels in the United States
- What Works to Reduce Tobacco Use in the U.S
- Working with Priority Populations through Strategic Giving and Policy Change to Reduce the Burden of Tobacco: A Funder’s Perspective
- “You can’t make me quit!” – Early Intervention into Teenage Tobacco Use
Submissions are encouraged for poster, roundtable, and oral session formats. Please refer to APHA general guidelines for further information on these formats and indicate the desired format on the abstract page. Authors should be aware that there are fewer slots available for oral presentations than poster papers. Abstracts will be submitted to peer-review, and ranked for quality, topic applicability, and relation to overall Section priorities. Please note that papers marked as Oral Only or Poster Only will NOT be considered for other formats.
Last year, the ATOD Section received over 500 abstracts. We expect more this year and will have even fewer slots for presentations. We will not be able to accept all of this year's submissions. Many excellent abstracts have previously not been accepted because they were marked Oral Only when the Program Committee selected the specific topic for a poster session due to the large number of high quality submissions. Please give the Program Committee as many options as possible to accept your paper. Thank you.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
We also invite submissions for session proposals (90 minutes in length). There may be 1 to 2 open timeslots available for us to consider these types of requests; we generally receive about 10 to 15 such applications. Session proposals are more likely to be accepted if they are 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. These special 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 length of time for each person;
2. Clearly label the overall session abstract as SESSION ABSTRACT - “your proposed session title” (you fill in the italicized part) on the electronic submission page form when entering your proposal; this can be edited later;
3. The proposed moderator and discussant (if applicable);
4. Be sure that each individual proposed presentation submits a separate abstract under the same restricted “category” (session title), otherwise they may become lost in the shuffle;
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”.
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