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Environment Section Call for Abstracts
APHA Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 9-13, 2002
"Putting the Public Back into Public Health"
Abstracts Due February 8, 2002

The Section seeks abstracts related to the 2002 Annual Meeting theme “Putting the Public Back into Public Health” that highlight the relationship between the environment, the public and public health. Abstracts related to challenges associated with the research and practice of environmental health are also encouraged.

While abstracts on any environmental health practice and policy issue are welcome, the Section has particular interest related to:
  • Bioterrorism
  • Children's environmental health
  • Emerging issues
  • Environmental health practice
  • Environmental Justice
  • Food and water safety
  • Infrastructure development
  • Public health nursing in Environmental Health
  • Reproductive health
  • Spotlight on regional Environmental Health issues indigenous to the mid-Atlantic region
  • Toxics
  • Urban planning and design
Although not exhaustive, this list is meant to stimulate ideas for abstract submission. Topics are not meant to be mutually exclusive. In fact, the Section encourages integrative approaches to Environmental Health, especially issues that involve and impact the public and public health. For a more detailed list of Section interests, please reference the Section’s Web site, http://depts.washington.edu/aphaenv/.

Individual contributions are welcome for poster, round table and oral sessions. Proposals for full sessions are encouraged. Students of public health and other health related fields are especially encouraged to submit abstracts pertaining to their academic research. A student achievement award for outstanding student abstract will be presented. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed and ranked for quality, topic applicability, and relation to overall Section priorities. Every effort will be made to accommodate presentation preferences for accepted abstracts. Please note that in certain cases abstracts submitted as verbal presentations may be accepted as posters, or abstracts submitted as posters may be accepted as verbal presentations.

All abstracts or session proposals must be submitted electronically via APHA’s Web site, http://www.apha.org. For those individuals who do not have Internet access, abstracts can be submitted by USPS mail (not e-mail or facsimile). Individual abstracts must adhere to the general APHA abstract guidelines to be accepted. Abstracts over 250 words will not be accepted.

Special Instructions for Submitting Full Sessions (vs. Individual Abstracts):
Full Sessions on a specific topic or issue are strongly encouraged. Session proposals should be submitted along with each individual presentation abstract. This complete package gives the reviewers more information from which to judge the overall merits of the proposal. To have a session proposal considered for the Environment section program, please complete the following steps:

  1. Please send an overall session abstract to the program planners (see contact information below), which includes a rationale for the session, the proposed paper titles, and author(s);


      The session abstract should include in its title ‘Session Abstract: Proposed Session Title” (if accepted, the title will be edited later on in the planning process);


      The proposed moderator and discussant (if applicable);


      The Web-ID numbers assigned to each paper;


  2. Through the APHA web-based submission process, submit a separate abstract for each individual paper. Under comment line, please note that the individual abstract is part of SESSION X; and


  3. For the individual abstracts, please 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.

If you have any questions, please contact Neal Rosenblatt or Russ Lopez before the submission deadline. Mr. Rosenblatt can be contacted at (502) 564-2154 ext. 3771 or by e-mail at neal.rosenblatt@mail.state.ky.us and Mr. Lopez can be contacted at (617) 414-1439 or rptlopez@bu.edu.

Instructions for Submitting Abstracts by Mail (only for those who do not have Internet access): If you do not have access to the Internet, you can submit hard copies of the materials to Mr. Rosenblatt directly. All individual abstracts must adhere to the general APHA abstract guidelines. Forms can be obtained by e-mailing APHA at comments@apha.org.

All of the following must be submitted: (1) An original camera ready copy, using the form provided by APHA; (2) four "blind" copies of the abstract, omitting the author's name and institution; (3) a self-addressed, stamped post card, with the title of the abstract printed on the back, which will be used to acknowledge receipt of your abstract; (4) a self-addressed, stamped envelope, which will be used to notify you of your acceptance status; (5) four sets of completed APHA author/co-author identification forms; (6) a completed financial disclosure form; and (7) a cover letter that includes the name of the author to whom correspondence should be sent, that author's address, telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address.

Full session submissions must include all of the above-listed materials for each presentation. In addition, full session submissions must include: (1) An original abstract form containing a description of the entire session; (2) a completed APHA author/co-author identification form for the organizer, even if that person is not presenting an abstract; and (3) a cover letter that includes the name of the session organizer, the organizer's address, telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address.

All submissions that are not made via the Internet should be made by mail (not e-mail or facsimile) to: Mr. Neal Rosenblatt, Department of Public Health, Division of Adult and Child Health, 275 East Main Street, HS2GW-A, Frankfort, KY 40621. Individual questions should be submitted to Mr. Rosenblatt or Mr. Lopez at the telephone numbers or e-mail addresses listed below. All abstracts must be received by February 8, 2002.

Contact Information:

Program Planner Contact Information:
Neal L. Rosenblatt
MS,MS-C
Health Program Administrator/Epidemiologist
Cabinet for Health Services/Department for Public Health/Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
275 East Main St., HS2GW-A
Frankfort, KY 40621
Phone: (502) 564-2154 ext. 3771
Fax: (502) 564-8389
neal.rosenblatt@mail.state.ky.us

and
Russell P. Lopez
MCRP
Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health
Talbot Building 2E
715 Albany Street
Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617 414-1439
Fax: 617 638-4857
rptlopez@bu.edu