Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers

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The LGBT Caucus of Public Health Workers is soliciting abstracts for the 130th APHA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, November 9-13, 2002. Submissions are encouraged for work with a focus on LGBT health and the conference theme, "Putting the Public Back Into Public Health," as well as other topics relevant to LGBT health.

The following list of topics is not intended to be exhaustive; rather, it will suggest some of the myriad issues of interest to the Caucus:
  • Community Organizing and Coalition Building for LGBT Health
  • Designing Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Programs for LGBT Adolescent Health
  • Gay and Bisexual Men's Health
  • Health Of LGBT Incarcerated or Recently Released Individuals
  • Hepatitis prevention and care in LGBT communities
  • HIV/AIDS Health Care Service Needs of LGBT Individuals
  • HIV/AIDS Prevention in LGBT Communities
  • Homelessness and LGBT people
  • Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health
  • LGBT Acess to Healthcare service and prevention programs
  • LGBT Curricula In The Schools
  • LGBT progress within Health People 2010
  • LGBT Youth Research
  • Serving Cultural and Linguistic Minorities in LGBT Communities
  • STD Prevention in LGBT Communities
  • Substance Use and Substance Use Treatment Issues Among LGBT individuals
  • Tobacco Prevention Concerns of LGBT Communities
  • Transgender Health
  • Violence in the home and community
The Caucus strongly encourages submission of abstracts that focus attention, to the extent feasible, on the role of age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

The Caucus is very interested in student research efforts, and invites students to submit proposals for consideration at all levels of presentation (poster, oral, or roundtable).

A discussion session by several (no more than five) speakers on a general topic may be coordinated by a single applicant. The coordinator must submit an abstract for the discussion session, following the guidelines listed on the APHA web site. Each speaker for the discussion session must also submit an abstract on his or her individual topic, following the APHA web site's guidelines.

ABSTRACTS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE THROUGH THE APHA WEB SITE BY FEBRUARY 4, 2002.

Additionally, a brief descriptive synopsis (not to exceed two pages) of each abstract should be submitted through the on-line abstract submission process. This synopsis (extended abstract) should expand on the content and methodology of the proposed paper. It will also assist reviewers to screen abstract submissions and to determine how the subject matter can fit into the Caucus' professional program for the Annual Meeting.

If you have questions, please contact:

Program Planner Contact Information:
Kevin T. Roe
MPH(c)
Community Health Studies Group
757 Sutter St. #505
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: 415 929 8225
Fax: 415 929 8225
ktroe@sfsu.edu

and
Jodi Sperber
MSW, MPH
John Snow, Inc.
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: 617-482-9485
Fax: 617-482-0617
jsperber@jsi.com

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