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The HIV/AIDS Section invites abstracts and panel proposals presenting the results of scientific research and community-based interventions related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic for the next APHA Annual Meeting, November 15-19, 2003, in San Francisco. The meeting's theme is "Behavior, Lifestyle, and Social Determinants of Health." Contributed Abstract Sessions: Submissions are encouraged for roundtable, poster, and oral session formats; please note preferred format on the abstract submission electronic form. Topics related to the Annual Meeting theme are especially welcome. In addition to abstracts relating to the theme of the annual meeting, abstracts are encouraged in such HIV/AIDS topic areas as the following:
Contributed Panel Sessions: Proposals for panels of three to four presenters are also welcome. All panel sessions are 90 minutes in length; no one presentation should exceed 30 minutes. In addition to the individual abstracts submitted on-line, panel submissions must include a brief statement including a title; purpose, relevance, and importance; the proposed presider and/or discussant; and the proposed order, with each title and author cited. This panel description must be submitted directly to the HIV/AIDS Section program chair. Please see below, "Special Instructions to Authors for Panel Submission" for additional instructions concerning panel submission. All abstracts are reviewed on their individual merit, and the acceptance of a panel submission, even if accepted, is not a guarantee that all abstracts submitted for that session will be accepted or that they will all be scheduled together. Unless instructed otherwise, the HIV/AIDS Section program committee will automatically consider the individual abstracts from any rejected Panel Session for possible presentation in Contributed Abstract sessions. Therefore, an abstract submitted as part of a Panel Session should not be submitted as an individual contributed abstract to any other section, interest group or caucus. Submission and Review: All contributed abstracts and panel sessions must be submitted via the submission process at the APHA web site no later than the published deadline of 14 February 2003. Fax submissions are NEVER accepted. All submitted abstracts are subject to rigorous (blinded) peer review by at least three reviewers. Please remove any references to a specific institutional setting in the body of the abstract to permit blind review and ensure fairness. APHA's criteria for review will be used; these include innovation and relevance, approach/methodology, results and lessons learned. Please ensure that your "learning objectives" are identifiable and clear. The final program will be based on peer review results with consideration for available time and space, contributed panel sessions, the program theme, and any speakers invited by the HIV/AIDS Section leadership to participate in the 2003 program. The HIV/AIDS Section will be collaborating with other sections, SPIGs, and caucuses to sponsor sessions jointly, and some highly rated contributed abstracts may be shared. Only listed authors who are both APHA members and registered for the Annual Meeting may present accepted work. Neither APHA nor the HIV/AIDS Section provides any financial support for authors' attendance at the Annual Meeting. Special Instructions to Authors for Panel Submission: In addition to the submission of individual abstracts for each of the 3-4 papers submitted for a panel, an overview of the entire panel must also be submitted directly to the HIV/AIDS Section program chair, Michael Case, by e-mail at the address shown below. The overview should specify the title of the proposed panel, the titles and authors of the individual papers, and the abstract numbers assigned to each of these papers by the APHA's electronic abstract submission process. The contents of the panel overview are further described in the call for papers. Panel organizers can choose to include either overall learning objectives for the panel or individual learning objectives for each submitted abstract. Please do not submit the individual abstracts to the program chair. Panel paper abstracts MUST be submitted through the electronic abstract submission process before sending the program chair the overall panel description so that the abstract I.D. numbers can be cited. Additionally, each individual submitting an abstract for a panel should note that the abstract is part of a group (and should include the title of the proposed panel) in the "Comments to organizers" box that is a step in the abstract submission process. Special Recognition of Abstracts: Graduate students, new investigators (less than five years past terminal degree), community health workers, and international colleagues are especially encouraged to submit abstracts to the HIV/AIDS Section. The Section will select a small number of abstracts for special recognition. Those submitting abstracts to be considered for recognition should mark the abstract with "S" for student, "C" for community health worker, "NI" for new investigator, or "I" for international colleague, if applicable. |
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