Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #119652

Gabriel Stover, MPA, Center for Community Health, UCLA - Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1531 Carmona Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019, 323-930 2832, msgabe@hotmail.com

Public health scientists, practitioners, and policy makers need evidence-based compendiums to create, implement, evaluate, and improve interventions, programs, and policies. The American Journal of Public Health (Journal) is a forum that highlights various forms of evidence from research and practice initiatives. This joint session hosted by the Editorial Team and Editorial Board will feature experienced Journal editors and authors with diverse expertise who can offer explicit guidance on publishing in evidence-based formats, notably the Research and Practice section consisting of articles and briefs. Emphasis will be placed on: 1) using real data from real public health work; 2) bringing various forms of evidence into the Journal's pages; and 3) using the Research and Practice papers published in the Journal to inform evidence-based decisions. Ensuring that rigorous, evidence-based papers from a variety of disciplines using diverse methods appear regularly in the Journal is crucial for disseminating timely intervention and research findings in a forum that is highly revered by peers, policymakers, and the larger public. We will examine how to present evidence in a variety of written and visual forms, including the use of images and we will feature a small exhibition of former Journal covers.

Learning Objectives:

• 1)Learn or rethink ways of using real data from real public health work;
• 2)Develop an appreciation of the importance of bringing a variety of “evidence” into the peer-reviewed Journal process;
• 3)Explore using the Journal to inform evidence-based decisions; and
• 4)Understand how images are another form of “evidence”.

Keywords: Publication, American Journal of Public Health

Related Web page: www.ajph.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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