Academic Public Health Caucus

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2007 Call for Abstracts
Academic Public Health Caucus of APHA

Caucus Purpose
The APHA Academic Public Health Caucus is a platform for APHA members to discuss issues of mutual concern regarding academic public health, such as academic public health practice. Specifically, the caucus provides a forum to showcase and learn about innovations in education, training, and academic research not only from public health academicians, but also from practitioners within public health institutions (i.e., federal, state, regional, local, private sector or non-profit organizations) that administer or participate in academic/practice partnerships. Academic/Practice partnerships include, but are not limited to, inter- multi- and trans-disciplinary collaborations to promote health and prevent disease and injury among populations.

2007 Abstract Submission
Abstracts are solicited for oral or poster session formats. Consideration will be given to abstracts that (a) promote the caucus purpose; (b) address one or more of the caucus’ 2007 topic areas; and, (c) fulfill the abstract criteria.

Topic Areas for 2007 Abstracts are:
  • Current trends in the conduct and translation of scholarly, practice-based research and the subsets of practice-based research (e.g., systems research, community-based participatory, etc.)
  • Emerging issues on public health professional competencies, MPH competencies, credentialing, and certification
  • Evaluation of preparedness training upon the current and/or future public health workers
  • Innovative practice-based teaching methods
  • Partnerships to improve the workforce and public health infrastructure
  • Unique faculty recruitment, retention, promotion, and tenure activities that focus on public health practice and the integration of more practititioners as associate or adjunct faculty
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 5, 2007 - Midnight, EST.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Leah Trahan, MPH
ASPH
1101 15th Street, NW - #910
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-296-1099
Fax: 202-296-1252
ltrahan@asph.org