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Call for Abstracts for the 2007 Annual Meeting Each year, members of the ATOD Section have the opportunity to present papers and research results during the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. The Section typically sponsors over 70 Scientific and Poster Sessions, during which about 500 oral and poster presentations are made. Preparations are being made now for the 2007 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The ATOD section invites abstracts in all areas pertaining to:
· Prevention measures that address all addictive substances and access by minors · Models of science-based prevention and coordinated community and legal action · Advocacy in all venues · Early detection and screening for substance use in various settings · Integration of substance use treatment with mental or physical health care · Relationship of substance use and health outcomes · Special problems of special populations · Effective treatment and aftercare in all settings and for all problems · International comparisons and impacts · Best practices in prevention, screening, treatment and aftercare · Evaluations, performance measures, and cost-effectiveness studies Once again this year, the Program Committee will select the best student abstract submitted, and it’s authors will receive the new Award for Best Student Abstract in November. Abstracts are submitted electronically through the APHA Web site, < www.apha.org >. The Web site provides complete instructions on the length and format of abstracts and the information required on authors. Electronic submission is scheduled to open December 18, 2006. The deadline for submissions is now February 17, 2007. Abstracts may be designated “Oral Only”, “Poster Only”, or “No Preference”. Last year, the ATOD Section received about 600 abstracts and were not able to accept all submissions, and that is likely to continue. Many excellent abstracts were not accepted because they were marked “Oral Only” when the Program Committee selected the specific topic for a poster session due to the large number of high quality submissions. Fewer slots are available for oral presentations than for posters, and you are encouraged to designate your abstract “No Preference”. Please give the Program Committee as many options as possible to accept your presentation. The ATOD Section ranks abstracts through a multi-tier peer review process. Abstracts are evaluated on importance (does the presentation provide new findings and/or innovative ideas with significant impact on policy, practice or advocacy in the ATOD field?), methodological/project soundness (is the methodology sound, clearly stated, and appropriate to the topic or project? Are the sample and data and/or the population and community recent, representative, unbiased and of adequate size?), and clarity (is the content communicated in a clear, logical and understandable way?), as well as relation to overall Section priorities. Topical sessions are then assembled from high-ranked abstracts. Please note that APHA suggests the program include only one presentation by any individual, and the Section endeavors to abide by this guideline. Session Proposals. Proposals for entire sessions (90 minutes in length and at least five presentations) may be submitted for multiple analyses or results from large data sets or projects. They will be ranked in competition with separately submitted abstracts, and the session topic will be weighed against the topics of interest for the Annual Meeting as well as the topics addressed in separately submitted abstracts. The Program Committee reserves the right to break session proposals apart and consider the individual abstracts separately without prior notification to the session organizer. Only session proposals which include abstracts for each presentation, an overall session abstract, and have the Confex-assigned ID numbers for abstracts in the session inserted into every abstract, will be considered. The session abstract must include the rationale, moderator, presentation titles, order and length of time for each presentation, and be clearly labeled SESSION ABSTRACT - “your proposed title” on the electronic submission. Each individual abstract should also include the session title and contact information (phone and e-mail) for the person in charge of sessions so we can contact you easily. Notification of acceptance or rejection for all abstracts submitted is sent in May by e-mail to the contact person designated in the abstract submission. Presenters are notified of date, time and location of their sessions during the summer. Should you withdraw an accepted abstract, the Program Chair will select a replacement; please do not provide a substitute. Information detailing the ATOD Section’s Preliminary Program and Final Program will be available on the ATOD Section Web site and copies of the Final ATOD Section Program including locations and last-minute changes will be available at the ATOD Section Booth. |
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