Latino Caucus

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LATINO CAUCUS CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
November 3-7, 2007
Politics, Policy and Public Health
Washington, DC

The Scientific Program Subcommittee of the APHA Latino Caucus invites students, educators, researchers, health professionals, and community members to submit their research, practice, and policy findings for dissemination at the annual conference. We are looking for scientific papers that combine issues affecting Latinos with the conference’s theme of politics, policy and public health. Caucus members have identified several sub-themes that will be organized and presented as either an oral presentation, roundtable discussion or poster session. Electonic submission is required ( http://www.apha.org/meetings) and the deadline is February 6, 2007.
  • AIDS and sexually transmitted infections
  • Community participation in decision making
  • Immigration and health
  • Laws and policies that affect access to health care
  • Policies that affect chronic and infectious disease
  • Policies that affect vaccination
  • Policies to reduce health disparities
  • The effect of politics on reproductive rights
  • Work environment and health
During the scientific sessions, the Scientific Program committee of the Latino Caucus will strive to create a collaborative environment where researchers, educators, students, and community members dialogue about important lessons learned in their work. We encourage both new and well-established researchers to join us in recognizing the importance of using evidenced-based approaches to inform our research, practice, and policy efforts.

If you are new to this process, please visit the Latino Caucus website in early January to view sample abstracts and instructions on how to build a set of objectives. If you are unsure which theme best fits your work, please select the most appropriate. Also, please note that all abstracts are peer-reviewed and evaluated using the following criteria:
• Clarity of presentation: statement of problem, relevance, methods, results, and conclusions;
• Quality and completeness of reported findings;
• Originality and implications of findings to research, practice, and/or policy

We strongly encourage students to submit their abstracts, and to indicate their student status in the appropriate checkbox. We will select the best student abstract for recognition at our annual dinner/dance! For more information contact the program planners: Carlos S Zometa and Patricia Documet
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Patricia I. Documét, MD,DrPH
Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor
130 DeSoto St., 223 Parran Hall
Pittsburgh, PA, 15261
Phone: 412-624-1601
pdocumet@pitt.edu

and
Carlos Zometa, PhD, MSPH
School of Social Work
University of Michigan
1080 S. University Avenue, Room 3757
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: 734-615-7442
czometa@umich.edu