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Public Health Social Work (PHSW) The section welcomes abstracts on areas of special interest to public health social work for the 135th annual APHA meeting in Washington,DC, November 3-7, 2007. Submissions related to the 2007 Annual meeting theme of “Politics, Policy and Public Health” are encouraged. Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 8, 2007. Below are suggested topics. Topics include:
Written Abstracts of 250 words or less should be submitted. Submitted abstracts must include at least three specific learning objectives that focus on public health social work. Learning objectives are to be submitted along with the abstract for each presentation. Referral to web pages or URL’s may not be used for abstracts. For any and all inquiries, always refer to your abstract by the assigned number. Abstracts will be evaluated based on the following criteria: • Importance/originality of social problem addressed • Presentation of empirical results/ Quality and completeness of supporting data/philosophy • Implications for social work practice identified • Innovation of ideas • Clarity, quality, scientific rigor, and interest to the Public Health Social Work Section This section encourages those who have never presented at APHA to become “new presenters” in 2007. Students and new professionals are encouraged to submit abstracts. This year we are including a Student Poster Session. Be sure to indicate new presenter and or student on your submission. Poster Sessions: (60 minutes) Poster presentations are visual/graphic displays of an author’s research. Presenting authors should arrive a few minutes early to set up their posters and should remain at their poster during the entire session. No more than 10 poster boards will be assigned to a poster session. Oral/Panel Sessions: (90 minutes) There are two types of oral presentations. A. Contributed Research Paper sessions: Five to six persons per session will orally present her or his research orally. Time will be allocated for a brief question and answer period at the end of all presentations. B. Panel Sessions: These are generally solicited sessions. The presenters must show expertise on pre-selected topics. The proposed session must open with a brief introduction of the speakers, followed by each panelist’s presentation. Time will be allocated for a brief question and answer period and the session generally concludes with a summation by the moderator. Each panel submission must contact the Program Planner prior to submission. Panel sessions are special and must contain the following: 1. An overall session abstract, which includes a rationale for the session, the proposed paper titles, author(s), order of presentation, and length of time for each person; 2. Clearly label the overall session abstract as “PANEL SESSION ABSTRACT – PROPOSED SESSION TITLE”. You must insert the title of the panel session on the electronic submission page form when entering your proposal; 3.The proposed moderator and discussant (if applicable); 4.Be sure that each individual proposed presentation submits a separate abstract under the same restricted “category” (session title), otherwise they may become lost in the shuffle; and 5. Place contact information (phone and e-mail) for the person in charge of the session directly on the overall session abstract for easy contact. |
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