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COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH CAUCUS The Community-Based Public Health Caucus invites abstracts related to the science and practice of community-based public health for the 136th American Public Health Association Meeting and Exposition to be held from October 25-29, 2008 in San Diego, California. The theme of the 2008 meeting is "Public Health Without Borders," and we have particular interest in abstracts and proposals that reflect this theme. OVERVIEW of the COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH CAUCUS: The Community-Based Public Health Caucus, approved by the APHA Executive Board in 2001, is guided by the belief that community lies at the heart of public health, and that research protocols and interventions work best when they are rooted in the values, knowledge, expertise, and interests of the community. We believe that health encompasses the physical, mental, spiritual, social, environmental, and economic well-being of a community and its members. We recognize the power of equal partnerships connecting community members, community-based organizations, academic institutions, and health agencies in order to address the myriad of health issues affecting communities today. We understand that, in order for these partnerships to be equal, and for interventions and research to be community-based, community members must participate fully in the identification of health issues as well as in the selection, design, data collection and analysis, implementation and evaluation of programs that address these issues. Further information about the Caucus and its guiding principles can be found at http://www.sph.umich.edu/cbph/caucus/. FUNDING AVAILABLE Limited funding is available through the CBPH Caucus for community-based organization representatives who present during the 2008 meeting. NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH INVOLVED IN CBPH ENDEAVORS!!! We ask community-based partnerships that involve students to please support these students (high school, undergraduate, and graduate level) in submitting poster-session abstracts. Limited stipends are available through the CBPH Caucus for students presenting posters during the 2008 meeting. CALL for ABSTRACTS for the 2008 ANNUAL MEETING: We invite abstracts that reflect a diversity of community-based public health activities, including basic and applied research projects, interventions, teaching and service learning projects. Of particular interest are presentations that will provide participants with enhanced knowledge and skills to conduct community-based public health activities, as well as those that explicitly describe the application of community-based participatory research (CBPR) to policy change and decision-making at the local, state and federal level. All abstracts should be NO LONGER THAN 250 words, and should be submitted to one of the topic areas listed below, and should reflect the meeting theme: "Public Health Without Borders."
All abstracts are peer-reviewed and will be considered for oral, poster or roundtable presentation, unless authors indicate a preference. Abstracts are evaluated for their quality and the degree to which their content is consistent with the principles of the Community-Based Public Health Caucus and the 2008 APHA Meeting theme. If your abstract is accepted for presentation, you are REQUIRED to present material as stated in the peer-reviewed abstract. INSTRUCTIONS for FULL SESSION PROPOSALS: We also invite submissions of PROPOSALS FOR FULL SESSIONS (90 minutes). These sessions will consist of five to six presentations (plus a moderator if necessary) that share a common theme, ideally related to the meeting theme, "Public Health Without Borders." Please note that each individual abstract to be included in a full session must be submitted through the APHA electronic abstract submission process. Each abstract will be reviewed independently, and be subject to the same blind peer review process as other abstracts. Due to limited number of sessions available for oral presentations, in order for a full session proposal to be considered, each individual abstract from the proposed full session must be accepted on its own merit. If all abstracts are not accepted, the full session will not be considered. However, the individually accepted abstracts will be considered for presentation within another topic area session. In addition to each individual abstract submission, a one-page overview of the proposed full session must be submitted directly to the planner via electronic mail at: cbrewster@med.miami.edu. This one-page overview should include: 1. Full session title 2. Name of the lead facilitator and the contact person for the full session 3. Brief overview of the full session and how the individual abstracts are integrated 4. List the individual abstracts for the full session in presentation order, including the following information: abstract number; abstract titles; author(s); time allocated for each presentation (including discussion). IMPORTANT DATES: The APHA Website (http://www.apha.org/meetings) will accept online abstract submissions beginning December 17, 2007. The DEADLINE for submitting all abstract and Full Session Proposals to the CBPH Caucus is February 14th, 2008. CONTACT INFORMATION: Please feel free to contact the program planners should you have questions regarding your submission. Full contact information is below: Cheryl D. Brewster: cbrewster@med.miami.edu |
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