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Environment Section Call for Abstracts APHA Annual Meeting – San Diego, CA “Public Health Without Borders” October 25 – 29, 2008 The Environment Section is seeking abstracts and full session proposals related to the 2008 American Public Health Association annual meeting on “Public Health Without Borders” to be held in San Diego, October 25 – 29, 2008. Deadlines: FULL SESSION PROPOSALS: January 25, 2008 INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACTS: February 15, 2008 NOTE: Per APHA policy - All accepted presenters are required to register for the conference and join APHA if not already a member. TOPICS OF INTEREST The section encourages you to submit abstracts describing research studies, innovative policies, or programs that address an environmental health problem. While abstracts reflecting any innovative work highlighting environmental health will be reviewed, the Environment Section will place emphasis on abstracts related to the following topics: A. Student Achievement Poster Award Track (submit abstract for consideration for the Environment Section’s Student Achievement Poster Award) B. Global Environmental Health (ex: global climate change, international environmental health, transboundary pollution and waste, impacts of global economy) C. Built Environment (ex: housing, relationships between health and urban infrastructure, urbanization) D. Children's Environmental Health (ex: environmental risks at home and at school, environmental health risks with disproportionate impacts on children) E. Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (ex: influence of social, economic, or cultural factors on environmental health risks; exposure, impact, or policy inequities) F. Food and the Environment (ex: food contamination in production or distribution, environmental impacts of the current food system, sustainable food production, food and climate change, food and farm policy) G. Support for Local Environmental Health (ex: infrastructure, fostering leadership, workforce) H. Clean Air and Water (ex: pollution, waterborne disease, water scarcity) I. Ecosystems and Human Health (ex: sustainable use of land, resources or energy; interactions between ecosystems and human health; natural disasters) J. Science to Support Decision-making and Policies (ex: biomonitoring, environmental health tracking, health impact assessment) K. Emerging Environmental Health Challenges (ex: persistent bioaccumulative toxins, endocrine disruptors, biotechnology, nanotechnology, emerging infectious disease and environment) The topics and examples listed above are meant to stimulate ideas for abstract submission. The topics are not exhaustive or mutually exclusive. In fact, the Section encourages integrative approaches to environmental health. When choosing which track to submit an abstract, authors should select the one they feel best represents the major focus of the abstract. PROPOSALS FOR FULL SESSIONS – Deadline January 25, 2008 Proposals for full sessions are welcome. Full sessions are comprised of invited speakers who will address different aspects of the same topic of high interest. A variety of formats are acceptable including oral sessions, roundtables, and panel discussions. To submit a proposal, you must: Request the Full Invited Session Proposal Form from the program planners at: apha.environment@yahoo.com Return completed Proposal Form to the program planners at: apha.environment@yahoo.com Proposal Form must be received BEFORE 5:00 pm EST, January 25, 2008. If a Full Session Proposal is accepted, submitter(s) will be directed to enter each abstract online during the APHA window for invited/solicited abstract submissions, March 18, 2008 – April 25, 2008. INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACT CONTRIBUTIONS – Deadline February 15, 2008 PRESENTATION FORMATS: Please state your preferred format Oral presentations are organized into 90 minute sessions with 4 or 5 presentations of 10–20 minutes in length. Poster presentations are organized into sets of 10 within a 60-minute session. Other possible formats include round tables or panel discussions. ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS: Research Presentations Abstracts describing research projects or case studies should focus on new knowledge of environmental health issues. The presentation and abstract should include the purpose of the study, a hypothesis or study question, detailed methods and results, and specific conclusions. Policy or Program Presentations These types of abstracts should describe the application of knowledge to real-world problems or policies. The presentation and abstract should include a problem statement and specific conclusions describing resolution of the problem. Strong preference will be given to abstracts that include systematic assessment of the policy or program, with detailed description of methods and findings. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed and ranked for quality, topic applicability, adherence to abstract requirements, and relation to overall Section priorities. Every effort will be made to accommodate the author’s presentation preference for accepted abstracts (e.g., oral presentation or poster). However, the Environment Section may not be able to accommodate all presentation preferences. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS Abstract must be submitted online via APHA’s Web site. After reading the instructions, complete all specified steps, and click “SUBMIT ABSTRACT.” If you do not have Internet access, please contact the APHA Program Staff for specific instructions. Abstracts over 250 words will not be accepted. All abstracts must be submitted online by February 15, 2008. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT POSTER AWARD TRACK Students of environmental health programs, public health, and other health related fields are encouraged to submit abstracts pertaining to their academic research. Interested students should submit their abstract into the Environment Section’s “Student Achievement Poster Award Track.” Please note that abstracts submitted into other topic related tracks will not be considered for the award. Submitted abstracts will undergo a 3-stage review process. The staged approach is intended to allow students ample time to submit a comprehensive abstract containing study purpose, detailed methods, results, and specific conclusions. For the February 15th deadline, students must submit a preliminary abstract including a well thought out study purpose and detailed methods (250 words or less). Submitted abstracts will be reviewed for relevance to environmental health and the student’s clarity in describing the work that will be done. Student abstracts that make the first cut will be requested to submit a more comprehensive abstract (250 words or less) between May 1, 2008 – June 15, 2008. These abstracts must include the original study purpose, detailed methods as well as results and specific conclusions. A total of 10 abstracts will be selected for poster presentation during the Environment Section’s Student Achievement Poster Award Session. During the poster session, students and their posters will be judged for presentation style, knowledge of the subject matter, and project quality. Up to three finalists will be awarded cash prizes at the Environment Section’s Social Hour. Eligibility requirements: Work must have been completed by the student as part of an environmental health, public health, or other health related degree program. A student must be enrolled for enough credit hours during fall semester 2008 to be considered in good standing as at least a part-time student, or have graduated from their program between May-August 2008. If the abstract is accepted for presentation, proof of student status will be requested. The student must be the first and presenting author on their contributed abstract. To be eligible for the cash award the student must present the work at the APHA meeting and attend the Environment Section Social Hour. Students that have received a cash prize in previous years are not eligible to resubmit unless they are working on a different degree. STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS A limited number of student travel awards are available. It is not necessary to submit an abstract to be eligible for a travel award; however, extra consideration will be given to students who submit an abstract. For information about travel awards, contact Nse Witherspoon at nobot@cehn.org. To ensure the quickest and safest handling of your inquiry, request or Full-Session Proposal, please use the following email address and not the program planners' work email: EMAIL: apha.environment@yahoo.com
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Program Planner Contact Information: William E. Daniell, MD MPH Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences University of Washington Box 357234 Seattle, WA 98195-7234 Phone: 206-685-3160 Fax: 206-685-3990 bdaniell@u.washington.edu and Barbara Glenn, PhD Office of Research and Development US Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (8723F) Washington, DC 20460 Phone: 202-343-9721 Fax: 202-233-0677 glenn.barbara@epa.gov and Kacee Deener, MPH US EPA Office of Research & Development 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (8723F) Washington, DC 20460 Phone: (202) 343-9852 Fax: (202) 233-0678 deener.kathleen@epa.gov