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The Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) Section invites abstracts related to prevention and control of injuries and violence; delivery and evaluation of emergency health services; issues related to emergency preparedness and population safety. Abstracts addressing policy, methodological advances, programs, services, research and evaluation are appropriate for this section. Abstracts must be submitted via this website. The deadline for submitting abstracts to the ICEHS Section is 11:59 pm PST on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and considered for presentation at the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, to be held October 25-29, 2008, in San Diego, CA. The theme for the 2008 meeting is "Public Health Without Borders." Authors will be notified of the status of their abstracts by email in early June 2008. Abstracts should be structured as follows: Background/Purpose, Methods, Results/Outcomes, and Conclusions. The abstract word limit is 250 words. Subjects of interest include but are not limited to:
We welcome proposals for special sessions. Persons who would like to organize a special session are advised to first contact Doug Wiebe (see below), the Scientific Program Committee Chair, to discuss the proposed session. Special sessions must identify at least two qualified presenters. Abstracts for EACH proposed presenter must be submitted online via the same mechanism outlined above. For future reference, record the abstract number of each paper submitted for the session. Student Paper Competition Award. Each year, ICEHS provides one or more awards for the best student paper accepted and presented at the annual meeting (oral or poster). The final decision for the award or awards is based on a structured peer review by members of the ICEHS section who are blinded to the author and their affiliation. Applicants currently enrolled in a degree program or who have completed their program within the last year, and have not previously published or presented the data at a professional meeting, are welcome to participate. To participate in the competition, applicants must: 1. Submit their abstract as described above by 11:59 pm PST on February 13, 2008 for consideration in the regular session or by the deadline for late-breakers (see below). 2. On the TITLE screen (Step 2 of the submission process), enter your abstract into the ICEHS Best Student Paper Competition by checking the "YES" button on the "Consider This Paper For An Award" question (located in the "Presenting Author and Award Submission" box). Use the pull-down menu to select "Best Student Paper Award." 3. Submit one completed manuscript, organized and presented according to a standard peer-reviewed journal format, and four blinded copies to Dr. Susan G. Gerberich by September 1, 2008. 4. Be a member of the ICEHS section at the time of decision. (Join on-line anytime at APHA.org and select ICEHS for your section affiliation). For additional information regarding the student paper competition, contact Dr. Susan G. Gerberich, University of Minnesota (ph: 612-625-5934; email: gerbe001@umn.edu). Late-breaker Sessions: A call for late-breaker abstracts, for research findings and events that have been produced or transpired after the February 13 deadline, will be released in the summer of 2008. Student abstracts submitted for late-breakers are eligible for Student Paper Award consideration as long as the full paper is submitted by the September 1, 2008 date as noted above. For Further Information: |
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