Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers

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DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 15!!!!!!

dThe LGBT Caucus of Public Health Workers is soliciting abstracts for the 136th APHA Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA October 25-29, 2008. Submissions are encouraged for work with a focus on LGBT health and the conference theme, "Public Health Without Borders" as well as other topics relevant to LGBT health.

The following list of topics is not intended to be exhaustive; rather, it will suggest some of the myriad issues of interest to the Caucus:
  • Funding LGBT Research and Programming
  • Gay and Bisexual Men's Health
  • Generalizing Findings from Convenience Samples to LGBT Communities
  • HIV/AIDS Prevention in LGBT Communities
  • Internet-based LGBT Public Health Research
  • LGBT Health Policy & Advocacy
  • LGBT Research in Elderly Populations
  • LGBT Youth Research
  • Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Health
  • Mental Health in LGBT Communities
  • Non-LGBT-Identifying Men and Women and Health Disparities
  • Population-based LGBT Research
  • Poster Session: Special Topics
  • STD Education & Prevention in LGBT Communities
  • Sampling/Recruitment Strategies for LGBT Research
  • Serving Cultural and Linguistic Minorities in LGBT Communities
  • Substance Use and Substance Use Treatment Issues Among LGBT Individuals
  • Tobacco Prevention Concerns of LGBT Communities
  • Transgender Health
  • Violence in the Home and Community
The Caucus strongly encourages submission of abstracts that focus attention, to the extent feasible, on the role of age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

The Caucus is very interested in student participation, and has established the Walter Lear, MD Outstanding Student Research Award to recognize exceptional work by students on LGBT-related issues. The award consists of a stipend, as well as free caucus membership. We invite students to submit proposals for consideration at all levels of presentation (poster, oral, or roundtable). Please indicate student status when submitting.

A discussion session by several (no more than five) speakers on a general topic may be coordinated by a single applicant. The coordinator must submit an abstract for the discussion session, following the guidelines listed on the APHA web site. Each speaker for the discussion session must also submit an abstract on his or her individual topic, following the APHA web site's guidelines.

All abstracts submitted to the caucus will be reviewed via a peer-based blind review process. Reviews will not be forwarded to submitters.

ABSTRACTS FOR THIS CAUCUS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE THROUGH THE APHA WEB SITE NO LATER THAN THE EXTENDED DEADLINE OF FEBRUARY 15, 2008. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS YEAR DEADLINE DATES DIFFER AMONG EACH SECTION, SPIG OR CAUCUS IN WHICH YOU ARE SUBMITTING AN ABSTRACT.

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Program Planner Contact Information:
Seth L. Welles, ScD, PhD
Program Chair Elect (2007-2008)
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics-- Drexel SPH
Bellet Building, 1505 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-762-4953
Fax: 215-762-4088
slw58@drexel.edu

and
Paul A. Gilbert, MSPH
Center for Health Improvement and Prevention Studies
University of California San Francisco
350 Parnassus Avenue
Suite 905
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: 415-502-7288
paul.gilbert@ucsf.edu