The Special Interest Group in Alternative and Complementary Health Practices (ACHP) invites oral and poster presentations for the upcoming APHA 2009 annual conference titled “Water and Public Health.”
We are particularly interested in topics related to evidence-based research findings, efficacy, education and training, program development, safety, utilization, best practices, policy and alternative and complementary health practices. Examples include:
- Building the evidence for changing nutrition and physical activity environments
- Innovative health interventions addressing the increasing prevalence of chronic disease (e.g., diabetes and obesity)
- ACHP for special populations including women and minorities
- Alternative and Complementary Health Practices for Cancer and Chronic Diseases
- Body, Mind and Spirit in Public Health
- Business Meeting for Alternative and Complementary Health Practices SPIG
- Cancer Control and Health Services in Developing Countries
- Cancer and Chronic Diseases in ACHP
- Challenges and Strategies for Organizing and Collecting Standardized Data Information in Communities and Its Overall Interventions and Outcomes
- Chiropractic Education and Public Health
- Climate changes, migration and its impact on health
- Culturally Relevant Research to Improve Health
- Curriculum, Education and Training Issues related to ACHP
- Developing Integrative Approaches to Patient Care
- Education, Practice, and Quality in ACHP
- Effective faith-public health partnerships and programs
- Evaluation of faith-based public health interventions
- Financial Aspects of ACHP
- Health Care for Women Veterans: Caring for Those who Serve Our Country
- Herbal Medicine and Dietary Supplements
- Hormones added to our water and food systems: What are the (cumulative) risks?( Organized Jointly by FN and ENV Sections)
- Informed Choices: The Impact of Nutrition Labeling
- Innovations to Promote Healthy Weight
- Innovative School, Community, and University Partnerships
- Innovative faith-based public health approaches
- Integration of ACHP into practice
- Integrative Medicine: Complementary Therapies and Integration into conventional care
- Integrative Therapies and Wellness
- International Perspectives in Children’s Health
- Introducing America's Inaugural National Physical Activity Plan
- Kids on the Move: Promoting Physical Activity in Children and Youth
- Locally Grown: Strategies to Support Local Economies and Public Health
- MCH Poster Session General I
- Mind, Body, and Spirituality in ACHP
- Models of Wellness Care in Practice
- Perspectives in Physical Activity and Health
- Preventing Chronic Disease: Comparing major policy and environmental interventions for alcohol, tobacco and other risk factors
- Produce for the people: how farmer’s markets and produce stands are changing nutrition environments in California’s Central Valley
- Promoting the Health of People with Disabilities II
- Providing Services that Address Cultural and Linguistic Needs
- Provision of quality and culturally sensitive health care for refugees and immigrants
- Recreation, Water, and Environmental Health
- Research and advancing the evidence base for ACHP
- Research examining relationships between spirituality and health
- Research in Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
- Roundtable Discussions and Experiences in Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
- Sharing Our Wise Practices: A Sample of Public Health Projects in Native Communities
- Special Populations and Aspects in ACHP
- Special Session: Dr. Josephine Briggs from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Special Topics in Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
- Special Topics in Alterniative and Complementary Health Practices
- Transformational Learning Activities to Teach Social Justice, Compassion, and the Social Determinants of Health
- Vitamin D and Health: Meeting Adequate Intake
- Wisdom of the Elders
- Other Alternative and Complementary Health Practice Topics
Abstracts are judged on clarity of subject matter, importance and originality, quality of methodology and supporting data/philosophy, relationship to this SPIG, and contribution to the field. Highest rated abstracts, based on blinded peer review, are generally selected and placed in sessions according to the overall program plan for that year. Abstracts may be submitted as a group. However, they will be reviewed individually and will be placed in sessions, if accepted, according to the discretion of the Program Chair.
Deadline: February 16th, 2009.
Please review the APHA guidelines for abstract submissions. For example, include learning objectives along with the complete abstract.
Continuing Education Credit
APHA values the ability to provide continuing education credit to physicians, nurses and health educators at its annual meeting. Please complete all required information when submitting an abstract so members can claim credit for attending your session. These credits are necessary for members to keep their licenses and credentials.
For a session to be eligible for Continuing Education Credit, each presenter must provide:
1) an abstract free of trade and/or commercial product names
2) at least one MEASURABLE objective (to understand or to learn are not measurable objectives).
Examples of Acceptable Measurable Action Words:
Explain, Demonstrate, Analyze, Formulate, Discuss, Compare, Differentiate, Describe, Name, Assess, Evaluate, Identify, Design, Define or List.
3) A signed Conflict of Interest form with a relevant qualification statement
Thank you for your assistance in making your session credit worthy. Please contact Annette Ferebee at annette.ferebee@apha.org if you have any questions.
Please address any questions regarding the Alternative and Complementary Health Practices Special Primary Interest Group to:
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