CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 138th APHA Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2010)

Latino Caucus

Submission Deadline: Friday, February 12, 2010

 Submit Abstract
The Scientific Program Subcommittee of the APHA Latino Caucus invites students, educators, researchers, health professionals, and community members to submit their research, practice, and policy findings for dissemination at the annual conference. The theme of the 2010 conference is "Social Justice: Public Health Imperative." Please submit scientific papers that address issues affecting Latinos especially as they relate to the theme of the conference. However, other papers that address the Health of Latinos will be accepted. The abstracts will be organized into one of the following: oral presentation, roundtable discussion, and poster session. Electronic submission is required (http://apha.confex.com/apha/137am/oasys.epl) by February 12, 2010.
  • Addressing Gangs and Violence in the Latino Community
  • Gender Inequality and Health in the Latino Community
  • General Latino health
  • Health Promotion Programs Targeting the Latino Community
  • Improving Latino health
  • Moving Beyond the Cultural Lens: How Do We Frame a Social Justice Agenda in the 21st Century
  • Neighborhood Effects on Youth Mental Health
  • Prevention of HIV/AIDS and STIs in Latino communities
  • Prevention of chronic disease in Latino communities
  • Promoting Social Justice in Latino Communities through Public Health Strategies
  • Social Justice: Cultural and Linguistic Access in Health Care
  • Social Justice: Promoting the Health of Immigrant Children
  • Social and Physical Environments Affecting the Health of Latinos
  • Strategies to Promote Social Justice and Improved Health for Migrant and Seasonal Latino Workers
  • Suicide in the Latino Community
During the scientific sessions, the Scientific Program committee of the Latino Caucus will strive to create a collaborative environment where researchers, educators, students, and community members discuss the lessons learned from their work. We encourage both new and well-established researchers to join us in recognizing the importance of using evidenced-based approaches to inform our research, practice, and policy efforts.

If you are new to this process, please visit the Latino Caucus website in early January to view sample abstracts and instructions on how to build a set of objectives. If you are unsure of a theme, select the most appropriate. Also, please note that all abstracts are peer-reviewed and evaluated using the following criteria:
• Clarity of presentation: statement of problem, relevance, methods, results, and conclusions
• Quality and completeness of reported findings
• Originality and implications of findings to research, practice, and/or policy



We strongly encourage students to submit their abstracts, and to indicate their student status in the appropriate checkbox. We will select the best student abstract for recognition at our annual awards program! For more information contact the program planners: Ruth Enid Zambrana, Carlos S. Zometa and Rose Marie Martinez.

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.
Contact Annette Ferebee at annette.ferebee@apha.org if you have any questions.
Submit Abstract

Program Planner Contact Information:
Rose Marie Martinez, ScD
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Institute of Medicine
500 Fifth St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-334-2655
rmartinez@nas.edu

and
Carlos Zometa, PhD, MSPH
The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
2500 Century Parkway, Room 4117
Atlanta, GA 30345
Phone: 404-498-2404
Fax: 404-498-0989
hlm7@cdc.gov