CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 139th APHA Annual Meeting

Theme: Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds & Bodies

Caucus on Homelessness

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The Caucus invites abstracts on research, epidemiology, policy, legislation, advocacy, and service delivery issues pertaining to homelessness and homeless populations.

The theme for the 2011 APHA conference is "Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies." Topics of interest for this year's program include, but are not limited to:
  • Design and evaluation of interventions for specific populations
  • Evidenced based practices for homelessness services
  • International responses to homelessness
  • Issues related to the design, implementation, and effectiveness of health services for homeless populations
  • Novel methods, priorities, or challenges in conducting research with homeless populations
  • State and local planning efforts to end homelessness or address barriers to care
Abstracts with student researchers as senior authors are encouraged. The Caucus on Homelessness will present an award for the best student abstract submitted. The abstract will be selected by a committee. Please place "S/A" at the end of the title so that it will be identified as an abstract to be considered for this award. For additional information contact the program chair.

Continuing Education Credit
APHA values the ability to provide continuing education credit to physicians, nurses, health educators and those certified in public health 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 (DO NOT USE understand or to learn as objectives, they are not measureable).

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 (Disclosure) form with a relevant Qualification Statement. See an example of an acceptable Qualification Statement on the online Disclosure form.

Thank you for your assistance in making your session credit worthy.
Contact Annette Ferebee at annette.ferebee@apha.org if you have any questions concerning continuing education credit. Contact the program planner for all other questions.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Kathy Proctor, MPH, MSHA
NEVHC Homeless Health Care Project
7843 Lankershim Blvd.
N. Hollywood, CA 91605
Phone: 818-765-8656 ext 50601
Fax: 818 765 6982
KathyProctor@nevhc.org