CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 139th APHA Annual Meeting

Theme: Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds & Bodies

School Health Education and Services

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
The School Health Education and Services (SHES) section of the APHA invites abstracts for oral presentations and posters from those with an interest in the health and well being of students and staff members in preschool, K-12 school, and college settings. Findings from rigorously designed research studies, case studies, and programs related to practitioners' experiences regarding current best practices and policies are invited, particularly those that address the following topics:
  • Academic Achievement and School Health
  • Advocacy: Enhancing School Health with Policies and Resources
  • Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use Prevention Programs for Youth
  • Emergency Preparedness and Safety Issues in Schools and Colleges
  • GLBT Youth: Meeting the Health Needs of all Students
  • Health Care Reform and School Children
  • Infectious Disease Control in Schools, Policies and Programs
  • Innovations in Funding School Health
  • Innovative School Health Education Pedagogy (e.g., gaming as a teaching technology)
  • Innovative Strategies and Programs in School Health
  • Physical Activity in School
  • School Health Services (primary prevention, chronic disease management, electronic records and measurement, etc)
  • School Mental Health Programs and Services
  • School Nutrition Programs
  • School Obesity Prevention
  • School Violence and Bullying, Programs and Policies
  • School Wellness Programs
  • School, Community, and University Partnerships
  • School-Based Health Centers
  • Other topics related to school health
Please include learner-centered objectives for oral sessions to qualify for continuing
education credit approval. These are needed so we can get CHES credit for our sessions.

The abstracts should contain the following:

• Background
• Purpose
• Significance
• Methodology
• Findings/Results
• Conclusions/Recommendations

Peer reviewers will assess the suitability of abstracts for presentation based upon
following the above format and upon the following criteria:

• Significance of study in relation to school health
• Appropriate methodology
• Significance of findings/results
• Quality of conclusions or recommendations
• Usefulness for supporting or strengthening school health

Currently-enrolled health education, nursing, medicine, social work, counseling (and
students enrolled in related programs of study) are strongly encouraged to submit
abstracts of research work performed to satisfy academic coursework or requirements.
Be sure to identify your academic program and institution. The section will present
an award for the “best” student research abstract.

Preference will be given to completed research rather than to proposed projects or
pilot studies.

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.
Contact Annette Ferebee at annette.ferebee@apha.org if you have any questions.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Martha Dewey Bergren, DNS RN NCSN FNASN FASHA
Director of Research
National Association of School Nurses
8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 420
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 240 247 1613
Fax: 301 585 1791
mbergren@nasn.org

and
Larry K. Olsen, DrPH, CHES
School of Health Management
AT STill University
1505 Curnutt St.
Las Cruces, NM 88011
Phone: 575-522-0016
LKOUMP53@msn.com

and
Daniel D. Adame, PhD, CHES
Emory University
Woodruff PE Center 314-F
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-727-4092
phyedda@emory.edu

and
Daniel D. Adame, PhD, CHES
Emory University
Woodruff PE Center 314-F
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-727-4092
phyedda@emory.edu