Specific areas of interest for Aging and Public Health include but are not limited to:
We also invite submissions for 90-minute symposium sessions. Please e-mail the program chair if you are submitting a symposium; these require special processing for appropriate review. There will only be a few open time slots available for consideration as a session. Because of the volume of abstracts we receive and the limited number of oral sessions we are allotted, we cannot consider symposium sessions containing fewer than four presented papers. Symposium proposals must be submitted along with each individual paper that make up the symposium. This complete package gives the reviewers more substance from which to judge the overall merits of the proposal. Symposium submissions should contain:
1. An overall session abstract, which includes a rationale for the session, the proposed paper titles, author(s), order of presentation, and the abstract numbers for the individual papers;
2. Clear labels of the session abstract with “SESSION ABSTRACT - your proposed session title" (you fill in the italicized part but keep the SESSION ABSTRACT) on the electronic submission page form when entering your proposal;
3. The proposed moderator and/or discussant;
4. Be sure that each individual proposed presentation submits a separate abstract under the same topic (e.g. Rural aging issues) and that it indicates that it is part of a symposium referencing the session title, otherwise they may become lost in the shuffle; please include the session abstract #;
5. Contact information (phone and e-mail) for person in charge of session directly on the overall session abstract is provided, so we can contact you easily; and
6. Indicating whether or not you would like to have the individual abstracts considered for presentation in other sessions, if your proposed session is not accepted. Please state, "YES, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ABSTRACTS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY" or "NO, I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE THESE ABSTRACTS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY".
Please be aware that each paper in the symposium is scored individually and the symposium is also scored as a group. The individual abstract for each paper must score reasonably well in order to be considered for a symposium session.
Abstract scoring:
All abstract submissions are evaluated based on the following criteria:
1. Significance of the problem to public health and aging.
2. Innovativeness of ideas, methods and or approach.
3. Methodological rigor of methods and approach (analytical design for research, systematic approach for practice and or policy).
4. Presentation of empirical findings.
5. Implications identified for future research, practice and/or policy.
6. Clarity of writing.
Aging and Public Health Section Awards
The Aging and Public Health Section sponsors several awards in various categories of aging and public health. To be considered for one of the following awards, please indicate which one on your abstract submission form by selecting the award from the drop-down box.
* Aetna Susan B. Anthony Award for Excellence in Research on Older Women and Public Health
* Aging and Public Health Rural and Environment Award
* Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation
* Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award
* James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award
* Laurence G. Branch Doctoral Student Research Award funded by the Retirement Research Foundation
* Master’s Student Research Award funded by the Retirement Research Foundation
* Nobuo Maeda International Aging & Public Health Research Award
* Erickson Foundation Research Award in Positive Aging
We would like to highlight two of the above awards. Through the generous support of the Retirement Research Foundation and its president, Marilyn Henessey, Aging and Public Health Section offers two student research awards. The Retirement Research Foundation Masters Student Research Award recognizes outstanding research led by a student whole matriculating in a Master’s program. Individuals who are currently in doctoral programs, or are in other settings but who completed the research as masters student are eligible to submit an abstract for this award. Similarly, the Retirement Research Foundation Doctoral Student Research Award (also known as the Lawrence G. Branch Doctoral Student Research Award) is awarded to outstanding research led by a student while matriculating in a doctoral program. The student is eligible even if the doctoral degree has been recently been completed.
All awardees will be recognized at the Aging and Public Health Awards session, present their research at the Annual Meeting, receive a monetary award, and be recognized on the website of the Aging and Public Health Section.
Each abstract can be considered only for one award. You may, however, submit different abstracts to be considered for different awards. For submission for the Archstone Foundation Award, please contact Irena Pesis-Katz at irena_pesis-katz@urmc.rochester.edu. For more information about the individual awards, please contact Annie Nguyen at annieln1@uci.edu or view the Web site of the Aging and Public Health Section (http://www.apha.org/membergroups/sections/aphasections/a_ph/benefits/).
For questions and inquiries, please contact the Program Planner listed at the bottom of the page.
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.Ready?
Hongdao Meng, MPH, PhD
College of Behavioral & Community Sciences, School of Aging Studies
University of South Florida
13301 Bruce B Downs Blvd
MHC 1300
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 974-5504
Fax: (813) 974-9754
meng@usf.edu
