CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 143rd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition
Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health
Meeting theme: Health in All Policies
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 18, 2015
The Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health (APIC), in official relations with the American Public Health Association (APHA), invites abstracts for the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition on October 31-November 4, 2015 in Chicago, IL.
We encourage submissions that focus on the annual meeting’s theme, "Health in All Policies" as it applies to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities in the United States, associated territories and throughout the world. Abstract submissions authored by or in collaboration with Asian and Pacific Islander community-based partners are highly encouraged.
Although we will consider ALL submissions, the 2015 APIC scientific program will highlight work that addresses the annual meeting theme and these emerging public health challenges and priorities:
Aging and Asian and/or Pacific Islanders
Health education and health promotion for older Asian and/or Pacific Islander adults
Healthcare outcomes and quality of life among older Asian and/or Pacific Islander adults
Older Asian and/or Pacific Islander adults with complex chronic conditions
Medicare and Medicaid policy for Asian and/or Pacific Islanders
Asian and/or Pacific Islander community responses to the Affordable Care Act
Implications for immigrants and their safety net providers
Role of community health centers in delivering high-quality primary care
Planned interventions examining impact of healthcare reform
Data Disaggregation and Revealing Significant Health Patterns in Asian and/or Pacific Islander Populations
Innovative sampling approaches to enumerating under-represented Asian and/or Pacific Islander populations
Epidemiological studies powered to estimate disease prevalence in diverse Asian and/or Pacific Islander populations
Influence of migration, assimilation, acculturation on health outcomes
Food, Environment, and Asian and/or Pacific Islander Health
Child nutrition/school food
Health disparities in the food environment
Obesity as an environmental health issue
Sustainable diets and sustainability in dietary guidelines for Asian and/or Pacific Islanders
Innovative Interventions and Translational Research Addressing Asian and/or Pacific Islander Health
Use of technology in health promotion
Social media and tele-health approaches to health promotion
Translating evidence-based intervention approaches to Asian and/or Pacific Islander communities
Cost-effectiveness studies on integrating community health workers into healthcare systems
Mental Health and Asian and/or Pacific Islanders
Strategies and interventions that promote mental health among Asians and/or Pacific Islanders
Community-based strategies to integrate and coordinate mental health services for Asians and/or Pacific Islanders
Role of community based organizations in Asian and/or Pacific Islander mental health
Faith-based preventive measures to improve mental health
Innovative community-academic approaches to address mental health issues
Mental health prevention and early intervention
Systems and Asian and/or Pacific Islander health
Influence of biological, behavioral, social, and environmental determinants of health on individual, community, and population health
Cyberspace as a source of health information/health action
Successful intersectoral collaborations in public health
The session topics are preliminary and do not reflect the precise content of the final program. Presenters selected to give oral or poster presentations will be required to register for the APHA Annual Meeting and become an individual member of APHA and APIC. Therefore, individuals should submit an abstract only if they are committed to making the presentations themselves or have a substitute willing to register, attend the meeting, and deliver the presentation.
Abstract guidelines and requirements:
Abstracts must be limited to 300 words or less.
Abstracts should be structured to include the following sections: Background/Significance, Objective/Purpose, Methods, Results, and Discussion/Conclusions.
Please do not include references or citations in the text of the abstract.
Indicate if you wish to present the abstract as an oral or poster presentation. APHA has general guidelines for each format option. There are limited slots available for oral presentations, so please give the Program Committee as many options as possible.
Do not include your name or contact information in the text portion as this prohibits blind peer review.
In addition, APHA values the ability to provide continuing education (CE) credit to physicians, nurses, health educators, and those certified in public health at its annual meeting. For a session to be eligible for Continuing Education Credit, each presenter, panelist, discussant, and/or faculty must provide:
an abstract free of trade and/or commercial product names.
at least one MEASURABLE SINGLE objective (“to understand” or “to learn” are not measurable objectives and compound objectives are not acceptable). Use ONLY the following Measurable Action Verbs: Explain, Demonstrate, Analyze, Formulate, Discuss, Compare, Differentiate, Describe, Name, Assess, Evaluate, Identify, Design, Define or List.
A signed Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form with a relevant qualification statement;
Example of Acceptable Biographical Qualification Statement: (I have been the principal or co-principal of multiple federally funded grants focusing on the epidemiology of drug abuse, HIV prevention and co-occurring mental and drug use disorders. Among my scientific interests has been the development of strategies for preventing HIV and STDs in out-of-treatment drug users.)
Please note that stating “I am a Principal Investigator/Project Coordinator of this project.” is not sufficient since it only gives submitter's job title or position. Please add little more information about your experience and/or background.
Blind peer review of abstracts by the Program Committee is based on the following selection criteria:
Importance. Abstracts should highlight importance and significance of the public health problem or issue.
Relevance. Abstracts should be relevant to Asian and/or Pacific Islander health.
Innovation. Abstract should highlight innovative and novel topics
Quality. Abstracts should completely describe research/project/concept and provide supporting data where appropriate.
Clarity. Abstracts should be concise, clearly written, and convey the primary goals and/or ideas of the project/program.
Student Abstract Award: Student primary-authored submissions are also given special consideration. These abstracts should be noted on the application to be identified as eligible for APIC’s Best Student Abstract Award. The author of the highest scoring student abstract will be recognized with an award during APIC’s annual award ceremony and social reception at the APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition
Invitations to present will be withdrawn should authors of award abstracts be unable to present at the Annual Meeting. Please refer to the abstract submission guidelines at https://apha.confex.com/apha/143am/oasys.epl.
Those interested in Asian and/or Pacific Islander health are invited to join APIC. Further details on the Caucus can be found at http://www.apicaucus.org. For more information about the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, please visit http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual.
Submitting an abstract to the APIC implies that you understand the terms of this call for abstracts. Failure to adhere to the instructions outlined in the call for abstracts may result in your abstract not being considered and may impact future submissions. Furthermore, submitting the abstract implies that you (and/or co-authors or colleagues) are willing to present at the Annual Meeting and Exposition.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Hae-Ra Han, PhD, RN, FAAN School of Nursing The Johns Hopkins University 525 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21205 Phone: 410-614-2669 hhan3@jhu.edu
and
Shijian Li, PhD Department of Public Health SUNY College at Old Westbury 223 Stone Hill Rd Old Westbury, NY 11568 Phone: 516-875-4421 lis@oldwestbury.edu
