CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — APHA's 2020 Annual Meeting and Expo
Public Health Social Work
Meeting theme: "Creating the Healthiest Nation: Preventing Violence"
Submission Deadline: Monday, March 2, 2020
The Public Health Social Work Section of the American Public Health Association Conference invites submissions for presentations for the 2020 American Public Health Association Conference in San Francisco, CA (October 24-28). The theme for the 2019 conference is “Preventing Violence: For science. For action. For health.” This theme expands on our 2019 theme “Creating the Healthiest Nation: For Science, For Action, For Health”, reflecting the importance of addressing the intersectional social justice issues that influence health access and equity for our most vulnerable and marginalized communities.
This section encourages those individuals who have never presented at APHA to become "new presenters" in 2020. Students and new professionals are encouraged to submit abstracts for poster or oral presentations. Be sure to indicate "new presenter" and/or "student" on your submission.
We will also be sponsoring several Public Health Social Work 'Student-Only' Sessions and especially encourage MSW/MPH dual degree students to submit abstracts!
We are soliciting abstracts on original research that have implications for Public Health Social Work practice, policy, and leadership. Abstracts are encouraged in a range of substantive areas. The submission should include completed work that uses scientifically sound quantitative or qualitative methods. Abstracts can be proposals for oral presentations, poster presentations, symposia, or roundtables. We asked that you select one of the following cluster areas to help us in contextualizing your important work:
Decolonizing Social Work - Reclaiming Indigenous Voices through Participatory Design and Promoting Indigenous Health
Immigration, Border Health, and Displacement
Innovative Models for Integrating Social Needs Care into Health Care
Preventing Family, Community, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Preventing and Addressing Environmental Injustices from a Social Work Lens
Prevention and Health Promotion across the Continuum of Care
Public Health Social Work Approaches to Enhancing Health Access and Equity
Public Health Social Work Approaches to Preventing and Addressing Gun Violence
Public Health Social Work Approaches to the Grand Challenges of Social Work
Public Health Social Work Approaches to the Homelessness Epidemic
Public Health Social Work Professional Development
Structural and Population-Level Approaches to Violence Prevention
Session types are described below:
Poster Sessions: (60 minutes)
Poster presentations are visual/graphic displays of an author’s research. Presenting authors should arrive a few minutes early to set up their posters and should remain at their poster during the entire session. No more than 10 poster boards will be assigned to a poster session.
Oral/Panel Sessions: (90 minutes)
There are two types of oral presentations:
Contributed Research Paper sessions: Four papers per session will be presented orally. Time will be allocated for a brief question and answer period at the end of all presentations.
Panel Sessions: These are generally solicited sessions. The presenters must show expertise on pre-selected topics. The proposed session must open with a brief introduction of the speakers, followed by each panelist’s presentation. Time will be allocated for a brief question and answer period and the session generally concludes with a summation by the moderator. Each panel submission must contact the Program Planner prior to submission. Panel sessions are special and must contain the following:
An overall session abstract, which includes a rationale for the session, the proposed paper titles, author(s), order of presentation, and length of time for each person;
Clearly label the overall session abstract as “PANEL SESSION ABSTRACT – PROPOSED SESSION TITLE”. You must insert the title of the panel session on the electronic submission page form when entering your proposal;
The proposed moderator and discussant (if applicable);
Be sure that each individual proposed presentation submits a separate abstract under the same restricted “category” (session title), otherwise they may become lost in the shuffle; and
Place contact information (phone and e-mail) for the person in charge of the session directly on the overall session abstract for easy contact.
To submit an abstract please click on the button below and complete the steps:
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Abigail M. Ross, PhD, MSW, MPH Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service 113 W. 60th Street New York, NY 10023 Phone: 212-636-6652 aross28@fordham.edu
and
Sana Malik, MSW, MPH, DrPH School of Social Welfare Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center Level 2, Rm 093P Stony Brook, NY 11794 Phone: 717-580-1211 sana.k.malik@stonybrook.edu
