Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited, to:
in progress during the winter submission deadlines. Recently completed projects.
An expanded summary must be submitted with the abstract. The purpose of the expanded summary is to provide additional information to help reviewers judge the relevance and quality of your work. It should not repeat the abstract material, but instead should provide complementary details about the work. The expanded summary should be 250 to 1,000 words.
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:
Special Sessions:
We welcome proposals for full sessions (90 minutes in length). Session proposals are encouraged for any topic of special interest or topics related specifically to this year's theme. In addition to the electronic online submission of an individual abstract for EACH of the 4-5 papers to be included in a Session, a one-page overview of the proposed Session MUST be submitted directly to Claudia Der-Martirosian at cdermart.APHA@gmail.com. All abstracts for the Late Breaker program are due by July 23, 2021. The one-page special session overview should include:
Please note that each individual abstract to be included in a proposed Special Session must be submitted through the APHA electronic abstract submission process, with objectives, speaker qualifications and a conflict of interest must be completed by each person speaking or moderating at the session. In the "Comments to Organizers" box for each abstract submission, the authors should indicate that the abstract is to be considered as part of the proposed session (indicated by proposed Special Session title).
Withdrawal:
The last date to withdraw an abstract accepted for presentation, without penalty, is August 1. This date allows the program committee time to provide the presentation opportunity to other submitting authors whose work may not otherwise have a program slot. Penalty: All authors/coauthors whose abstracts are accepted for oral or poster presentation who fail to arrange for the submitted work to be presented, fail to show for the meeting, or fail to withdraw by the withdrawal date of August 1, will be ineligible to have abstracts considered for presentation for the following two years. Exceptions will be considered if the program committee is promptly notified of any extreme, unforeseen circumstances.
Claudia Der-Martirosian,
cdermart.apha@gmail.com