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Academic and Practice Linkages in Public Health Caucus

Academic-Practice Linkages for Innovation in Public Health Data Storytelling

Academic-Practice Linkages to Improve Community Engagement through Non-Traditional Partnerships

Academic-Practice Linkages to Move the Needle on the Social Determinants of Health

Academic-Practice Linkages to Protect People Burdened with the Effects of Discrimination, Oppression, and Poor Health

Academic-Practice Linkages to Support the Development of Public Health Leaders

Academic-Practice Linkages: Addressing Public Health Workforce Training Needs

Academic-Practice Linkages: Leveraging Academic Health Departments to Strengthen Public Health Infrastructure

Measuring the Impact of Academic-Practice Linkages in Public Health

Aging & Public Health

Advance Care Planning, Palliative Care, and End-of-Life Issues

Aging Population Health (joint session with Public Health Education and Health Promotion section, Disability Section, the Food and Nutrition Section, and the Physical Activity Section)

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and Cognition

Apha 2023 Conference Theme: Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges

Behavioral and Social Science Research in Aging

Caregiving across Different Contexts and Settings

Environment

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Self-Management

Medical Care, Disease Screening, Management, and Treatment

Minority Health and Issues Related to Intersectionality

New and Emerging Issues: Aging and Public Health in 10 Years

Other Topics Relevant to Aging and Public Health

Pandemics and Aging

Structural Racism, Health Equity, and Aging

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Alcohol

Cannabis

Integrated Behavioral Health: Mental Health & Substance Use

Opioids

Other Drugs

Student Outstanding Work Award Candidate

Tobacco

American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus

Defining Holistic Health and Wellness Approaches for Our People

Other Topics Addressing American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Peoples

Promoting Cultural Values in Data Sovereignty and Public Health Programming

Social Justice through Racial and Cultural Justice for Health Equity

Stronger Together: Collaborations and Coordination in Public Health Efforts

APHA Committee on Womens Rights

Economic, Social and/or Cultural Factors That Underlie Violence Against Women and Interventions That Address These Factors

Policy and Advocacy Strategies That Positively Affect Women’s Lives.

Scalable Interventions to Promote Women's Health over the Life Course.

APHA Student Assembly

Disability

Environmental or Occupational Health

Epidemiology or Biostatistics

Food and Nutrition

Health Education

Health Services Administration or Management

International or Global Health

Public Health Law and Policy

Reproductive or Child Health

Social and Behavioral Health

Student Training and Public Health Workforce Development

Applied Public Health Statistics

Application of Complex Health Survey Design and Analysis

Applications Using Longitudinal Health Data

Big Data Analytics for Public Health Research

Big Data and Machine Learning for Health Research

Big Data Visualization for Public Health Data

Causal Inference in Public Health

Communication and Dissemination of Health Statistics

General Topics in Applied Public Health Statistics

Geospatial Pattern and Spatial Analysis

Innovative Methods for Health Statistics Education

Small Area Estimation

Statistical Inference, Tests, and P-Values (Uses and Misuses)

Statistical Methods for Covid-19 Data

Student Oral Presentations

Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

Achieving Health Equity for AAPI through Policies

Addressing AAPI Social Determinants of Health through Education, Communication, and Community-Based Interventions

Innovative Research and Evaluation Methods to Examine AAPI Health

Mental Health in AAPI

Other AAPI Priorities

The Role of Culture and Context: Ethical Issues in Research with AAPIs

Black Caucus of Health Workers

African American Men's Health

African American Women's Health

Behavioral Health Interventions, Including Those Addressing Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Chronic Disease Prevention and Management Among African Americans

Effects of Racism, Colonialism, and White Supremacy on the Health Status of African Americans

Environmental Health and Justice

Faith and Spirituality

Global Health

Maternal, Adolescent, Child, and Family Health

Reproductive Health and Rights

Violence Prevention

Workforce Development, Academic Programming/Preparation, and Pipeline Programs

Breastfeeding

Apply a Reproductive Justice, Equity or Life Course Perspective to Human Milk Feeding and the Challenges Experienced By Those Who Practice It

Consider the Breastfeeding, Chestfeeding, or Human Milk Feeding Experiences Among Populations That Have Been Historically Excluded or Purposively Marginalized

Lactation within the Context of the Infant Formula Shortage and COVID-19, Including Vaccination and Lactation, Long COVID, and Supporting Lactation and Breastfeeding during the Pandemic

Research on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Human Milk Feeding and Lactation

Cancer

Cancer Prevention: Enhancing Cancer Prevention Efforts across Populations (e.g., early interventions targeting risk factors/behaviors; inaccurate information/social media posts on cancer prevention).

Cancer Screening/Diagnosis: Improving Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis (e.g., evaluation of community outreach programs to increase screening rates; costs and benefits of technologies to improve diagnosis).

Cancer Survivorship and Supportive/Palliative Care: Developing and Promoting Survivorship Strategies and Resources for Patients and Caregivers (e.g., social support programs; interventions to improve quality of life for survivors and their caregivers).

Cancer Treatment: Advancing Cancer Treatment from a Population Health Perspective (e.g., strategies to enhance care quality and/or timeliness; patient-reported outcomes; financial hardship/financial toxicity related to cancer treatment).

Impact of COVID-19 across the Cancer Care Continuum: Rresearch Investigating the Ongoing Impact of the Pandemic Spanning from Prevention to Survivorship Care across the Continuum with Special Emphasis on Efforts to Address Adverse Impacts through Intervention.

International Topics in Cancer Prevention and Control: Evaluating Cancer Care, Outcomes, and Prevention in a Global Setting with Special Attention to the Social and Ethical Challenges of Global Cancer Practice and Research.

Social and Ethical Challenges across the Cancer Care Continuum: Addressing Challenges Related to Unmet Social Needs (e.g., food insecurity, housing instability, etc.) and/or Ethics (e.g., bioethical, social, and legal) across the Cancer Care Continuum.

Structural Barriers to Equitable Cancer Outcomes: Novel Investigations of Social Determinants of Health (and factors upstream) That Contribute to Inequitable Cancer Outcomes Disproportionately Impacting Marginalized Populations, Such As Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Rural Residents, and LGBTQ+ Communities.

Caucus on Homelessness

Criminal Justice Systems

Disability Justice and Ableism

Educational Access and Imbalance

Mental and Behavioral Health

Other: Proposals That May Not Align with the Above Topics

Race and Ethnicity

Religious and Spiritual Communities

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

Examining Facilitators and Barriers Among Faith-Based Organizations in Conducting Research to Address and Improve Community Societal and Ethical Issues.

Faith-Based Research and Partnerships: Addressing and Improving Social and Ethnic Health Challenges and Inequities

Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

Barriers and Enablers of Social Connectedness Among Immigrants, Refugees, and Forcibly Displaced Populations

Community Engagement and Action to Improve Psychosocial Experiences of Immigrants, Refugees, and Forcibly Displaced Populations

Emerging Health Issues Among Immigrants, Refugees, and Forcibly Displaced Populations

Psychosocial Experiences and Associated Health Outcomes Among Immigrants, Refugees, and Forcibly Displaced Populations

Social Determinants of Health Disparities Among Immigrants, Refugees, and Forcibly Displaced Populations

Chiropractic Health Care

2023 APHA Annual Meeting theme - Creating the healthiest nation: Overcoming social and ethical challenges

Access to and quality of health care

Policy and education

Community Based Public Health Caucus

CBPR and Place-Based Community Transformation

Community Voices: Community Member Perspectives on Community-Academic Partnerships and CBPR

Community-Driven Work to Transform Policy and Address Social Challenges

Lessons Learned from CBPR Projects

Measures, Methods, and Evaluation in CBPR

Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges through Community-Based Participatory Research

Participatory Approaches to Address Social and Structural Determinants of Health

The Ethical Challenges of Community-Based Participatory Research

The Power of CBPR to Achieve Health Equity

The Scholarship of CBPR: Innovative Strategies to Communicate Findings for Change

Youth Roundtable: Youth Leading the Way to Healthier Communities

Community Health Planning and Policy Development

Addressing Health Impacts of Varying Populations in Mass Incarceration Systems

Advocacy Efforts to Advance Community Health and Health Equity

Commercial Determinants of Health: Business/Societal Engagements of Private Sector Influences on Social, Physical, Cultural Environments

Community Approaches/Policies/Collaborations to Address HIV

Community-Based Approaches to Developing, Mobilizing, and Advocating Public Health Improvement Policies

Emerging Threats to Community Health

Examining Community-Based Approaches to Addressing Trauma, Mental Health, and Violence Prevention

Examining the Influence of Economic Policies on the Sustainability of Community Health Programs

Exploring Interdisciplinary/Multi-System Approaches to Promoting Equity in Health Care, Particularly for Traditionally Disenfranchised Population (e.g., youth, racial, gender, and sexual minorities, women, immigrants, physically impaired, etc.)

Health Equity Issues Related to Environmental Health (e.g., built environment, climate-based concerns, etc.)

Implementing and Evaluating Community-Based Solutions to Prevent and Manage Chronic Diseases

Implications of Policies That Perpetuate Racial, Gender, and Other Inequities

Improving Community Health through Innovative, Interdisciplinary Partnerships

Integrating Social Justice within Public Health Frameworks

Novel Methods for Measuring Health Equity/Inequity

Policy Tools and Communication Strategies to Address Health Misinformation

Public Health Workforce Development

Racism and Discrimination As Community Health Risks

Research on Social Determinants of Health, Gun Violence Exposure and Prevention, and Resilience

Strategies for Addressing Access to Care Barriers throughout COVID-19

Community Health Workers

CHW Supervision Skills Development, Including Opportunities for CHWs to Supervise

CHWs Addressing Health Disparities

CHWs Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic

CHWs Promoting Social and Racial Justice

Innovative CHW Core Competency Education and Training

Innovative Models of CHW Team Integration (clinical and/or community)

Local, State and Regional Policy & Workforce Development

Professional Support and Workforce Advocacy

Programs/Services Addressing Determinants of Health

Special Session: CHWs in Public Health Education and Health Promotion

Disability

Approaching Public Health through a Disability Justice Lens

Emerging Public Health Issues Affecting People with Disabilities

Healthcare for People with Disabilities across the Lifespan

Healthcare Provider Education

Promoting Health Programs That Are Inclusive of People with Disabilities

Sexual Health and Reproductive Justice for People with Disabilities

Surveillance and Data

Early-Career Professional

Emergency preparedness of all types; including workforce transition during pandemic and recovery phase

Research and programming by ECP

Environment

Air, Water, Land, and Climate

Building Healthy and Resilient Communities

Chemicals and Health

Children's Environmental Health

Emerging Topics in Environmental Health

Environmental Health Policy and Practice

Environmental Justice and Health Equity

Food and the Environment

Health Impact Assessment (organized jointly with the Public Health Education and Health Promotion section)

Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (organized jointly with the Pharmacy Section)

Physical Activity and Environment (organized jointly with the Physical Activity section)

Epidemiology

Cancer Epidemiology

Clinical Epidemiology

Communicable (Infectious) Disease Epidemiology (NO respiratory conditions)

Creating the Healthiest Nation: Overcoming Social and Ethical Challenges

Environmental Epidemiology

Epidemiology Methods

Epidemiology of Behavioral Health Conditions (mental health and substance use disorders)

Epidemiology of Health-Related Behaviors

Epidemiology of Respiratory Conditions (SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), Tuberculosis (TB), Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and/or Other Respiratory Infections)

Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology

Injury and Occupational Epidemiology

Non-Communicable (Chronic) Disease Epidemiology (NO Cancer)