The ICTHP Section is now accepting abstracts for late breaker sessions for APHA 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo. The submission deadline is Thursday, July 31st, 2025 (11:59 pm PST).

Late breaker sessions are a forum for presenting research findings and programs that have been completed or transpired recently (i.e., since the March deadline of the original ICTHP Call for Abstracts).

Abstracts may be related to any integrative, complementary and traditional health practices (ICTHP), including: acupuncture, Ayurveda, mind-body interventions, health coaching, holistic nursing, massage therapy, integrative care, physical activity, energy healing, herbs, holistic nutrition, spiritual healing, yoga, and tai-chi.  We welcome abstracts on all types of research (Surveys, RCTs, Systematic Reviews, Meta Analysis, etc.) done on these therapies/health practices.

• Advocacy in ICTHP
  
• Evaluating and Promoting Evidence-based Traditional/Indigenous Health Practices
  
• ICTHP Approaches to Hard-to-Treat Complex Chronic Conditions
  
• Increasing Scientific Rigor and Evidence-based Practices in ICTHP
  
• Innovations in Integrative, Complementary, and Traditional Health Practice
  
• Policies that Influence Coverage, Practice, and the Accessibility of ICTHP
  
• Utilizing ICTHP to Increase Health Equity
  

Collaborative Sessions. This year, ICTHP also invites abstracts for two proposed collaborative sessions focused on:

1. Indigenous Health Practices. In collaboration with the American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (AIANNH) Caucus, this session will highlight research, practice, and policy taking place in and by Indigenous communities in the United States and worldwide.
2. Psychedelics in Public Health. Held in collaboration with the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) and Mental Health Sections, this session will explore the evidence, safety, efficacy, and policy landscape related to the use of psychedelics to improve health.

Three items are particularly important to include: Structured Abstract (350 - 500 words; with the following sub-headings: Background/Purpose, Methods, Results/Outcomes, and Conclusions); learning objective (at least one); and presenter qualifications (75 words or fewer). You must also include at least one clear, MEASURABLE learning objective with your submission. Only one abstract can be submitted per primary author. Individuals who present abstracts at the Annual Meeting must be members of the APHA. Abstracts must be submitted through APHA's website.

Submissions will be reviewed and scored by ICTHP section members to ensure high quality scientific submissions are selected for presentation at the meeting. The following criteria will be used to score submissions: 1) ability to advance the practice/knowledge base of ICTHP; 2) importance and originality of work; 3) overall clarity and appeal; 4) clearly defined objectives, purpose and methods; 5) data and statistical analysis are included; 6) conclusions are supported by data; 7) programs/policies are suitable for replication; and 8) completeness and quality of the submission.

Notification of abstract status will be e-mailed to all submitters in early August.

For additional information, contact the ICTHP Scientific Program Committee Co-Chairs:  Katherine Smith, Dana Garfin, or Malik Tiedt.

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Program Planner Contact Information:

Katherine Smith,
smithkz@umich.edu


and

Malik Tiedt,
mt3726@tc.columbia.edu


and

Dana Rose Garfin, PhD
dgarfin@ucla.edu