CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — APHA 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo
Men's Health Caucus
Meeting theme: "Making the Public’s Health a National Priority"
Submission Deadline: Friday, March 28, 2025
The Men's Health Caucus of APHA invites abstracts describing original research, evidence-based programs, and policy solutions related to the health of men and boys. We encourage abstracts that address the APHA 2025 Annual Meeting theme, “Making the Public's Health a National Priority.” The following is a list of priority topics for the Men’s Health Caucus:
Best Practices for Community-Engaged Collaborations to Address Boys' and Men’s Health
Fatherhood Programs and Initiatives
Global Programming to Address Boys' and Men’s Health (international, regional, rural health, etc.)
Health Care for Men and Boys: Programs, Communication, Engagement, and Equity
Health Policy that Impacts Men and Boys: Law, Legislative Action, and Advocacy
Health of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Men and Boys
Healthcare Delivery and Healthcare Practices Related to Boys and Men’s Health
Infectious Diseases among Men and Boys: Covid-19, STIs, and STDs
Injuries among Men and Boys: Unintentional, Self-Directed, and Violence
Intersectional Issues/Determinants of Health Related to Men and Boys: Age, Race, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Occupation, and Relationships
Intersectionality between Sports and Male Health
Media and Men’s Health: Utilizing Social, Print, Commercial, and other Technology Modalities to Reach Men and Boys
Mental Health and Behavioral Health in Men and Boys: Substance Use and Abuse, Depression, Anxiety and Other Diagnoses, and Online Radicalization
Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes and Address Health Equity for Men and Boys (e.g., SDOH, non-communicable diseases, infectious disease, sexual wellness, etc.)
Understanding Masculinity through Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Gender Norms, Sexual Orientation, Body Image, and their Relationship to Boys and Men’s Health
Other Topics in Men’s and Boys’ Health
Abstracts are limited to 250 words or less. Referral to web pages or URLs may not be used for abstracts. An author may not submit the same abstract to more than one Section, SPIG, Caucus or Forum.
Preferences for oral versus poster presentation will be considered, but the program committee will consider all abstracts for both oral and poster categories. Oral presentations are generally 12-15 minutes in length. An additional 3-5 minutes will be available for discussion and questions from the audience. Presenters at poster sessions should display their work and be available to answer questions throughout the scheduled 60-minute poster session.
Individual presentations that are a part of a proposed pre-arranged panel must be submitted through the standard abstract submission process by the specified deadline. These abstracts will undergo peer review. Submission of a pre-arranged panel does not guarantee that all individual abstracts will be accepted.
Please contact Dr. Georgiana Logan at logang@marshall.edu or Clara Wellons, MPH at clarawellons@gmail.com with any questions related to this call for abstracts.