CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — APHA 2026 Annual Meeting and Expo
Socialist Caucus
Meeting theme: "Together We Thrive: Health Across the Lifespan"
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Socialist Caucus of the American Public Health Association (SCAPHA) has been actively engaged in the fight for social justice and the public’s health since 1975. As we enter our second half-century of activism, advocacy and research, we confront an unparalleled barrage of attacks. We invite your submissions on the current situation and its effects as well as the broader political context of the ongoing impact of global capitalism on health and health care, the social, political and economic determinants of health, the food system, political resistance and community organization, and the environment. Topics may include- social class, race and racism in health and health care; the role of corporations in health, health care, the food system and the environment; progressive perspectives on women's health issues and on the health of marginalized populations; the movement for national health care, and the struggle for health and justice in the United States and around the world. We welcome submissions by students and early-career professionals.
Capitalism's role in shaping our health, our health care systems, the food system and the environment
Social class, race and racism, women's health, and the health of marginalized in both health and health care.
The Public's Health in Crisis: International Perspective
The Public's Health in Crisis: United States Perpective
The movement for national health care
The struggle for health and justice in the United States and around the world
Proposals for complete sessions are also invited.If you wish to submit a proposal for an entire session, please submit individually all abstracts to be included in that session through the web submission process and inform the program planner separately via e-mail that you have organized a complete session. The e-mail should include the name, address, phone number and e-mail address of the session organizer, the title of the session, a list of the individual abstracts to be included in the session, their presenters, and the web ID of each individual abstract. For more information, please e-mail Martha Livingston.
