APHA Student Poster Session - Call for Abstracts!
MPHSA CSUN
Particularly for those of us with a gerentology focus, this may be of
interest...
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Hi Taraneh:
could we get this out to mphsa asap?
thanks, dr.y
Thank you, Dr. Young
Kathleen J. Young, M.P.H., Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor & Coordinator, COUGH-Northridge
(Campus's Organized & United for Good Health)
MPH and Health Education Programs, Department of Health Sciences
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330
818-677-4725
Fax: 818-677-2045
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From: Burke, Sloane C
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The Public Health Education and Health Promotion (PHEHP) section of
the American Public Health Association (APHA) announces a call for
abstracts to a dedicated student poster session at this year's annual
meeting, being held in San Fransisco, CA, October 27 - 31, 2012.
Students are encouraged to submit abstracts that relate to the
conference theme, "Prevention and Wellness Across the Lifespan,"as
well as other themes related to public health education and health
promotion. Student awardees can be active at the doctoral, masters, or
undergraduate level. Ten student awardees will be invited to present
their work (poster format) at the conference and will receive a
certificate for their participation. Students are also eligible for a
$50 stipend if allrequired information is
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The criteria for selection of awardees can be found at the end of
this document. We are interested in student abstracts that show an
individual student’s work on an applied research or evaluation
project, abstracts designed to document the community health education
and/or health communication work of a student or group of students or
projects that contribute to the translation of research. The student
submitter must be the first author. Multiple student authors are
acceptable, but only the first author will receive the stipend and
certificate. Faculty members may not be the first author. The
student author or an author from the student group must register for
and attend the conference to accept the award. Abstracts are limited
to 250 words, must include at least 2 learning objectives, and must be
submitted along with faculty endorsement letter by 5 p.m. (PST) on
Friday, April 6, 2012.
This year the submission process will be online and the instructions
are as follows:
1. Go to http://apha.confex.com/apha/140am/phehp.htm
2. Click on "Start Abstract Submission"
3. Select the topic "PHEHP Student Awards Contest"
4. Click "Save and Continue"
5. Follow the instructions listed
6. You will check "Poster Only" for Preferred Presentation Format
7. Email your faculty endorsement letter in pdf form on school
letterhead to krista...@gmail.com<mailto:krista...@gmail.com>
Please forward this email to your students. If you have any question
regarding this process, contact Dr. Krista Mincey
(krista...@gmail.com<mailto:krista...@gmail.com>).