RE: APHA Call for Abstracts: Latino Caucus

[Guest guest]

,

Yes I would like to submit my research on

Ptrygium eye disease.  Its at epidemic levels among Hispanic men.  It entails 5

years of research in upper California and lower Southern states.  How do I do

this?

Sincerely,

Rene Quintana

Del Norte

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Gardner

Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

8:49 AM

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APHA Call for Abstracts: Latino Caucus

FYI . . .

LATINO CAUCUS

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association

October 25-29, 2008

Public Health Without Borders

San Diego, CA

The Scientific Program Subcommittee of the APHA Latino Caucus invites students,

educators, researchers, health professionals, and community members to submit

their research, practice, and policy findings for dissemination at the annual

conference. We are looking for scientific papers that address the issues

affecting Latinos with a particular focus on this year's conference theme of

public health without borders. Caucus members have identified several

sub-themes that will be organized and presented as either an oral

presentation, roundtable discussion or poster session. Electronic submission

is required (http://www.apha.org/meetings)

and the deadline is February 4, 2008.

Aging Across the Border: Health of Immigrants

Who Are Now Elders in the U.S.

Community Service Engagement: Getting Rid of

the Town vs. Gown Dichotomy

Crossing the Border: The Cost/Impact on the

Health System

Culture, Acculturation and Access to Health

Care

Diversity among Latino Communities and the

Implications on Health

Health Care for Children of Migratory Latino

Families

Immigration as an Asset to Healthy Community

Growth

Infections and International Migration:

Diseases that Enter (or Leave) through the U.S.

Borders

Language as Boundary to Communication About

Health

During the

scientific sessions, the Scientific Program committee of the Latino Caucus

will strive to create a collaborative environment where researchers,

educators, students, and community members discuss the lessons learned from

their work. We encourage both new and well-established researchers to join us

in recognizing the importance of using evidenced-based approaches to inform

our research, practice, and policy efforts.

If you are new to this process, please visit the Latino Caucus website in

early January to view sample abstracts and instructions on how to build a set

of objectives. If you are unsure which theme best fits your work, please

select the most appropriate. Also, please note that all abstracts are

peer-reviewed and evaluated using the following criteria:

• Clarity of presentation: statement of problem, relevance, methods, results,

and conclusions;

• Quality and completeness of reported findings;

• Originality and implications of findings to research, practice, and/or

policy

We strongly encourage students to submit their abstracts, and to indicate

their student status in the appropriate checkbox. We will select the best

student abstract for recognition at our annual dinner/dance! For more

information contact the program planners: Documet and

Gerardo.

Program Planner

Contact Information:

I. Documét, MD,DrPH

Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School

of Public Health

University of Pittsburgh,

Assistant Professor

130 DeSoto St.,

223 Parran Hall

Pittsburgh, PA, 15261

Phone: 412-624-1601

pdocumetpitt (DOT) edu

and

Gerardo, DO, MPH

Department of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Ohio

University

- Assistant Professor

Grosvenor Hall-353

Athens, OH 45701

Phone: 740-274-1355

gerardoohio (DOT) edu

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