FW: 2011 Society for Prevention Research Conference

[Guest guest]

FYI….

Announcement for Distribution

Society

for Prevention Research 19th Annual Meeting Theme:

Prevention

Scientists Promoting Global Health – Emerging Visions for Today and

Tomorrow

May 31 -

June 3, 2011

Hyatt

Regency Washington

Washington

DC

The

Program Committee of the Society for Prevention Research (SPR) invites

submissions for presentations within all content areas of public health,

education, human services, criminal justice, and medical science. Relevant

topics include, but are not limited to: reduction of health disparities,

health promotion and disease prevention, maternal health, infant and child

health, mental health/mental disorders, family conflict, substance abuse and

addiction, violence prevention, delinquency, crime, academic failure,

dropping out of school, obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus,

HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted disease, unintended pregnancy,

unemployment, productivity, occupation safety, auto crashes, unintended injury,

poverty, welfare, and managed care, policy-based interventions, and

international prevention. Issues related to global warming and effects of

global warming on communities are a new focus.

Special

Theme

International

Prevention Research

We are

actively engaged in promoting and encouraging international collaboration in

prevention research. We encourage submissions that highlight prevention

strategies employed in multiple countries as well as from international

prevention scientists.

General

Themes

Advances

Across the Stages of the Prevention Research Cycle: Epidemiology,

Etiology, Efficacy Trials, Effectiveness Trials, Implementation Science,

Innovative Methods and Statistics

In addition

to the themes described above, there are two special themes for the 2011

conference: Systems

Science Perspectives,

and NIDA

International SPR Poster Session.

Watch for the

official

“call for

papers” in August, 2010.

All

abstracts will be submitted online at www.preventionresearch.org.

The abstract

site will open September 6, 2010. Deadline for submission is October 25, 2010.

Questions?

Email at jenniferlewis@...

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