Call for Abstracts

The purpose of the Global Family Health and Development Conference at BYU is to provide students, faculty, professionals, and volunteers with an outstanding opportunity to understand successful evidence–based interventions for improving global health and poverty alleviation. This year the conference theme is Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Looking for Solutions.

Paper/Poster Topics:

• Reducing inequities in health spotlight on success
• Effective solutions in the field
• Planning, evaluation, assessment, and service
• Where are the opportunities to make an impact?

Submission Deadline:
Materials must be received by 5:00 p.m. on January 27, 2012. All abstract submissions are to be sent via e-mail to barbara_mandleco@byu.edu. Acknowledgment that materials arrived on time will be sent via return e-mail. Abstracts may be related to research or projects conducted by the author(s).

Submission Guidelines
All abstract authors submit the following information, which is needed by the program committee.

1. Author information
2. Three objectives
3. 300-word abstract

Author Information: Presenter name, degrees, CHES status (if known), current professional position

Three Objectives: learning outcomes for those in attendance

Abstract Format:

1. Research: Purposes/Aims; Rationale/Conceptual Basis/Background; Methods; Results; Implications
2. Projects: Purposes/Aims; Rationale/Background; Brief description of the undertaking, including the approach, methods, or process used; Outcomes achieved/documented; Conclusions, emphasizing implications for clinical or educational practices, and recommendations for research or future undertakings

Abstract Selection and Notification: The Abstract Selection Committee will evaluate the abstracts and then notify the submitting author. The conference’s Program Committee will assign the time and date of presentation for each podium and poster abstract, on the conference schedule. The Abstract Selection Committee reserves the right to accept abstracts as a podium or poster presentation

If your abstract is accepted, the first author will be notified by e-mail of the presentation time. If there is more than one author, the first author will need to share the information with the other author(s).

Conference Registration
ALL PRESENTERS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE AND TO PAY THE APPLICABLE REGISTRATION FEES NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 24, 2012.

DEFINITIONS

Podium Session:
A podium session consists of an oral presentation of research or projects.

Poster Session:
A poster session is a visual display of work. The conference will provide information about posters when authors are notified they will be presenting a poster.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Abstracts of all papers will be evaluated according to the abstract format and should reflect or include:

1. Internal consistency of purpose/aims and methods
2. Clarity
3. Implications and significance of the study/project
4. Relation and relevance to the conference theme