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PRESENTATION PREFERENCE OPTIONS
Three options are available for presentations. Indicate your preference on the submission form. The options are:
- Oral presentation: Oral presentations allow conference participants to hear the latest information on a topic. Rooms will be arranged in lecture style to facilitate questions from the audience. Abstracts not submitted as part of a planned group session will be combined into 90-minute sessions by track chairs, typically with three or four per session. (Individual presentations should be 15-20 minutes in length.)
- Poster session: There will be at least one hosted poster session during the 2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference. The conference organizers will determine how the posters will be grouped once all confirmations have been received. Information on poster size and presentation day/time will be sent to authors after abstracts have been accepted.
- Roundtable discussion: Roundtable discussions provide an opportunity to informally discuss programmatic and scientific topics with a group of up to 10 conference attendees. Roundtable sessions will start with a brief presentation (no slides) on a topic relevant to one or more of the conference tracks. The presenter then will pose several questions to the group and serve as a host for the dialogue. Conference participants are seated in a circle to facilitate active participation. After 45 minutes, participants will have a chance to move to another table for another discussion.
No preference- if accepted, conference planners will determine the appropriate format.
ABSTRACT FORMAT OPTIONS
FORMAT I - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FINDINGS
This format is most appropriate for the presentation of scientific research findings. NOTE: The abstract should disclose primary findings and not include statements such as "experiment in progress" or "results will be discussed."
- Background/Objectives: Study objectives, the hypothesis to be tested, or a description of the problem.
- Methods: Methods used or approach taken.
- Results: Specific results in summary form (with appropriate statistical analysis).
- Conclusions/Implications: Discussion, implications, and conclusions.
FORMAT II - DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
This format is most appropriate for description of programs, discussions of environmental health policy, and models for program dissemination and capacity development.
- Background: Identify the specific problem, need, or topic
- Issue: Describe the current activities related to the topic.
- If discussing a specific project, please include information about the project setting, public health rationale for the project, and project goals and objectives.
- If discussing an environmental health issue, please include information on what is currently being done to address the issue. Please also identify the major stakeholders (policy makers, public health professionals, state and local public health professionals, the public, etc.)
- Results: Describe the results of the project:
- If describing a specific project, include information about the project outcomes
- If discussing an environmental health issue, briefly outline the desired outcome or next steps.
- Lessons Learned: Summary of the lessons learned and implications
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