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NASBHC's mission is to
improve the health status
of children and youth
by advancing and advocating
for school-based health care

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Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 638-5872
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Email: info@nasbhc.org

Taking Action Against Health Disparities

2008 Convention Call for Abstracts

The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care seeks expertise, promising, best, and evidence-based practices, resources, and tools on a myriad of interdisciplinary topics for the2008 national school-based health care convention, June 25-28, 2008, to be held atthe Century Plaza Hyatt Regency Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

On-Line Submission - closed for 2008

 Presentation Tracks and Program Priorities
The convention will be organized into seven workshop tracks, each to include a series of concurrent sessions. The tracks, their definitions and identified priorities for abstracts are as follows:

Track 1. Mental health skills: specific to delivering a continuum of behavioral health services including mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention, and treatment in a SBHC.
Priorities for 2008 workshop selection:

Track 2. Primary Care, Oral Heath and Nutrition: specific to delivering clinical services
Priorities for 2008 workshop selection:

Track 3. Evaluation and Quality: Using quality improvement strategies to evaluate and sustain services, interventions, and programs in SBHC.
Priorities for 2008 workshop selection:

Track 4. Operations and administration: topics that relate specifically to the management of SBHC program, including integration with school, fundraising, policies and procedures, etc.
Priorities for 2008 workshop selection:

Track 5. Policy and Advocacy: topics that relate to broad financing, funding, communications, public and government relations.
Priorities for 2008 workshop selection:

Track 6. Youth and Community Engagement: topics that relate successful skills and approaches of involving youth, families and community supporters in leadership, negotiation, partnership development, and advocacy strategy for SBHCs at the local level.
Priorities for 2008 workshop selection:

Track 7. NEW    Leadership in Child and Adolescent Health: topics that relate to informing and influencing practice and national, state, and local policy.
Priorities for 2008 workshop selection:

Competitive Selection process

Workshop proposals and poster abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee for content, presenter’s credentials, description, summary, and measurable objectives. Submission of an abstract does not guarantee participation in the convention program. The abstract review committee reserves the right to assign accepted abstracts to other tracks other than the one originally applied for.

The peer review process will provide a technical and programmatic evaluation of all abstracts by a panel of professionals who are considered topic area experts. The applications will be read and scored using the following criteria:

Notification of applicants’ status will be made January 2008. All applications must adhere to the guidelines. Incomplete applications will not be considered. A separate application must be completed for each submission.

Workshop Presenter Responsibilities

In an effort to assure workshop descrip-tion represents workshop presentation and to assure ample handouts are available to all, the workshop presenter will be ask to sign a presenter agreement contract. The workshop presenter agree(s) to the following responsibilities:


Deadline- Closed for 2008

 

Abstract Guidelines for Online Submission

The following is an outline of the information required to submit a proposal.  This document if for your review and cannot be used for submission.

Abstract Name: Descriptive Title of Abstract (25 word limit)

Presenter Credentials
Confirm/Edit Contact Information
Add/Edit Curriculum Vita information
Name, Degree(s), Title, Organization, Address, City, State, Zip , Telephone, Fax, Email
Education
Summary of Experience
Publications (maximum of 3)

Note:Presenters will be listed in alpha order on all documents.

Abstract Information (you will be required to answer the following questions)

1:  Select the track that is most appropriately suited for your proposed session:

2:  Select your first preference for presentation category

3:  Describe the tools, handouts, and other resources that will be shared with the participants. NOTE: Handouts are required for every session.

4: Select the audience for which this proposed session is most ideally suited:

5:  Please indicate if this presentation would be appropriate for Students/Youth to attend.  (YES/NO) NOTE:  NASBHC has a history of involving Students/Youth in its youth track.  Youth are interested in attending workshops in other track as appropriate. 

6:  An LCD panel projector will be provided for each workshop. Other AV request will be considered, indicate by checking:

TIP: Develop steps 7, 8 and 9 in your word processing program, be sure to run the spell check and perform the word count, then cut and paste into the appropriate on-line forms.

7:  Enter Presentation Description (200 word limit)

8:  Enter Presentation Summary (50 word limit)

9:  Objectives

 

 

 

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