Public Health Issue Focus Area(s)

• • Adverse perinatal outcomes
  • Children and youth with special health care needs
  • Chronic disease
  • Community collaboration
  • Environment/Place and health
  • Faith-based initiatives
  • Fathers and families
  • Health equity/Social justice
  • Immunization
  • Infectious disease
  • Justice
  • Mental health
  • Preconception health
  • Racial/ethnic disparities
  • Racism
  • Reproductive health/Family planning

Population Focus Area(s)

• • Infants
  • Children
  • Adolescents
  • Women
  • Men
  • Families
  • Life course
  • Intergenerational

   Abstract Type

• Data Focus
  • Select a “Data Focus” if the abstract is focused on the analysis, interpretation, or utilization of qualitative or quantitative data (for scientific studies, research, planning, or evaluation). The abstract should include:
    • Background: Description of the public health problem that the study is intended to address, or the program or policy being evaluated. Include innovative aspects, and why the study is important.
    • Objectives: A clear statement of the research question, purpose, and expected outcomes.
    • Methods: Study design, source of data including methods of data collection, analytic methods, approach taken.
    • Results: Specific results in summary form, with appropriate statistical analysis and interpretation.
    • Limitations: Any known limitations of the study and its findings, such as potential bias and lack of generalizability.
    • Conclusions/Implications: The public health implications of the study findings, the conclusions.
• Program/Policy Focus
  • Select a “Program/Policy Focus” if the abstract is focused on development, implementation, or dissemination of MCH initiatives (program, partnership, collaboration, or policies). The abstract should include:
    • Issue: The specific problem that the initiative was intended to address, including evidence that the initiative was needed.
    • Setting: Geographic location where the activities took place, and the intended audience or population expected to benefit from the activities.
    • Project: Description of the activities, including evidence that these activities would be likely to effectively address the problem, innovative aspects, your organization’s role, logic model, and evaluation plan.
    • Accomplishments/Results: The major accomplishments, including evaluation results, i.e. evidence of the effectiveness of the initiative on knowledge, behaviors and/or outcomes in the target population.
    • Barriers: Summary of specific barriers encountered and how/whether they were overcome.
    • Lessons Learned: The take home message, what worked, what should be done differently, and the implications for public health.

Abstract Body (instructions)

• • Abstract text may not exceed 500 words.
  • Prepare the abstract and save it in your computer before accessing the on-line abstract submission form.
  • Define abbreviations and acronyms.
  • Use numerals to indicate numbers, except at the beginning of a sentence.
  • Describe your results. Do NOT simply state that the results will be discussed.
  • Do not include tables or figures in the abstract. Abstracts will be reproduced as submitted. The conference organizers reserve the right to reject abstracts for publication in the conference abstract compendium if they do not comply with the guidelines / instructions.

Information for Replication (optional)

• • Approximate annual budget / costs to replicate program / activity
  • Resources used to cover the costs
  • Key partners / stakeholders who collaborated on the program / activity