January 2006

Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Ameliorating Health Disparities

Hepatitis A to Z:
Examining disparities in viral hepatitis incidence, prevalence and treatment.

A presentation by Amy Jessop, PhD, MPH
Director of Research and Education of HEPTREC
www.heptrec.org

January 26th, 2006, 12-2 PM
University of Pennsylvania
Nursing Education Building, rm 211
(any color lunch bag event)

For more information, pubhlth@mail.med.upenn.edu

Call for Posters

Deadline for abstracts, Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.

for a poster session on Public Health to be held on Tuesday, May 2nd from 5:30 - 7:00 pm at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Sponsored by:
Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
and
the Pennsylvania Public Health Association
and
the New Jersey Public Health Association

All presenters must be a member of a sponsoring organization or a student sponsored by a member of the College's Section on Public Health and Preventative Medicine. For a list of Section members, contact Sofie Sereda, 215-563-3737 x232 or sereda@collphyphil.org.

Guidelines for Poster Sessions Proposals:
Submit an abstract of not more than 250 words describing your public health project or activity.

General Abstract Guidelines:
Title: Type abstract title in upper case letters.
Authors with affiliations: Type list of authors with affiliations using upper and lower case letters and underline with presenter's name listed first. Provide presenter's mailing address, email address and telephone number. For students, submit name of Section member sponsor using upper and lower case letters. Type abstract of not more than 250 words, flush left and singe-spaced.

Please include:
Background: Describe why the study or program was undertaken.
Objective: Clearly state the objectives of the study or program.
Design/Methods: Describe the method of collection the data and the analysis that was conducted, control group that was used and the program that was developed to address the concerns of the objectives.
Results: Present the analysis of the data in tabular statistical terms. What does the data show? What did the program accomplish? Present as much of the data as is currently available.
Conclusion: State in one or two sentences what the study demonstrated or the program accomplished. The conclusion should be supported by data rather than the author's opinion. If the study is still in progress and results are not available, state what was accomplished.