[visionlist] APHA Vision Care Section Call for Abstracts - Due Feb 4

[Cynthia Owsley]

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — 141st APHA Annual Meeting
Theme: Think Global, Act Local: Best Practices Around the World
Vision Care Section
Submission Deadline: Monday, February 4, 2013
 
The Vision Care Section invites presentations of original research on public health issues pertaining to vision and eye care. Submissions from all disciplines are welcome, and interdisciplinary work and student abstracts are highly encouraged. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words. All presenters must be Individual members of APHA and register for the meeting in order to present. Abstracts cannot be presented or published in any journal prior to the APHA Annual Meeting. The 2013 APHA Meeting's “Think Global, Act Local: Best Practices Around the World" theme provides an opportunity to highlight a spectrum of public health concerns for vision and eye health, from vision loss prevention to eye health promotion. We are interested in promoting a multi-faceted program. The following topics are intended to stimulate, rather than to limit, the scope of submissions.
Barriers and facilitators to access to eye care
Children's vision and eye care needs
Economic burden and cost-effectiveness analysis in vision and eye care
Evidence-based policy and practice in eye care
Health promotion and vision loss
Impact of vision impairment on health, functioning, social participation, and the environment
Integrated medical, oral health and vision care delivery models (Organized Jointly with Vision Care Section)
Preventing vision loss and promoting eye health across the lifespan
The right to sight: A global perspective
Translating ocular research into community health
Vision and aging
Other
For more information, visit: https://apha.confex.com/apha/141am/vc.htm or contact John Crews at jcrews at cdc.gov or 404-498-3013 or Nita Patel at npatel at preventblindness.org or 312-363-6019.
 
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