Welcome to the Abstract submission website for the Public Health Association 2012 Conference. The abstract process is now closed and submitted abstracts are being considered.
If you have technical difficulties using the abstract submission website contact Rob Zorn, PHA Communications Manager, at comms@pha.org.nz.
If you have questions about creating an abstract, please contact Programme Committee Chair Margaret Earle.
Important dates
- First call for abstracts: Thursday 16 February 2012
- Close of abstracts submissions: Monday 16 April 2012
- Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 7-14 May 2012
- Very early bird registrations open 21 May 2012.
Conference themes
- Looking back to look forward – work or initiatives that identify what has already been achieved to improve child health and improve equity and what challenges lie ahead.
- Values to achieve equity – projects that investigate the approaches needed to achieve equity and which highlight the values behind these approaches
- Children’s voices – projects or activities that bring children’s voices into decision-making processes and seek active participation from children
- What can we agree on? – activities or approaches that help us to develop a consensus and move forward
- Taking action – success stories, evaluation of approaches, identifying actions where there is evidence of effectiveness
All abstracts submitted will be reviewed by the Organising Committee. The Organising Committee may want to contact authors for clarification before deciding whether to accept abstracts.
All authors will be advised if their papers have been accepted or declined by 14 April 2012. If your abstract is accepted, you will be allocated a time slot in the programme, which will include discussion time.