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Call for Abstracts
September
10 - 11, 2007
Hyatt Regency
Bethesda, Maryland
Abstracts must be received by March
16, 2007
On-line
Submission at http://www.worklife2007.com.
You
are invited to submit an abstract for presentation at the WorkLife 2007
National Symposium. The Symposium will provide researchers, policymakers,
practitioners, academics, employers, and labor leaders an opportunity to
share their experiences with integrated and coordinated health protection and
promotion programs. These worksite programs must address health risk by
combining attention to both the individual workers and the environments in
which they work. The conference planning committee is accepting abstracts on
research and design, evaluation, and implementation of such worksite
programs.
View
the preliminary symposium agenda online for more information about each
session.
Abstract Guidelines
Participants may present current research; describe effective workplace
programs, practices and policies; present approaches to program evaluation;
or propose new conceptual frameworks or models. Please direct your
presentation to a broad audience of stakeholders: practitioners, educators,
policy makers, and researchers of diverse interests and disciplines.
Potential topics include: best and promising practices (e.g., case studies:
how to initiate, integrate, and evaluate integrated programs); economic
analyses and issues; needs of specific employee or employer groups (e.g.,
mobile workers, concerns of small businesses); research aimed at work life
that improves health, well being, and the ability to work; and stimulating
and managing organizational change.
Your
abstract must address the following points, which will be rated in the
selection process:
- Broad context, background, and importance (briefly)
- Specific purpose and objectives
- Approach (concisely)
- Summary of findings (if applicable) and future
directions
Abstract Submission
Abstracts must be submitted via the internet at the
following web address: http://www.worklife2007.com.
Please
limit the body of the abstract to 500 words or less. Include a title,
author(s), organizational affiliation(s), and preference for poster or oral
presentation. The abstracts of work selected for presentation will be
included in the materials distributed to all meeting participants.
Selection
Approximately 20 abstracts will be selected for 10 minute
oral presentations in a series of concurrent sessions at the conference. At
least 60 abstracts will be selected for poster presentation. All oral
presenters will be asked to submit a PowerPoint Presentation (no slides or
overheads please) by August 10, 2007. Approximately 350 participants are
expected.
Limited
travel funds may be available for selected presenters.
The deadline for receipt of
abstracts is March 16, 2007 and notices of acceptance will be sent by May 1,
2007. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Dori Reissman (DReissman@xxxxxxx).
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