Proposal Submissions for National Health Outreach Conference

Greetings,

The National Health Outreach Conference Planning Committee is now accepting proposals  for the 2016 National Health Outreach Conference All-Aboard!: Building Partnerships for a Healthy America to be held April 6-8, 2016 in Roanoke, Virginia.

Who's invited: We are soliciting presentations from a wide variety of professionals doing work that fosters health and wellness for individuals, families and communities.  Those professionals may include, but are not limited to: university faculty in medical and other academic institutions; public health professionals; local, state and federal agency partners; practitioners in the health care industry; students and Cooperative Extension professionals. 

When: April 6-8, 2016

Where: The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center, Roanoke, Virginia

Conference theme: All Aboard!: Building Partnerships for a Healthy America

Conference goal: Build a collaborative approach among organizations and agencies to achieve a healthier and safer America by promoting health and wellness, advancing health equity and reducing health disparities.

Interested individuals may submit proposals for five different types of presentations:

Workshop - Sixty-minute interactive capacity-building workshop. Participants learn how to utilize a new approach, program, curriculum, or method.

Seminar  - Sixty-minute session designed to help participants gain a deeper understanding of a phenomenon, concept, or issue.

Research/Evaluation Report – Thirty-minute presentation of a scholarly paper that shares results of community assessments, applied research, programmatic interventions, or campus-community partnerships.

Poster - Information about a program, project, or resource displayed and hosted by the presenter during a reception.

iGNITE Session – 5-7 minute presentations with up to 15 PowerPoint slides. Focus on one program or evaluation. Ten presentations will be grouped together to form one fast-paced session hosted by a moderator.

Submitted proposals will undergo a blind, peer-refereed process leading to the selection of the highest quality presentations possible.

Proposal Submission Deadlines:

• October 16, 2015
• Individuals will be notified of status of proposal no later than February 1, 2016.

For more information, visit the National Health Outreach Conference website www.nationalhealthoutreach.org.  To submit proposals, please use the following survey web link: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3fW18frku1WJwWN

Thanks,

Tonya Price and Carol Smathers,

NHOC Program Committee Co-Chairs

Tonya T. Price, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, 4-H

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