Calls for Papers :: July Deadlines

Inequity to Equity: Promoting Health and Wellness of Women with Disabilities 

• Deadline: July 8, 2011
• Link:http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/disabilities-conference/
• American Psychological Association, the Howard University Women’s Health Institute, and Gallaudet University are hosting an interactive, interdisciplinary conference, “Inequity to Equity: Promoting Health and Wellness of Women with Disabilities” in Washington, DC on October 17 – 18, 2011. By promoting the exchange of knowledge and information among psychologists, other health care providers, researchers, educators, policymakers, women with disabilities and advocates, this conference aims to foster an integrated health care agenda that will improve health outcomes for women with disabilities.

 Special Interest Group on Ageing with an Intellectual Disability of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities  Trinity College Dublin, Ireland September 7, 2011 – September 8, 2011

• Closing date for submission of abstracts is Friday 29th July 2011.
• The theme of the Roundtable is: ‘Future Directions for Ageing Well: A Roadmap for Ageing in Persons with Intellectual Disability” and posters relevant to this theme are particularly encouraged.

 International Research Symposium: Equitable Health Services for People with Disabilities with a Focus on Low and Middle Income Countries   London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Tuesday

• The deadline for submission of abstracts is end of Friday July 29th 2011
• Link:http://disabilitycentre.lshtm.ac.uk/news-and-events/equityhealthdisability/

6th Biennial National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence aims to advance the health care system’s response to domestic violence.   San Francisco March 29-31, 2012

• Deadline for submissions: June 24, 2011
• Link:http://nchdv.confex.com/nchdv/2012/cfp.cgi
• The National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence provides valuable professional education on the latest research, practice, policy and advocacy responses to domestic violence for all health care professionals, including physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, emergency medical services personnel, dental hygienists, psychologists, mental and behavioral health providers, social workers, physical and occupational therapists, public health personnel, researchers, domestic violence advocates, alternative health care providers, health care administrators, health policy makers, health professional students, survivors and other stakeholders.

 National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR) 5th International Conference October 12-14, 2011 Portland, Oregon

• Poster submissions are due by July 15, 2011.
• Link:http://www.ncrar.research.va.gov/Education/Conf_2011/Posters.asp
• The National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR) will be holding its 5th International Conference in Portland, Oregon on October 12th to 14th 2011 titled “Expanding our Horizons: Medical Conditions and Audiology.” Conference presentations will address: Epidemiology of hearing loss and tinnitus; Hormones and hearing; Management of hereditary hearing loss; Auditory dysfunction in multiple sclerosis; Mechanisms and management of autoimmune inner ear disease; Hearing loss and vestibular dysfunction associated with drug abuse; Effects of strokes on auditory processing, Auditory dysfunction associated with dementia/Alzheimer disease, and Auditory hallucinations and communication.

8th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect  April 16-20, 2012 Washington, DC

• Abstracts submission open May 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011
• Link:http://www.pal-tech.com/web/OCAN/index.cfm?p=2
• The 18th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect will be held in conjunction with the Children’s Bureau’s Centennial Celebration Year. The conference theme, Celebrating the Past – Imagining the Future, highlights our desire to embrace our past successes, to learn from our challenges, and to realize our dream of eliminating child abuse and neglect.

Healthy Communities for a Healthy Tomorrow: Addressing Public Health Policy, Systems and Environmental Change in Tribal Communities  Orlando, Florida – 9/26/11 to 9/28/11

• July 15th, 2011 — Deadline for Abstract Submission
• Link:http://www.jcwevaluation.com/call-for-abstracts.html
• The Healthy Communities for a Healthy Tomorrow Action Institute is issuing a call for abstracts for 45 minute breakout sessions and poster board presentations. The theme of the Action Institute is Addressing Public Health Policy, Systems and Environmental Change in Tribal Communities. Abstracts are requested for innovative, evidence based practices that are increasing access to healthy foods and physical activity and/or decreasing exposure to second-hand-smoke in tribal communities.

Society for Research in Child Development 2012 Themed Meeting: Developmental Methodology Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, February 9 – 11, 2012

• Submission Deadline: August 9, 2011 11:59 PM EDT
• Link:http://www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=544&Itemid=1
• This meeting will advance and disseminate work at the interface of developmental science and quantitative methodology. Bringing together approximately 500 methodological and developmental scholars, the conference will foster discussion of how recent advances in methodology can improve our study of developmental change processes and how the unique research questions of child development motivate advancements in quantitative methodology.

 Society for the Analysis of African-American Public Health Issues 2011 Annual Scientific Symposium

• “Working Together to Translate Research into Practice: BCHW and SAAPHI”
  ABSTRACTS DUE: August 1, 2011
• Link:http://www.saaphi.org/meeting.html
• In collaboration with the Black Caucus of Health Workers (BCHW), the Society for the Analysis of African-American Public Health Issues (SAAPHI) is soliciting abstracts for the 2011 annual scientific symposium which will be held in conjunction with the American Public Health Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C on October 29- November 2, 2001. The BCHW/SAAPHI symposium will be held on Saturday October 29, 2011.

American Educational Research Association 2012 Disability Studies in Education Special Interest Group  April 13-17 in Vancouver, British Columbia

• Proposals due by July 22, 2011
  
• Link: http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-Disability&month=1106&week=b&msg=6TrxSteC72uJ/rJ5E0ZaLg&user=&pw=
  • The theme of the 2012 Annual Meeting, Non Satis Scire: To Know Is Not Enough, charges researchers to examine the uses of their research to improve the public good. Whereas much of disability studies in education research has been directed at examining the underlying beliefs, practices, and structures that create and sustain an ablist culture in schools, this year’s theme directs us to examine the practical implications of such work for practice and policy.