Thank you to Dr. Sandy Hoar for sharing this opportunity with the Nashman Center. The CBPHC Working Group is excited to announce an opportunity for community health workers (CHWs) and students at all levels, to submit abstracts for presentation at the CBPHC Pre-Conference Workshop. The workshop will be held virtually on November 9th from 10am-3pm. Please send an email to Sandy Hoar, hoar@gwu.edu if you are interested in possibly submitting an abstract, to receive updates, or for any questions.
Summary
Past workshops have focused on the CBPHC Working group’s goal of increasing knowledge about practices and policies that support domestic and international primary health care at the community level. The topic this year is mental health and other non-communicable diseases.
Workshop Overview - concept, background information
Global Health used to be dominated by infectious disease–its prevention and treatment. Infectious diseases and epidemics have continued but more recently, chronic disease, non-communicable diseases, and mental health–their identification, treatment, and prevention have become increasingly important.
Different countries and regions are in different stages in this cycle–some still mostly focused on infections, others more concerned with non-communicable diseases and mental health. These are not rigid divisions but shift with time and locations and conditions.
Workshop Objectives
The workshop will identify important skills and resources for communities increasingly trying to identify and treat non infectious diseases and conditions.
The workshop will present an opportunity for individuals from different countries and regions to exchange lessons learned–successful and not– for expanding or changing available services, working with interdisciplinary teams and varying resources, finances, and training. The workshop will provide an opportunity to showcase projects and research while allowing for discussion of how to bring services to scale.
Abstract Focus
The pre-conference workshop will explore the current status, challenges and opportunities to improve community mental health and other non-communicable diseases and disorders. What coalitions, collaborations and partnerships have been effective in supporting community efforts? How can CHWs and health providers, program planners, policy-makers, advocates, donors, civil society, NGOs,
universities, ministries of health, agriculture, education, and the military partner to improve health? Which advocacy methods are the most useful for creating effective change policies to improve community health?
This participatory and interactive workshop will bring together a diverse group of national and international experts. Abstracts that reflect this focus will be invited to give a lightening presentation—5 minute talk with 5 minutes for questions/answers.
Participants will be included in small groups where they will be able discuss related topics and network with others.
Abstract Composition Guidelines
Abstracts should illustrate efforts to achieve intentional collaboration in a CBPHC setting despite typical or unexpected challenges, or should be examples of effective practices. They may be case studies or research focused. The ideal abstract would include information that other workshop participants could use in their own settings.
Abstracts should include:
The question or problem being addressed
Methods
Results and evaluation
Conclusion and discussion
Future considerations including scaling up and sustainability
A case study still should include a problem or question, how the problem was identified and approached, results and evaluation of that action, discussion, and future considerations, including scaling up and sustainability.
The abstracts will be evaluated and selected based on cohesion with the workshop topic, proper format, relevancy of the problem being addressed, reasonable methods, appropriate conclusions, discussion of significance, and future considerations.
Word count-300 words, not including the title.
If submitting an abstract, please save the date, November 9, 2023.
Please keep in mind that submitting an abstract does not guarantee its inclusion in the workshop. All presenters will need to register for the workshop.
Membership in APHA, CBPHC, and attendance at the full APHA conference is encouraged but not required to present or attend the workshop.
