Public Health Annual Scientific Conference - Call for Abstracts - Deadline extended

Public Health Annual Scientific Conference - Call for Abstracts - Deadline extended

Public Health Annual Scientific Conference, Wednesday 10 June 2015, Riddel Hall, Stranmillis Road, Belfast

The Public Health Agency and Partners will be hosting the fourth Public Health Annual Scientific Conference on 10 June 2015. The theme of the Conference will be 'Making Life Better – Improving health and care for adults'. It will focus on how public health innovations, research and practice are meeting the needs of our adult population between the ages of 18-64 years.

The conference will include a morning parallel session and an afternoon parallel session where local researchers/practitioners will give 10 minute presentations each followed by a 5 minute discussion. 

In order to ensure a broad spectrum of content for the Conference, presenters are invited to consider five of the themes within the new Public Health Strategy, Making Life Better as they relate to all aspects of health and care for adults. A copy of the Strategy is available at: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/making-life-better

The five relevant themes are:

  • Equipped throughout life
  • Empowering healthy living
  • Creating the conditions
  • Empowering communities
  • Developing collaboration

Presenters are invited to submit an abstract describing a current or recently completed evidence-based public health initiative/intervention/innovation and/or high quality research study in Northern Ireland relevant to the conference theme.

Abstracts are welcome from all sectors of the research and practice communities with an interest in making life better for adults.

Please note the closing date for submission of abstracts using the attached proforma has been extended to 4pm on Wednesday 11 March 2015.

Submissions to be emailed to: lesley.armour@hscni.net