**The 2012 Call for Poster Abstracts is Now Closed**

POSTER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
New to the 2012 summit is a poster session designed to provide an additional opportunity to share information. Consideration was given to poster abstracts that: (a) promote the summit purpose; (b) address one or more of the five poster theme areas; and (c) fulfill the abstract criteria. Possible thematic areas for poster presentations include:

1. Approaches to Delivering Undergraduate Public Health Education (concentrations, majors, minors, courses, etc.) from Community Colleges to Four-year Colleges and Universities
2. Innovative Methods in Undergraduate Public Health Education (participatory learning, case-studies, “hands-on,” field placements, capstones, competencies, learning objectives, and KSAs)
3. Pathways, Job Placements, and Careers for Undergraduate Majors in Public Health
4. Articulation of Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees (including AA-Bachelors'-MPH options)
5. Faculty Development in Undergraduate Public Health Education (inclusive of infrastructural and administrative facilitators and challenges, curriculum planning, engagement across the health sciences, and assessment/evaluation)

Abstract Review Criteria   

•  Value to current and future undergraduate programs in public health
•  Relevance to promoting the summit purpose and applicability to the selected theme(s)
•  Clearly stated and measurable “Learning Objectives” 
•  Contribution(s) to the field and scholarship in advancing and improving teaching, learning, policy development, and/or career/educational pathways for students in undergraduate public health education
•  Demonstration of  working models and approaches that may be adapted and/or translated to other venues

Summit Requirements

• Abstracts should be no more than 250 words
• All presenters must register for the summit and are required to pay the appropriate registration fee.
• Posters presented or published in other venues prior to the summit are acceptable

Submission

• Abstract form, click here. *Note: Upon downloading the document, if a warning message appears at the top of the word document, please click "enable editing" to fill in the fields and then save to your computer.  
• Abstract deadline was Friday, June 8 at 5 p.m. EST
• Status update: individuals who submitted an abstract received email notification of the status of their abstract by August 2, 2012. If you did not receive notification of the status of your abstract, please contact staff at abstracts@asph.org.

POSTER BOARD GUIDELINES

The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) provided a poster board for each poster session presenter. The author should prepare all materials in advance.

• The poster board will be 4 feet tall by 6 feet wide, mounted on stands.
• Thumbtacks will be provided for installing the poster. Please feel free to bring your own tape or other items to install your poster as well.
• Poster sessions consist of ten poster boards, five double-sided stands.
• Materials should include the title of the presentation and the list of author(s). It is recommended that letters in the title should be at least one (1) inch high. Bring all illustrations needed -- figures, tables, color photographs, charts, etc.
• The material should be well labeled and legible from a distance of two (2) yards. Lettering should be bold. If you will be posting typed material, use a large font size (20 to 24 point font) on white, pale yellow or cream-colored non-glossy paper. Use one-inch margins. Avoid use of fancy fonts. Simple serif fonts such as "Times New Roman" are easier to read than sans (without) serif fonts such as "Geneva."
• Instructions for installation times will be provided at later date. Stay tuned!