2012 Call for Abstracts
Download the 2012 Abstract Submission Form here. Please fill out author and abstract information completely, then email the completed form to healthliteracyconference@bmc.org.
The deadline for submissions is 5:00pm EST on Friday July 13, 2012.
If you are interested in being an abstract reviewer for HARC 2012, and are available to review abstracts during the months of July and August, please email healthliteracyconference@bmc.org. Please include your full contact information.
Abstract Guidelines
Eligibility
No paper may be presented if it has been published or accepted for publication either in article or abstract form prior to the abstract submission deadline. Papers under review at the time of the submission deadline but not yet accepted for publication, even if appearing before the meeting, are eligible for presentation.
Submission Length
Submissions are limited to 500 words, excluding the title and author list.
Tables and Figures
Submissions may include no more than 1 table or figure. Graphics should be compact and used only to display essential results where textual presentation would be less efficient. Large tables and figures intended for use in an oral or poster presentation are not appropriate for the abstract submission.
Submission Content
All submissions must include the following sections. Submissions that do not include these sections will be returned unreviewed to the corresponding author.
- Background – emphasizing research question
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions – emphasizing implications of results
Notifications
Corresponding authors will be notified by August 17, 2012 if their work was accepted for either oral or poster presentation.
Presentation Type
All submissions will be considered for both poster and oral format presentations. The highest rated submissions will be invited to give a 10-minute oral presentation at the conference.
Awards
The Sabra M. Woolley Memorial Award will be presented to the highest rated abstract of the meeting.
Stipends Available
Investigators who have an abstract selected for oral presentation at the meeting will receive a stipend for meeting attendance. International participation is also encouraged. There are a limited number of stipends available to support trainees and international investigators whose work is accepted for presentation at the meeting. These stipends will be offered on an as needed basis. Please email healthliteracyconference@bmc.org for more information.
Program Committee
Michael Paasche-Orlow MD, MA, MPH, Conference Director
Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, Advisory Committee Co-Chair
Ruth Parker, MD, Advisory Committee Co-Chair
Lori Henault, MPH, Conference Coordinator
Advisory Committee
Timothy Bickmore PhD
Dharma E. Cortés, PhD
Terry C. Davis, PhD
Julie Gazmararian, PhD, MPH
Rose Marie Martinez, ScD
Cathy Meade, PhD, RN
Rima Rudd, ScD
Dean Schillinger, MD
Joanne G. Schwartzberg, MD
Mark V. Williams, MD
Feleta Wilson, PhD, RN
