Call for Abstracts

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) will convene its annual Diabetes Translation Conference April 13-16, 2010, at the Westin Crown Center Hotel, 1 East Pershing Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64108. The conference will bring together more than 600 participants from a wide range of local, state, federal, and territorial governmental agencies and private-sector diabetes partners

Conference Goals

• Explore science, policy, education, program planning, implementation, and evaluation to enhance public health approaches and strategies to prevent and control diabetes.
• Increase knowledge and awareness of successful, cost-effective, public and private diabetes programs and best practices.
• Present innovative strategies to increase awareness about how to prevent complications, disabilities, and burden associated with diabetes.
• Share and showcase effective strategies towards the elimination of diabetes-related health disparities.
• Provide opportunities for skill-building, information-sharing, and networking.

Conference Attendees

CDC’s Diabetes Translation Conference 2010 will bring together a wide range of local, state, federal, and territorial governmental agencies and private-sector diabetes partners. Our main constituents are the state-based diabetes prevention and control programs (DPCP), their partners, and the following:

• Federal, state, and local public health professionals
• Managers, directors, and executives from affiliated health profession associations
• Health profession associations and consultant partners in prevention and control activities and programs
• Managers, directors, and executives from health management organizations
• Health care providers, nutritionists, dieticians, pharmacists, and diabetes educators
• Health professionals, vision, kidney, obesity, and chronic disease partners
• Representatives from special interest groups and industry
• Academic and research staff from educational institutions
• Undergraduate and post-graduate students in health-related fields
• Policy, media, and communication staff

Abstract Categories

Communication, Media, and Technology
Abstracts demonstrate effective approaches to raise awareness, promote primary prevention initiatives, empower effective diabetes self-management strategies, improve health literacy, and reach high-risk populations as they relate to the prevention and control of diabetes.

Community Intervention
Abstracts describe community interventions focusing on health behaviors and the environmental factors that influence and affect behavior change. An intervention may consist of any combination of new programs, changes in policy, or implementation of alternative practices.

Health Disparities
Abstracts demonstrate applied research strategies and programs to improve diabetes-related health disparities among racial and ethnic minority and rural populations.

Epidemiology - Surveillance and Research
Abstracts show strategies for developing and implementing surveillance data, research studies, and economic analysis that can lead to discussions around the translation of research to applied public health interventions, and describe the health impact of diabetes.

Evaluation
Abstracts describe program evaluation studies using quantitative and qualitative data that result in important public health insight for diabetes prevention and control efforts.

Partnership/Collaboration
Abstracts describe the development, maintenance, and evaluation of partnerships and collaborations that enhance public health interventions and initiatives. Examples of what constitutes an effective partnership and collaborative effort are given. The achievements, challenges, and lessons learned concerning partnering and collaborating are discussed.

Policy and Legislation
Abstracts describe policies developed and implemented to prevent type 2 diabetes and support the control of diabetes and improve the lives of people living with diabetes.

Primary Prevention
Abstracts focus on research and public health interventions that expand the knowledge and community interventions to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.

Public Health System Improvement
Abstracts include examples of patient and provider practices and policies which improve the quality of diabetes care and treatment.

Abstract Submission Instructions

• Submission Deadline
• Presentation Options
• Test Formats and Requirements
• Evaluation Criteria
• Submission Method
• Confirmation
• Presenter’s Responsibilities

Submission Deadline

Presentation Options

1. Oral symposium or special session. This provides a format for multiple linked presentations on a single topic. Oral symposia/special sessions will have multiple presenters, all of whom must be identified prior to submission. The number of presenters, presentations, and length of each, subject to a limitation of a total time of 60-90 minutes, will be determined by the proposer. If interested in proposing an oral symposium or special session, please contact Norma Loner (nbl1@cdc.gov) for instructions. Submissions for this type of session will not be accepted through the usual abstract process.
2. Oral panel presentation during concurrent breakout sessions. This is a single 15 or 20 minute presentation with 5 minutes allotted for question and answer. One presenter is permitted per abstract (no exceptions). There may be as many as four abstracts presented during a 90-minute session.
3. Training session. This is a 2-hour instructional period on a specific subject.
4. Poster session. This is information presented in poster format viewed by attendees throughout the entire conference.

Text Formats & Requirements

Format (Abstract will not be accepted if format is not correct.)

• The online abstract submission form will prompt you to cut and paste your abstract into the following fields: Title, Authors, Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusion, Learning Objective, and Key Words. Fields are very important. The field titles do not count in the word limit.
• Use plain text only. Do not use italics, diagrams, boxes, borders, or tables. No graphics are permitted.
• Active voice is recommended.
• All abbreviations and acronyms must be spelled out when first used. Section headings are not counted in word or character totals.
• Make abstract presentation titles no longer than 15 words or 100 characters.
• Make abstract text no more than 250 words or 1,500 characters.

Submission Requirements
In order for your abstract to be eligible for review, it must contain the following information:

• Abstract submitter’s full contact information as stated on submission form
• Abstract content (i.e., title, authors, objectives, methods, results, conclusions, learning objectives, and key words)
• Presenter’s Biographical Data Form (The Professional experience section must contain between 250 and 400 words).
• Presenter’s Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form .

NOTE: The online abstract system will not allow you to submit your abstract as final, and subsequently for review, unless ALL of the required information has been entered into the appropriate sections.

Evaluation Criteria

• Presentation should relate to one or more of the conference categories, meet the overall goals of the conference, and be of significant public health importance.
• Purpose/objectives should be clear and well described.
• Work should be performed using rigorous scientific methods (scientific/epidemiologic related submissions) or should have appropriate program planning and evaluation methods (programmatic submissions).
• Results or outcomes should be described in the abstract and be relevant to conference participants.

Submission Method
Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the conference Web site no later than Friday, October 30, 2009. An E-mail confirming receipt will be sent to the submitter immediately. For submission questions contact Keshia Jones-Johnson.

Confirmation
We will notify abstract submitters of their acceptance status by Monday, December 21, 2009. There will be a strict review process of all abstracts received. We will not accept every abstract for presentation. If the abstract is accepted, the submitter will receive a request to confirm availability to attend the conference and make the presentation. The correspondence will also include information about presentation format, date, and time. Submitters are responsible for responding to all notices sent by the conference contractor on behalf of the abstracts.

Presenter’s Responsibilities

• Presenters are responsible for all expenses related to participating in the conference, including transportation, registration fee, lodging, and meals.
• Handouts are strongly encouraged for all conference presentations.
• PowerPoint presentations should be sent to the conference contractor prior to the conference.
• Following the conference, the PowerPoint presentations will be posted online.

If you already submitted an abstract title and you wish to view, resume, edit, or withdraw that submission, log-in below using the access codes already provided to you. Returning Paper/Poster Submitters: Abstract ID#      Password  Returning Training Session Submitters: Abstract ID#      Password  Technical support may be obtained by calling (401) 334-0220 between 8:30 a.m and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday-Friday, or at all times by contacting tech support. YOU DO NOT NEED AN ID OR PASSWORD TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT FOR THE FIRST TIME. TO BEGIN, READ THE GUIDELINES, THEN CLICK THE APPROPRIATE BUTTON ABOVE.

Technical support may be obtained by calling 401-334-0220 between 8:30 am-6 pm EDT, Monday-Friday.