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2016 STD Prevention Conference

The Scientific Program Committee invites papers of high quality in the areas of STD prevention research, program, policy, diagnosis and treatment.  Abstract submissions are peer-reviewed for scientific content, logical presentation, timeliness, and current interest of the topic to the scientific community.

 
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DEADLINE FOR LATE BREAKER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Late breaker abstracts must reflect work that could not be completed until after April 25, 2016 for reasons such as the time that the data became available for analysis.  Work that the Scientific Committee decides could have been completed prior to April 25 will not be considered.  Abstracts must be submitted electronically no later than July 1, 2016, 11:59pm, PST.  Abstracts sent by mail, fax or email will NOT be accepted.

REQUIRED ABSTRACT FORMAT

Submitted abstracts must report new information not previously published or presented at a national or international scientific meeting prior to April 25, 2016.  Please note that abstracts previously presented at meetings will not be accepted unless there is a substantial update of data.

Abstracts (300 words in length) should contain the following four components (please bold the four section headings noted below within the text of your abstract submission).

Background:  a concise statement of the issue under investigation or a hypothesis

Methods:  the methods used (including the statistical analyses employed)

Results:  specific findings (promises such as “to be completed” or “to be presented” are not acceptable; no figures or tables)

Conclusions:  a summary of findings that are supported by your results (statistical analyses used to support the conclusions, where appropriate, should be included; concluding statements such as “the results will be discussed” are not acceptable)

Please do not include grant acknowledgements, literature references, or copyright or trademark symbols.  For your reference, we have provided guidance on “How to Write an Abstract” for tips, advice, and how to avoid common mistakes and errors.

Multiple abstracts reporting results from the same study and overlapping abstracts from the same group of investigators are strongly discouraged.

Abstracts are considered official communications to the conference.  Individuals submitting abstracts that are accepted agree to attend the meeting and present their abstract as scheduled (as an oral abstract, poster, and/or poster discussion presentations, as determined by the Scientific Program Committee).  Once an abstract has been accepted and scheduled, it cannot be withdrawn.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Tracks and Domains:  The Scientific Program for the 2016 STD Prevention Conference is structured so as to reflect a program science approach.  The scientific program is organized into three Tracks and three Domains, which together represent the overarching framework of the conference. In addition, we are soliciting submissions for interesting, unusual, or complex clinical cases to be included as part of the Clinical Case Series.  Please see below for definitions and coverage of Tracks and Domains.

TRACKS

  1. Assessment: This track will include material on assessment of trends in STD-related morbidity and behaviors, and assessment of health services utilization and identification of gaps in services.  This track will also include studies of methodology to improve valid assessment strategies for programs and research.  The track committee includes experts on biomedical, behavioral, and structural assessment, surveillance strategies, including population-level surveillance, and health information technology.
  2. Assurance: This track will include material that describe efforts to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, quality, or impact of STD prevention and control interventions, with a focus on health care settings. This track will also include studies that describe economic aspects of such interventions. Interventions described may be delivered at the program, health center, or policy level.  The track committee includes experts in health economics, impact evaluation, intervention implementation and quality improvement.
  3. Program Definition / Prevention Services:  This track will include material on: 1) how STD programs define their core components and interact with the larger public health, health care, and community contexts, as well as 2) prevention services that focus on social, behavioral, and network-based interventions. The track committee includes expertise in biomedical, behavioral and structural interventions; disease investigation strategies, health service delivery and program implementation.

DOMAINS

  1. Clinical & Laboratory: This domain will cover all STD relevant laboratory and clinical issues including classical diagnosis and screening tests, as well as novel molecular detection assays, and clinical management of STD cases.
  2. Evaluation: This domain will cover issues around process, outcome and impact evaluation of STD surveillance, STD prevention interventions, and STD treatment and prevention services.
  3. Policy:  This domain will cover issues around laws, regulations, and other administrative actions or practices of governments and other institutions, including health clinics, which can impact STD prevention.  Areas of focus can include policy development; assessment or evaluation of policy; and the integration of science, policy and program.

You will not need to select a track or domain when submitting your abstract.  Instead, we will ask you to answer several questions about your abstract that will enable us to ensure it is reviewed appropriately.  The questions pertain to topics such as the primary population of focus, gender, age group, geographic area of study, setting, disease/infection, methodology, and analytic approach. Please carefully read through the entire classification list before submitting to ensure that your submission is read by the appropriate review team.  Preview Questions

SATELLITE MEETINGS

With regard to satellite meeting proposals, please contact the 2016 STD Prevention Conference Coordinator, Melissa Habel at mhabel@cdc.gov.