4th Annual Cultural Inclusion Institute
Submit for Podium by 1/2/2017 & Poster by 3/1/201
Theme: Linking social determinants of health to health disparities & cultural inclusion
Pre-conference April 25, 2017 ($100) Conference April 26-27, 2017 ($300)
Nursing & Social Worker CE provided
Historic Menger Hotel, San Antonio Texas, on the Riverwalk $120night (local/state taxes apply)
Learning Outcome:
1. Explain how expanding the diversity of healthcare professionals can better address the social issues related to access to care, including cultural practices, language barriers, and stigma.
2. Describe research in health disparities, the development of strategies to reduce them and in-novations in obtaining health and social services funding.
3. Describe public health strategies in eliminating health disparities and policies that can im-prove social determinants of health.
4. Understand how to advocate for social justice to address the inequities in the healthcare sys-tem as it relates to the social determinants of health.
Who should submit? Primary Care Providers, Nurses, Social Workers, Dentists, Educators, Re-searchers, Non-Profit Community Based Agencies, and Students.
Carefully follow the Submission Guidelines (found on next page). Before submitting please review the conference goal and objectives. We are interested submissions that are focused around one or more of the conference learning outcomes. The submissions do not have to be strictly healthcare related. All ac-cepted authors must register for the conference and are responsible financially for their registration fee, travel, hotel and all expenses related to their trip. Early registration fee is $300 (available until 3/17/2017).
Detailed conference information can be found
http://www.nursing.uthscsa.edu/ce/cultural_inclusion.aspx
For questions please email Sherece McGoon, CE Coordinator mcgoon@uthscsa.edu
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
4th Annual Cultural Inclusion Institute
Theme: Linking social determinants of health to health disparities and cultural inclusion.
April 26-27, 2017
Historic Menger Hotel, San Antonio Texas, on the Riverwalk
Podiums must be submitted no later than 1/2/2017 & Poster must be submitted
no later than 3/1/2017
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
1. Please review the Conference Theme and Learning Outcomes. We are interested in sub-missions that are focused on one or more of the conference learning outcomes.
2. All listed authors must complete (prior to submitting) the online biographical data form and disclosure https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UTHSCSA_COI
3. In MS Word document font 12 Times New Roman list in this order
4. Abstract title (do not put in all caps)
5. Presenting author’s name, credentials, title, organization name, email and phone #
6. Additional authors’ names, credentials, title, organization
7. Identify Poster or Podium
8. Abstract content- must include:
Problem/Purpose relevant to conference theme/objectives
Background
Discussion of issue or concepts/variables of interest
Population, sample, setting if research & description of community resource
Methods (research) or interventions (practice/teaching)
Findings, conclusions & implications
References
9. Submit abstract as an email attachment in MS Word format (do not PDF) to mcgoon@uthscsa.edu
Confirmation of receipt of abstract will be emailed only to the first author, please allow a few business days. Acceptance of abstracts for Podium Presentation will be emailed to the first author the January 31st. Poster Presentations will be accepted on an ongoing basis. All accepted presenters must register for the conference and are responsible for their registration fee, travel, and all expenses related to the conference.
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