Call for Abstract
SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT
Abstract submission is open until 15 December 2024.
The 2025 International Conference on Primary Health Care with Interdisciplinary Efforts: Evidence to Impact welcomes original abstracts on subjects relevant to the following themes:
- Continuity and Continuum of Care (CCC)
This subtheme invites abstracts that report research findings on health promotion, risk identification, chronic disease management, rehabilitation, and end-of-life care across the lifespan in primary health care settings. Studies involving healthy lifestyle, healthy aging, health-social partnership, and the interface between generalists and specialists are of particular interest. The topics include, but are not limited to:
- Primary health care across the lifespan
- Women’s and men’s health
- Children’s and adolescents’ health
- Healthy aging
- Healthy lifestyle
- Prevention and health screening
- Chronic disease management
- Community-based rehabilitation
- Palliative and end-of-life care
- Health-social partnership
- Interfacing between the generalist and specialist
- Implementation Science (IS):
This subtheme invites abstracts that showcase research efforts related to the translation of knowledge and innovations into real-world practice in primary health care settings as well as the evaluation of their impact. It also seeks submissions on the identification of facilitators, barriers, and contextual factors during the translation of knowledge and innovations. The topics include, but are not limited to:
- Building evidence for primary health care
- Tailoring implementation strategies in primary health care
- Impact evaluation
- Increasing the impact and uptake of successfully tested health innovations
- Facilitators, barriers and contextual factors in primary health care
- Sustainability
- Intervention transferability into different contexts - Stakeholder Engagement (SE):
This subtheme invites abstracts that demonstrate research findings on strategies, pathways, and mechanisms related to the engagement of various stakeholders, such as clients, informal caregivers, health care providers, policymakers, and community organizations in the development and utilization of primary health care. The topics include, but are not limited to:
- Patient-reported outcome
- Influencing and shaping policy
- Needs, resources and capacity of stakeholders
- Bridging the gap in services
- Diversity and inclusivity
- Health equity
- Accessibility, acceptability and affordability - Technological/System Innovation (TSI):
This subtheme invites abstracts that present research findings on the development and evaluation of innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence-driven health screening, monitoring, diagnosis, and digital healthcare, aimed at improving the quality, delivery, and accessibility of primary health care services. It also considers studies focusing on innovations in data analytical algorithms and visualization for primary health care research. The topics include, but are not limited to:
- Digital literacy
- mHealth/eHealth
- Telehealth/telemedicine/telenursing
- Artificial intelligence
- Virtual reality/augmented reality
- Robot
- Chatbot
- eScreening/eDiagnosis
- Data mining
- Natural language processing - Resilience and Mental Health (RMH):
This subtheme is particularly interested in studies that aim to address mental health issues such as trauma and adversity, and promote trauma-informed care in primary health care settings. The topics include, but are not limited to:
- Trauma and adversity
- Trauma-informed care
- Public mental health
- Destigmatization and support seeking
- Community-based mental health support - Capacity Building (CB):
This subtheme invites abstracts reporting research findings on education, training, and peer support to cultivate professional talents for primary health care, as well as capacity building for informal caregivers in the community. The topics include, but are not limited to:
- Peer support
- Formal and informal carer
- Knowledge and skills
- Talent cultivation
- Interdisciplinary models of care - Traditional Chinese Medicine and Complementary Therapies (TCMCT)
This subtheme is particularly interested in studies that aim to examine the use of traditional Chinese medicine and complementary therapies in primary health care to address various health conditions and promote well-being. The topics include, but are not limited to:
- Non-pharmacological modalities based on traditional Chinese medicine theories, such as acupuncture, moxibustion, tuina massage, cupping, guasha, tai chi, and Baduanjin
- Herbal medicine
- Other complementary therapy modalities such as meditation, yoga, reiki, reflexology, chiropractic manipulation, guided imagery, biofeedback, music therapy, and art therapy
Submission Guidelines
Submission Mode: Abstract submission is only possible online. Abstracts submitted by post, fax, or email will NOT be accepted. The online abstract submission module will NOT be available after 15 December 2024.
Conference Profile: In order to submit an abstract, a conference profile must be created, giving access to the online abstract submission module. The submitting author must ensure accurate contact details are entered. One or more abstracts can be submitted by logging into this conference profile.
Submitting and Presenting Author: If the submitting author is not also the presenting author, the submitting author is responsible for informing the presenting author of all communications received regarding the abstract.
Presenting Author Registration: The presenting author must be registered by 1 February 2025. If the presenting author is not registered by this date, their abstract will be REMOVED from the program. To benefit from the early registration rate, the presenting author must register by 15 January 2025. After this date, the standard rate will apply.
Number of Submissions: There can only be ONE presenting author per abstract. The same abstract CANNOT be submitted multiple times by listing different presenting authors. An unlimited number of abstracts can be submitted by one author.
Language: All abstracts must be submitted in English. Should English not be your first language, you may wish to have your abstract examined by a native English speaker prior to submission.
Copyright Transfer: Authors must attest that their submitted work does not infringe any copyright legislation. Copyright for the publication of abstracts is automatically transferred to the Primary Health Care International Conference upon submission and acceptance of the regulations within the online submission module. For rejected abstracts, the copyright reverts back to the authors.
Submission Instructions
Topic: There are various categories that have been defined for the abstract program within the seven themes. Ensure that you select the MOST relevant theme that BEST reflects the content of your abstract. Categories are used for reviewing and indexing purposes.
Abstract Title: The title is limited to 120 characters including spaces and should be brief and relevant. Special characters can NOT be used in the title and should be spelt out instead (e.g., α needs to be written as alpha, β as beta). Only standard abbreviations are allowed in the title.
Authors: A maximum of 12 authors and/or study groups can be listed. Only one institution can be entered per author.
Abstract Body:
The abstract structure is laid out under the headings: Background, Aim, Method, Results, Conclusion, and References.
Font size and style will be automatically configured by the system.
Tables: A maximum of 1 Table OR 1 Figure will be accepted in the submission field and count towards the character limit. Figures or Tables included in an abstract need to have a mention of this in the abstract text (e.g., Table or Figure 1). The character deduction for tables is not fixed and will be generated by the character count shown below the submission field. The table/figure must not contain more than 480 characters. The table should have no more than 10 columns and 12 rows. Figures should have no more than two panels. Images and photographs are NOT allowed.
The length of the abstract is limited to 300 words. Only the abstract body count towards this character limit. Up to three references can be added at the end of the abstract.
Selection and Notification Process
Selection: All submitted abstracts will undergo review by the Programme Committee. Accepted abstracts are selected for oral presentation, poster presentation, or e-poster gallery display. The Programme Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any submitted abstract and re-categorize any accepted abstract. The decision of the Programme Committee is final and irrevocable.
Notification: Notice of acceptance or rejection of submitted abstracts will be sent to the submitting authors by 15 January 2025. It is the responsibility of the submitting author to inform all other authors of the status of the abstract. A submitting author may also check their conference profile to see the status of their abstract.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)/Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
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Best Presentation Award
We will provide the Best Presentation Award to the most outstanding oral and poster presentations, based on the quality of the abstracts and the performance of the presenting author.
Inquiry
For any questions regarding abstract submission, please contact the Conference Secretariat at (852) 2766 6314 or via email at phc2025.polyu@polyu.edu.hk.