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Abstract Poster Guidelines

Abstract Guidelines

Abstracts may be submitted until September 30, 2022 at 11:59pm EST

We are looking for presentations reporting (1) community leadership stories or 2) data storytelling work that highlight efforts to reimagine, strengthen, and restore healthcare, education, legal, and other systems to promote children’s wellbeing and prevent trauma. 

Data storytelling work can be research projects, community narratives, or community advocacy work which uses data to tell a story. While community leadership stories responding to do not have specific guidelines, we encourage presenters to use visual aids such as pictures, maps, or graphs. 

Please select your category when submitting an abstract

  1. Data storytelling

  2. Research and impact

  3. Community leadership for social change

  4. Lessons learned from community leadership responding to and emerging from COVID-19

 

Abstracts should answer the following questions:

For all presentations:

  • What type of visualizations will be used (e.g. data maps, graphs, tables, infographics, pictures)?

  • What impact or lessons can be learned from the story?

For data storytelling presentations:

  • What data will be used to tell your story?

  • How will your data support your story (illustrate current issues, raise concerns, express community voices via interviews/surveys, or show work progress)

 
Abstracts must be 300 words or less.
 

We recommend including the following elements in your abstract​

  • Title

  • Authors

  • Author Affiliations

  • Background 

  • Methods/Community Narrative

  • Results/Impact

  • Conclusions

  • Acknowledgements

Presentation Guidelines

Presentations will be electronically displayed within the conference platform. These can be in the form of an academic poster, a slide presentation that conference attendees can cycle through, a video recording (Youtube or Vimeo), or a link to an interactive map or web application. 

If accepted, you will receive instructions for formatting and submitting your presentation to the Vital Village staff. Presentations must be submitted by October 12, 2022 at 11:59PM EST.

Selected presenters will also have the opportunity to share their work during a live, virtual oral presentation session.

We also recommend using the following resources as you prepare your poster:
Example poster: PDF or PowerPoint
Resources on poster production from American Public Health Association (APHA)


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