Injury Free Coalition for Kids®
2007 Annual Conference
Forging New Frontiers, the Injury Free Coalition for Kids® Annual Conference,
has become a valuable meeting to exchange ideas, best practices and challenges
in the field of injury and more recently, obesity prevention.
The objectives of the 2007 Annual Conference are to:
- Provide participants with an opportunity to increase knowledge and techniques
through program and scientific abstracts, lectures, panel discussions, and workshops
presented by leading experts in the fields of injury and obesity prevention.
- Learn about designing, planning and building healthy communities.
- Gain skills in developing sponsorships and grant support for program sustainability.
- Explore innovative new programs and programs developed for teen driving safety, violence prevention, playground interventions, and senior injury prevention.
- Learn about medical-legal partnership contributions to community health.
Call for Abstracts
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids® is accepting abstracts for the 2007
Forging New Frontiers Conference to be held at the Marriott Beach Resort in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, November 30, 2007 – December 2, 2007. All abstracts
on the topics of injury and obesity prevention will be considered.
Special consideration will be given to submissions on the following topics:
- Violence Prevention
- Seniors Injury Prevention
- Sustainability
- Teen Drivers
- Playground Projects
- New Programs
All submitted abstracts will be considered for presentation and publication.
The Abstract Selection Committee will determine abstracts for both platform
presentation and peer reviewed publication in the annual Injury Free Coalition
for Kids supplement published by the Journal of Trauma, Infection and Critical
Care. Some abstracts will be selected for submission of full length manuscripts
for peer review.
Submitted abstracts should be no more than 250 words total.
The abstract body should include the following sections:
- Background: The 1 to 3 sentence background should include the
context, purpose or objectives of the study.
- Methods: The methods section should concisely explain how the study was carried
out and analyzed and should include the number of subjects studied or
enrolled as applicable.
- Results/Conclusions: The conclusions should emphasize the relevance of the
findings to the field of injury prevention.
Electronic submission allows an efficient review process. All
abstracts must be submitted through the website. Failure to follow
abstract instructions may be cause for rejection. Abstracts will be
acknowledged electronically within 48 hours. If you do not receive
acknowledgement, then your abstract has not been
received and you should contact the NPO. For other questions,
please call 212-342-0514 or 816-651-7777.
Deadlines
- All abstracts must be submitted by Midnight (EDST), July 9, 2007.
- Notification of abstracts selected for presentation and
presentation/manuscript publication will take place by September 8, 2007.
- Invited manuscripts must be submitted to the Injury Free Coalition for Kids
National Program Office by November 1, 2007.
- Invited manuscripts will be submitted to the Journal of Trauma, Infection
and Critical Care on December 1, 2007.
Disclosure Statement
The College of Physicians & Surgeons must ensure balance, independent,
objectivity and scientific rigor in its educational activities. All faculty
participating in this activity are required to disclose to the audience any
significant financial interest and/or other relationship with the manufacturer(s)
of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed
in his/her presentation and/or commercial contributor(s) of this activity.
When unlabeled uses are discussed, these will also be indicated.
Abstract Submission
