Deadline: 22 March 2019
The Prevent Child Abuse inviting skill development workshops, symposium, individual papers, and poster proposals for National Conference which is supporting the theme “Moving Upstream”.
Moving Upstream is a call-to-action for the field to consider the multitude of ways in which they can prevent the abuse and neglect of their nation’s children. All children deserve to grow up in safe, nurturing environments and they are committed to identifying solutions reflecting the diversity of their country, with a focus on addressing the social determinants of health.
Objectives
The 2019 Prevent Child Abuse America National Conference will examine four core components—innovative programs and practices, family-focused policies, cutting-edge research, and public awareness and engagement strategies—and provide the latest thinking to help drive the field toward upstream prevention. Therefore, sessions should be aligned to one of the following focus areas:
- Innovative, Evidence-Based Programs and Practices: That improve child well-being and promote healthy child development, strengthen families, and meet the unique needs of different communities, cultures, and populations.
- Family-Friendly Policies: That support evidence-based programs and interventions that help keep families together, address the underlying causes that can contribute to child abuse and neglect, and provide supports to all families, especially those in high-risk communities.
- Cutting-Edge Research: That helps provide direction and advance the field, and that can be translated into practice.
- Impactful Public Awareness: That drives community engagement and understanding of the issues, promotes positive social norms and attitudes around the issues, and changes behaviors.
Topics of Interest
Presentation topics across the areas of programs, policy, research, and public awareness may include, but are not limited to:
- Healthy Families America, home visiting practice innovation, continuous quality improvement, and service enhancements; supervision and workforce development; reflective practice
- Diversity, justice, and equity in child abuse and neglect prevention
- Addressing the social determinants of health
- Prevention in diverse contexts with diverse families
- Risk and protective factors for child abuse and neglect
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) Community-based prevention strategies
- Home visitation
- Social norms and messaging
- Moving communities to action
- Organizational and community capacity building
- Caregiver engagement and leadership development
- Public policy and economic supports
Presentation Proposals
Applicants proposal will be carefully evaluated and may be accepted for any of the following formats below, depending on the scope of content and engagement strategies proposed:
- Workshop: A 90-minute interactive or experiential session that is focused on skill-development.
- Symposium: A 90-minute, in-depth exploratory session focused on a presentation of findings or a showcase of innovative work. No more than four presenters are permitted to present.
- Individual Paper: A 20-minute presentation focused on a presentation of findings or showcase of innovative work. The presentation will be grouped with other similar presentation topics.
- Poster: A new set of posters will be presented each day with a dedicated 45-minute session to meet the poster authors. Share and examine ideas focused on effective practices, research findings, or innovative solutions with one-on-one or small group interaction.
Note: Applicant may be invited to present in formats other than the one applicant selected or those noted in the proposal submission form. Proposals are selected to ensure the conference offers a comprehensive, objective, and diverse program.
Selection Criteria
- Relevance of topic: Is the topic of relevance, importance, and/or interest to the audience? Does the topic tie to upstream (primary and secondary) child abuse and neglect prevention?
- Value of content: Will the audience learn something new or different that can be applied to their line of work?
- Presenter knowledge: Does the presenter(s) have sufficient knowledge, expertise, and authority to address this topic based on evidence provided in the proposal?
- Quality of submission: Does the proposal adequately cover content related to the learning objectives or key stated outcomes? Is the submission complete and well-written?
- Inclusion: Does the presentation take into consideration the concepts of diversity and inclusion?
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
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