From Poster and/or Presentation to Paper: How Do We Get There?

Gabriel Stover, MPA, Center for Community Health, UCLA - Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1531 Carmona Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019, 323-930 2832, msgabe@hotmail.com

Publishing a paper in the American Journal of Public Health (Journal) or any scientific journal requires hard work and dedication. Many public health practitioners, students, and supporters are able to create dynamic posters or deliver inspired presentations to highlight their research and practice findings, but then stop short before going the next step to create and submit a valuable manuscript for publication in a peer reviewed journal. Climbing this rung of the ladder is crucial for disseminating intervention efforts and research findings in a forum that is highly revered by peers, policymakers, and the larger public. This joint session of the Journal’s Editorial Board and Editorial Team will feature experienced editors and authors with diverse expertise who have skills and advice to offer for publishing in a variety of formats. Emphasis will be placed on turning posters and presentations into Research and Practice articles and briefs. In addition, the Journal’s public health history editors will encourage participants to submit papers for their innovative and accessible historical departments, including Voices from the Past, Images of Health, and Public Health Then and Now.

Learning Objectives:

Learn or rethink ways of devoloping fine posters and presentations into research and practice papers
Develop an appreciation of the importance of wider dessemination of poster and presentation findings through peer reviewed journals
Explore the notion of writing papers for diverse departments, disciplines and Journals, by using public health history as an example

Keywords: American Journal of Public Health,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

Recorded presentation

From Poster to Presentation to Paper: How Do We Get Through The Process? (Jointly organized by the Editorial Board and the Editorial Team of the American Journal of Public Health)

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA