| GENERAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING
Please
join us for the 16th Annual
Meeting of the Society for Prevention
Research in San Francisco, CA.
The annual meeting will be held
Wednesday, May 28 - Friday,
May 30, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency
San Francisco Embarcadero Center.
Don't miss this opportunity
to meet and mingle with more
than 700 researchers from around
the country at the premier meeting
for prevention science!
VENUE
The
16th Annual Meeting of the Society
for Prevention Research will
be held from Wednesday, May
28 - Friday, May 30, 2008. All
annual meeting sessions and
events will take place in the
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Embarcadero Center. The hotel
is located on 5 Embarcadero
Center, San Francisco, CA and
within a short walk to major
attractions, shopping and commerce
areas, including the Aquarium
of the Bay, Asian Art Museum,
Cable Cars, Farmer's Market,
Ferry Building Marketplace,
Lombard Street, and many more!
For
more information on San Francisco,
CA, visit the San Francisco,
CA Convention and Visitors Bureau
at http://www.sfcvb.org/.
MEETING
OBJECTIVES AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The
Society for Prevention Research
is an international organization
focused upon the advancement
of science-based prevention
programs and policies through
empirical research. The membership
of the organization includes
scientists, practitioners, advocates,
administrators, and policy makers
who are concerned with the prevention
of social, physical and mental
health problems and the promotion
of health, safety, and well-being.
The
meeting seeks to present the
latest in prevention science
from across international regions
in the areas of epidemiology,
etiology, preventive intervention
trials, demonstration projects,
policy research, natural experiments,
program evaluations, clinical
trials, prevention-related basic
research, pre-intervention studies,
efficacy and effectiveness trials,
population trials, and studies
of the diffusion/dissemination
of science-based prevention.
The
Program Committee of the Society
for Prevention Research (SPR)
invites submissions for presentations
within all content areas of
public health, education, human
services, criminal justice,
and medical science. Relevant
focus areas include, but are
not limited to: health disparities,
health promotion and disease
prevention, maternal health,
suicide, infant and child health,
mental health/mental disorders,
family conflict, substance abuse
and addiction (alcohol, tobacco,
illicit drugs), violence, delinquency,
crime, academic failure, dropping-out
of school, obesity, cardiovascular
disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus,
HIV/AIDS and other sexually
transmitted disease, unintended
pregnancy, unemployment, occupation
safety, auto crashes, unintended
injury, poverty, welfare, managed
care, and policy-based interventions.
The
conference theme, "Context
and Prevention Science",
is meant to be comprehensive.
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