Call for Proposals for the 8th Annual National Tribal Public Health Summit

March 10, 2017

Public health practitioners, researchers, and community-based service providers are invited to submit abstracts for the National Indian Health Board (NIHB) 2017 National Tribal Public Health Summit, taking place June 6-8, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska. Deadline to submit abstracts is March 17, 2017.

NIHB encourages presentations highlighting evidenced-based, best, wise, or promising practices developed in and for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. NIHB is particularly interested in presentations that provide tools along with information and research, so that participants may leave with the tools they need to make the knowledge they gain actionable. NIHB is also looking for presentations highlighting the various social determinants of health (i.e. socioeconomic status, access to education and employment, the physical environment, etc.) as they pertain to the issues discussed. This year, NIHB has two new conference tracks— one on environmental health and climate change, and the other dedicated to public health issues specific to Native Youth. This year’s summit emphasizes sustaining public health as a national priority, so consider topics and content that will focus on key skills related to this theme within one of the five summit tracks – (1) Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, (2) Public Health Policy, Infrastructure and Capacity, (3) Substance Misuse and Behavioral Health, (4) Climate Change and Environmental Health, (5) Empowering Youth Wellness.

Read more about the call for proposals.