Instructions
for Abstract Submission - READ CAREFULLY
To
submit an abstract, follow these steps:
1- Register for the congress. Note that it is not necessary
to pay when you register. Payment can be made after notification
of abstract acceptance.
2- Enter the restricted area of the website using the login
and password with which you registered. Additional menus (in
yellow) will be shown on the left.
3- Click on “My abstracts”.
4- Follow the instructions to access the abstract submission
form. Fill-in all the blanks on the online registration form.
5- Before submitting your abstract, proofread it carefully,
as no changes will be permitted after it is submitted.
6- Choose one of the options: (1) Poster only; (2) Decision
of the Scientific Commission.
7- When you finish submission of your abstracts, click “log-off”.
8- For future access, inform your login and password. If
you forgot them, use the “forgot password” option
on the top of the page.
Important
information:
• Payment for registration must be made by May 30, 2008.
• A maximum of two (2) abstracts will be accepted per
congress participant as first author. There is no limit for
abstract co-authorship.
• Abstracts will be accepted only via the official Congress
website.
• Oral or poster presentations will take place in specific
areas for both official languages of the Congress (English and
Portuguese). There will be no translation in these sessions.
• Abstracts will be accepted in Spanish only in exceptional
cases.
• Only one (1) certificate will be granted per abstract.
Instructions for Abstract Preparation
• Abstract Text should not exceed
2400 characters including spaces;
• The abstract should be objective and concise, with information
organized in the following suggested headings: Introduction,
Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusion;
• The content of the abstract should be related to the
selected theme (see list of themes below);
• The use of figures or tables is not permitted;
• Abstracts containing results based on statements such
as “results to be presented” or “data to be
analyzed” will not be accepted.
Topics
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Alcohol and substance abuse
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Dissemination and transfer of epidemiological knowledge
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Epidemiology and demography
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Epidemiology and environmental health
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Epidemiology and other disciplines: interdisciplinary
and intersectoral approaches
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Epidemiology for health services, planning and management
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Epidemiology of accidents, violence and injuries
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Epidemiology of natural and social catastrophes
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Epidemiology of population groups
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Child and adolescent health
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Women’s health
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Men’s health
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Aging
•
Occupational health
•
Epidemiology teaching
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Ethics in epidemiological research
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Evaluation of health systems, policies, programs and
services
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Evaluation of medical technologies
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Genetic and molecular epidemiology
•
Health and disease surveillance
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Health information systems
•
Hospital epidemiology
•
Infectious and parasitic diseases
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Waterborne diseases
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Vector-transmitted diseases
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AIDS and STDs
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Tuberculosis
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Zoonoses
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Hansen's disease
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Vaccine preventable diseases
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Emergente and re-emergente infecious diseases
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Other infectious and parasitic diseases
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Life-course epidemiology
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Mental health
•
Methods and techniques in epidemiological research
