Abstracts IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONLY on HPH-related good and best practices, concepts and research may be submitted for 

• oral presentations (presentations of 10-15 minutes)
• oral mini-presentations (3-5 minutes oral presentations)
• poster sessions

Submitters are invited to select their preferred type of presentation. Abstracts submitted for oral or oral mini presentation, if not suitable for the chosen categories, may be considered for oral mini or poster presentation if the quality allows.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

• Abstracts should be subdivided into:
  • Introduction/Background (mandatory)
  • Purpose/Methods (mandatory)
  • Results (mandatory)
  • Conclusions (mandatory)
• Abstracts may not contain more than 2.000 characters (including blanks) in the 4 mandatory fields.
• Abstracts may not contain tables, graphics or special characters.

For further abstract guidelines, please click here. 

TOPICS APPLICABLE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The Scientific Committee would especially like to invite abstracts with a focus on one of the main conference topics or on topics related to HPH task forces:

Conference main themes 

• Past achievements and future challenges for HPH
• HPH and Sustainable Development Goals 
• Refugees, migrants and minorities
• Promoting a healthy climate
• Reorienting health services

Themes of HPH working groups and task forces and other topics of relevance to HPH: Health promoting healthcare organizations as supportive settings for…

• Age-friendly care
• Alcohol prevention
• Child, adolescent and maternal health
• Chronic disease management
• Community health promotion and public health
• Environment-friendly (sustainable) health care
• Equity in health promoting health care
• Governance and leadership for HPH
• Health literacy and communication
• Health-literate health care organizations
• Healthy nutrition
• Health promotion in psychiatric care
• ICTs to promote health
• Implementing patient-centered care
• Implementation and monitoring of HPH standards
• Mental health of patients and staff
• Pain-free health care
• Patient empowerment and involvement
• Physical activity promotion
• Salutogenic hospitals
• Self-help friendly hospitals
• Sustainable health systems to improve health for all
• Tobacco cessation
• Workplace health promotion

SCREENING OF ABSTRACTS

All abstracts received until November 30, 2016 will be screened by the Scientific Committee. The review criteria are as follows:

Each abstract will be reviewed by 2-3 experts from the Scientific Committee and scored on the basis of the following criteria: 

• Does the abstract follow the guidelines, i.e. abstract format?
• Is the subject matter appropriate for the HPH Conference?
• Is the information new enough and innovative?
• Is the overall quality of the abstract sufficient?
• Is the methodology adequate or sufficient to support conclusions?
• If applicable, is the design of the study appropriate?
• Do data adequately or sufficiently offer support for conclusions?
• Does the information have relevance for the international as well as national and regional HPH Networks and Task Forces?

All submitters will be informed about the decision of the Scientific Committee latest by January 20, 2017.