Qualitative Health Research at ICQI 2012
Abstract Submissions:
This year, the QHR planning group seeks abstracts from health and interdisciplinary scholars featuring high quality research that addresses issues important to policymakers, researchers, providers and consumers/ general populations including but not limited to the following topics:
- Healthseeking behaviors within or across diverse groups
- Use of nonmedical alternative therapies or regimens for prevention or curative purposes
- Meaning making, coping behavior & lived experience among groups affected by specific health conditions or in specific medical care settings
- Care-giving to promote or protect health or administer to persons with health conditions
- How health and wellness are conceptualized within and across diverse groups, including a life course approach;
- The organization and conceptualization of (un)healthy or (in)active bodies
- Healthcare Decision-making processes at specific life stages or within health status contexts
- Global Health practices and policies
We are especially interested in approaches that address health equity. In addition, we would welcome abstracts that feature innovative approaches to QHR such as: Interdisciplinary, mixed methods and translational research; use of the arts and media in research and/ or dissemination of findings; teaching qualitative health research; use of larger samples across geographic areas; integration with geographic data systems; community-researcher collaboration; and high impact research that engaged and transformed groups or communities affected by a health related issue.
RE SUMISSIONS: To submit your QHR abstract, please click on the Participation green menu button on the Main/ Home page, then follow the link to submit and log in as directed. Follow the “Submit or Edit a Submission”, then “Create a new submission” link to continue the abstract submission process. Next click “Pre-Conference Days” and select “Health”. After clicking on the appropriate proposal type (individual paper or poster presentation, or panel session) enter your title, abstract, topic area (e.g. Critical Health Policy, Qualitative Health Research) and keywords and continue to follow the prompts to complete your abstract submission. Although it appears you are submitting to the “pre-conference” day, please note QHR sessions will be integrated into the general congress held May 18th & 19th. Selecting “Health” in the pre-conference unit assures your abstract will get to the QHR reviewers and will be organized into sessions accordingly.
QHR SPECIAL SESSIONS!
Join us for a “Social” (Meet and Greet) Friday from 5.00- 545 p.m.
Come to the Town Hall meeting for reflection & ideas for the future: Saturday 4:00 -5:00 p.m.
Spotlight Panel on qualitative epidemiology: Friday (a.m.)
Special Plenary Session on addressing health equity: Friday (p.m).
featuring Jesus Ramirez-Valles"
The Qualitative Health Planning Committee:
Xin Chai - MA, Doctoral Student, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Email: chaixintree@gmail.com
Bryan Clift - Doctoral Student, University of Maryland School of Public Health, Department of Kinesiology.
Email: bclift5@gmail.com
Mayra Estrella - MPH, Doctoral Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. Email: mayra.estrella@gmail.com
Aitor Gómez - Professor of Research Methods at Universitat Rovira i
Virgili (URV) (Tarragona).
Email: aitor.gomez@urv.cat
Jennifer Hebert-Beirne - PhD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago. Email: jheber1@uic.edu
Michele A. Kelley - ScD, MSW, MA, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Email: kelleysalud@gmail.com (QHR 2012 Principal Contact Person)
Jennifer Sterling – Doctoral Candidate, Physical Cultural Studies, School of Public Health, University of Maryland.
Email: jster@umd.edu
