The theme of this year's American Public Health Association conference being held in New Orleans, LA, November 5-9, is "Evidence-Based Policy and Practice." Consistent with this theme, the topic for the DisAbility SPIG Chair's Forum on Sunday afternoon, November 6 is: "Evidence-Based Practice in Disability and Public Health: Emerging Issues and Trends." Papers which reflect this theme are encouraged, but the forum invites abstracts in all areas of disability policy, practice, and research. Proposed topic areas for sessions in 2005 include: disability and health promotion; children and adolescents with disabilities; developing evidence-based health promotion policy in disability; disability measurement, classification, and ICF; health care access; and more.

The DisAbility Forum offers three types of sessions: 1) scientific oral sessions for presentations of more developed work; 2) poster sessions of developing work; and 3) the Disability Study Group on Sunday AM for more informal discussions of papers.

Students are particularly encouraged to submit, and should indicate their student status in the Comments box.

For more information, contact James Rimmer, PhD, Program Planner, jrimmer@uic.edu, or go to http://www.ncpad.org/686/3086/2005-01-01#1.