Call for Abstracts

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Injury Free Coalition for Kids^® is accepting abstracts for Forging New Frontiers, the Coalition's Annual Conference, to be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 5-7, 2025.

All abstracts on the topics of intentional and unintentional injury prevention will be considered for podium or poster presentation. For original research and program evaluation, only abstracts with complete data will be considered for review. The Scientific Publications Committee may invite selected abstracts to be submitted as a full manuscript for publication in a supplemental edition of Injury Epidemiology.

The Scientific Publications and Awards Committee will present awards at the Conference for the best original research abstract, best program evaluation abstract, best abstract presentation, and best presentation by a trainee first author.

Three types of Abstracts will be accepted:

• Original research: This type of abstract explores a specific research question with a study designed by investigator(s). The results must support or discuss research question with complete data. Study methodologies may include: interventional studies, observational studies, secondary analysis of pre-existing study data, or analyses using large databases. The research may use quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methodology.
  
  
• Program Description: This type of abstract describes a specific injury prevention program. The abstract should include a description of the population it serves, the specific components of the program, and the funding sources and other resources needed for replication. In addition, this type of abstract should describe the challenges and opportunities of implementing the program. The plan for evaluation of the measurable effects of the program should also be included in the abstract.
  
  
• Program Evaluation: This type of abstract examines the impact of a specific injury prevention program, which can be hospital or community based. The abstract should describe the background for establishing the program, its success and challenges, the process measures used for evaluation, and the outcome measures for the program based on the population served. This evaluation may use quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methodology.

Requirements

Submitted abstracts should be no more than 500 words total, including title and authors. The abstract body should include the following sections:

• Background: The background should include the context, purpose or objectives of the study or program and its relevance to the audience.
  
  
• Methods: The methods section should concisely explain how the study or program was conducted and analyzed. This section should include: 1) how the study subjects or program participants were selected; 2) the time frame of the study/program; 3) the setting of the study/program (but with no institutional identifying information – e.g. "This study was conducted at a tertiary care children's hospital."; 4) components of the study/program; and 5) the data analysis methods used (for original research and program evaluation abstracts). Please do not include any identifying institutional information in the abstract.
  
  
• Results: The results should indicate key findings of the research or program. The results should include the number of subjects or participants in the study or program. Complete data should be reported here as well as results of data analysis (for original research/program evaluation abstracts).
  
  
• Conclusions: The conclusions should emphasize the relevance of the findings to the field of injury prevention.
  
  
• Learning Objectives: This section should include three points that participants will learn during your presentation.

NEW! The review committee has prepared a document providing abstract writing tips and samples of accepted abstracts from prior years. Please be sure to read this document before writing your abstract.

Deadlines

• All abstracts must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EDT), May 31, 2025, through the Injury Free website, www.injuryfree.org.
• Notification of abstracts selected for presentation will take place by June 20, 2025.

Failure to follow abstract instructions may be cause for rejection. Abstracts will be acknowledged electronically within 48 hours. If you do not receive acknowledgement, then your abstract has not been received.

Disclosure Policy

The University of Alabama School of Medicine requires full disclosure of relevant financial relationships to ensure that all CME activities it sponsors are free of commercial influence and bias, all research reported is scientifically valid, all information is accurate and all recommendations are made with the interest of the public placed above any individual interests. The Division of CME requires that anyone who is in a position to influence or control the content of CME activity disclose relevant financial relationships with commercial interests so that any conflict of interest can be identified and resolved prior to the start of the CME activity.

Equal Opportunity

UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family‐friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of ethnicity, gender, faith, gender identity and expression as well as sexual orientation. UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans.