The 18th biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication invites competitive paper and poster abstracts and panel proposals to be submitted for its 2024 conference in Lexington, Kentucky. The theme for the conference is Innovations in Health Communication. Although this call seeks original contributions in all areas related to health communication, special consideration will be given to those that address issues related to the conference theme.

Competitive Papers/Posters: Competitive papers or posters should be submitted in abstract form with up to 500 words of text. Have the following information ready to submit through the online submission system: 1) author names, degrees, affiliations, and email addresses; 2) whether the author is presenting, corresponding, and/or a student or early career scholar; 3) author phone numbers and email addresses; 4) paper/poster title of no more than 130 characters, including spaces; 5) abstract of up to 500 words of text; 6) references (optional; not counted toward word limit; if you include references, cite only those that you cite in the abstract); 7) acknowledgements (optional; not counted toward word limit); 8) whether you wish your abstract to be considered as a paper only, a poster only, or either a paper or poster. The submission system also will ask you to provide up to five keywords for research topic and up to two keywords for method(s); we provide a list from which you can select keywords, or you may provide your own. Abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review. Deadline for abstract submission is Friday, December 1, 2023 by 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time; programming decisions will be sent by Wednesday, January 17, 2024. In fairness to the competitive submission process, submit your abstract for consideration only if you anticipate being able to register for and attend the conference to present your work (or arrange to have someone else present your work in the event that an emergency prevents your attendance).

Panels: Panel proposals should be submitted in abstract form with up to 250 words of text. Have the following information ready to submit through the online submission system: 1) panel participant names, degrees, affiliations, email addresses, and role (chair, participant, respondent); 2) if applicable, whether the panelist is a student or early career scholar; 3) panel chair phone and email; 4) panel title of no more than 130 characters, including spaces; 5) abstract of up to 250 words of text; 6) additional descriptive information if absolutely necessary (optional; not counted toward word limit). Deadline for panel submission is Friday, December 1, 2023 by 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time; programming decisions will be sent by Wednesday, January 17, 2024. In fairness to the competitive submission process, submit your panel proposal for consideration only if you and your panelists anticipate being able to attend the conference and present your work.

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The submission system will open on October 1, 2023. Deadline for submission of paper/poster abstracts and panel proposals is Wednesday, December 1, 2023, 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. For tips on how to write abstracts, click here. Notification of acceptance will be sent electronically by January 17, 2024.