The oral communications sessions, the posters and the thematic workshop, which are organized during the Conference, will be related to the three themes proposed in the scientific programme.

Anyone who is interested in presenting an oral communication, a poster or in proposing a seminar should fill in a form in the Conference web site via this link form. Abstracts must comply to the following instructions:

-General instructions

• The official language during the Conference is English. Therefore all abstracts, drafts and definitive presentations must be written in English.
• Abstracts should have no more than 300 words.
• The recommended font and font size are: Arial 11.
• Each abstract should contain no more than 2 tables or illustrations.
• The abstract may be sent as MS Word 97 to 2007, or as .rtf.
• After the Scientific Committee has reviewed the abstracts, the authors may be urged to make minor modifications to their abstract or work with a view to improving it. Likewise, the Scientific Committee may recommend a different work presentation format by suggesting that it is converted from an oral communication into a poster, or vice versa.
• Sending an abstract over the web site implies that it is the definitive version. Only minor changes will be accepted under exceptional circumstances.

-Type of abstracts

The authors who send an abstract must relate their proposal to one of the following categories:

1. Research
2. Policies and successful practical experiences
3. Thematic workshop

-Subject

The authors of the work should explicitly indicate in which of the subjects of the Conference the abstract they sent is to be placed:

1. Health protection: essential dimensions, services and educational needs
2. Disease prevention: essential dimensions, services and educational needs
3. Health promotion: essential dimensions, services and educational needs

-Special recommendations according to the type of work

1. Research
• Author: The author and co-authors should indicate their full names, affiliation (including the post they occupy, full name of the institution, town/city and country). Should all the authors belong to the same institution, it will only be necessary to indicate it once.
  When sending an abstract, the authors should indicate the name of the person in charge of the presentation during the conference, be it an oral communication or a poster.
• Título: For practical reasons, we encourage authors to attempt to keep the titles as short and simple as possible (no more than 20 words), and to avoid the use of subtitles, abbreviations and acronyms.
• Objectives: The authors must clearly indicate the main objective, and if applicable, any secondary objectives.
• o Introduction: This section should clearly include a background to the subject and mention its importance to Public Health and education. It should also justify why this work was undertaken in relation to the subject of the Conference.
• Results: The most outstanding results, both negative and positive, should be presented here, whenever they are of interest for the research. They should be discussed in the Conclusions section.
• Conclusions and discussion: The conclusions should be directly and exclusively supported by the results obtained in the research. The impact that the results had on the problem being studied should be indicated wherever possible.
• Keywords: The authors should indicate four keywords that identify the main points of the work.
2. Policies and successful practical experiences
• Authors: The author and co-authors should indicate their full names, affiliation (including the post they occupy, full name of the institution, town/city and country). Should all the authors belong to the same institution, it will only be necessary to indicate it once.
  When sending an abstract, the authors should indicate the name of the person in charge of the presentation during the conference, be it an oral communication or a poster.
• Title: For practical reasons, we encourage authors to attempt to keep the titles as short and simple as possible (no more than 20 words), and to avoid the use of subtitles, abbreviations and acronyms.
• Subject presentation: The authors should describe the subject or problem which is the object of the work presented. Here the data about the relevance, magnitude and importance of the problem in public health or education will be presented, along with its relation to the subject of the Conference it is to be placed in.
• Description of the experience: This section should include the background, the initial objectives and the strategies followed to fulfil them, the place and time period in which the experience took place, and the problems and results observed.
• Conclusions and discussion: The conclusions should be directly and exclusively supported by the policies and experiences set out. The lessons learnt and the impact that the results had on the problem considered should be indicated whenever possible.
• Key words: The authors should indicate four keywords that identify the main points of the work.
3. Thematic workshops
• Organizers: The organizers of the activity should indicate their full names, affiliation (including the post they occupy, full name of the institution, town/city and country). Should all the organizers belong to the same institution, it will only be necessary to indicate it once. When sending an abstract, the authors should indicate the name of the person in charge of the organization or the workshop address.
• Title: For practical reasons, we encourage authors to attempt to keep the titles as short and simple as possible (no more than 20 words), and to avoid the use of subtitles, abbreviations and acronyms.
• Motivation: The authors should explain the reasons why they consider the organization of a thematic workshop is necessary in relation to the subjected selected from the three Conference categories.
• Objectives: In this section, the organizers will set out the objective(s) they wish to achieve during the workshop.
• Structure of the workshop: In this section, the structure that the workshop will take and its contents and methodology to be carried out will be listed.