Monday, November 6, 2006

8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.: Developing Policy and Defining Practice

Moderator: Craig F. Nelson, MS, DC

Behavioral barriers to seeking chiropractic care. Gerald L. Stevens, DC , MS, William L. Scheider, PhD

Implementation of best practice recommendations: Report of a focus group. Dana J. Lawrence, DC, Judith Polipnick, DC, PHD, MS, Ilke Schwarz, DC, William Meeker, DC, MPH, Marc Micozzi, MD, PHD

Practice profile of a Department of Defense chiropractic clinic in naval health care. Bart Green, MSEd, DC, Claire Johnson, MSEd, DC, Capt. Wayne Z. McBride, DO, MPH, FACPM

Evaluation of Medicare's demonstration providing expanded coverage for chiropractic services. William B. Stason, MD, MSci, Christopher Tompkins, PhD, Donald S. Shepard, PhD, Jeffrey Prottas, PhD, Grant Ritter, PhD, Timothy C. Martin, PhD

Integrated collaboration in existing community health centres: Demonstrating collaboration between chiropractors and interdisciplinary health care provider teams. Michael J. Garner, MSc, Michael Birmingham, PhD, Peter Aker, DC

Chiropractic pilot project of the National Health Service Corps, Educational Loan Repayment Program, focus: The uninsured. Anne Peneff Albert, DC, Dipl Ac

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Public Health Education and Service in Chiropractic

Moderator:  Maria A. Hondras, DC, MPH

Development of a health promotion and wellness certification program. Meridel Gatterman, DC, Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, Lisa Z. Killinger, DC

Small group approach to chiropractic education in public health. Irene N. Paulavicius, MA

Factors affecting chiropractic students' awareness and opinions regarding public health concepts. Samir Ayad, MD, Kevin Rose, DC, MPH, Raheleh Khorsan, MA

Celebrating 10 years as an official section: The history of chiropractic within the APHA, 1984-2005. Jonathon Todd Egan, DC, MPH, Rand Baird, DC, MPH, Lisa Z. Killinger, DC

Putting prevention into practice: Nutrition and healthy aging. Lisa Z. Killinger, DC

Implementing "Cobb Kids Straighten Up": A community-based children's health promotion educational initiative launched during National Public Health Week 2006. Ron Kirk, MA, DC

12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.: Status of Chiropractic Research

Moderator:  John K. Hyland, DC MPH

Prevalence of patients with diabetes mellitus at the Palmer College of Chiropractic Clinic: A retrospective study. Joseph O. Di Duro, Dennis L. Lopez

Quality assessment of the 2000 ACC Educational Conference scientific peer-review committee. Claire Johnson, MSEd, DC, Bart Green, MSEd, DC

Chiropractic kinesiology: The effects of treatment on participants in a harm reduction center in New York City. Lisa M. Avila, DC, Rebecca Gallo, David Rosenthal, PhD

Improving the scholarship of research in chiropractic faculty. Sivarama Prasad Vinjamury, MD, Gary D. Schultz, DC, DACBR, Raheleh Khorsan, MA, Anupama Kizhakkeveettil, BAMS

A practice-based study regarding the chiropractic treatment of acute neck pain. Michael Haneline, DC, MPH, Robert Cooperstein, MA, DC, Shaner Bongalon, BS

Dose-response in chiropractic care for headaches: Methodological issues for open-label RCTs. Adele Mattinat Spegman, PhD, RN, Mitchell Haas, DC, Bonnie Ganger

2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Increasing Research Potential in the Profession

NYCC post-graduate fellowships: Contributions to scholarship and teaching. Gerald Stevens, DC, MS, Judy M. Silvestrone, DC, MS

Training the next generation of chiropractic clinical scientists. Cynthia R. Long, PhD, William Meeker, DC, MPH

Launching chiropractic research and researchers by a nonprofit foundation. Anthony Rosner, PhD, LLD