Tuesday, October 25, 2011

CFP: Qualitative Inquiry 2012 - Qualitative Health Research

Further to the announcement for submissions to the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, (see below) we would like to announce the call for Qualitative Health Research abstracts due December 1st, 2011.

Qualitative Health Research at ICQI 2012

Abstract Submissions:
This year, the QHR planning group seeks abstracts from health and interdisciplinary scholars featuring high quality research that addresses issues important to policymakers, researchers, providers and consumers/ general populations including but not limited to the following topics:
  • Healthseeking behaviors within or across diverse groups
  • Use of nonmedical alternative therapies or regimens for prevention or curative purposes
  • Meaning making, coping behavior & lived experience among groups affected by specific health conditions or in specific medical care settings
  • Care-giving to promote or protect health or administer to persons with health conditions
  • How health and wellness are conceptualized within and across diverse groups, including a life course approach;
  • The organization and conceptualization of (un)healthy or (in)active bodies
  • Healthcare Decision-making processes at specific life stages or within health status contexts
  • Global Health practices and policies
We are especially interested in approaches that address health equity. In addition, we would welcome abstracts that feature innovative approaches to QHR such as: Interdisciplinary, mixed methods and translational research; use of the arts and media in research and/ or dissemination of findings; teaching qualitative health research; use of larger samples across geographic areas; integration with geographic data systems; community-researcher collaboration; and high impact research that engaged and transformed groups or communities affected by a health related issue.

The conference is inclusive and the Qualitative Health Research group welcomes abstracts from a wide range of disciplines and career orientations (e.g. students, professors, non-profits, government). Please circulate this call widely to interested parties. See http://www.icqi.org/adiqrih.html for guidelines for submission to Qualitative Health Research panels which will take place during the General Congress, May 18-19, 2012, and further information. There are also optional pre-congress workshops on May 17th (http://www.icqi.org/workshop.html) that would be of interest to qualitative health researchers. Presented by leaders in qualitative research, topics include visual data analysis, arts-based research, mixed and emergent methods, ethnography, oral history, focus groups, and writing and publishing among others.

Feel free to contact members of the Qualitative Health Planning Committee with any questions.

Michele A. Kelley, University of Illinois at Chicago, kelleysalud@gmail.com
Jennifer Hebert-Beirne, University of Illinois at Chicago, jheber1@uic.edu
Mayra Estrella, University of Illinois at Chicago, mayra.estrella@gmail.com
Jennifer Sterling, University of Maryland, jster@umd.edu
Bryan Clift, University of Maryland, bclift5@gmail.com
Xin Chai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, chaixintree@gmail.com
Aitor Gómez - Universitat Rovira i Virgili, aitor.gomez@urv.cat

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