ABSTRACT INFORMATION

 

INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

DEADLINE for submission of abstracts:  10 February 2003

NOTIFICATION of acceptance:                         17 March 2003

Participants wishing to present a paper should submit an abstract that, if properly presented, will bereviewed and possibly selected for oral or poster presentation.
The submitted abstract will be sent to the Organizing Committee and Scientific Secretariat, after having followed all the instructions.
Authors whose submissions have been accepted will be expected to present their papers at the conference in person. All accepted abstracts will be published in the Final Programme & Abstract Book.
Individuals may submit only two abstracts as presenting author, but may be listed as a co-author on any number of other abstracts.
Abstracts are to be submitted in English.
They must not have been published or presented at any national or international meeting.
Only the abstracts sent together with the presenting author’s fee payment will be accepted.
Authors should indicate, on the Abstract Form herewith enclosed, whether they would prefer a Poster presentation or an Oral (Workshop, Symposium or Round Tables) presentation. The final decision will be made by the Organizing Committee and Scientific Secretariat.

 

ABSTRACTS BASED ON FORMAL RESEARCH WORK (ref. Sample Option 1 on the Abstract Form) 
A concise statement of the study’s objectives, the hypothesis to be tested, or a description of the problem; the methods used or appoach taken to collect and analyse the data; specific results in a summarised form with appropriate statistical analysis; application of results to day-to-day HIV/AIDS work or how these results may affect standards of practice.

 

ABSTRACTS DESCRIBING WORK OTHER THAN FORMAL RESEARCH
(ref. Sample Option 2 on the Abstract Form)
A short statement of the issue or issues that the abstract addresses; a brief description of the project, experience, service or research, and its results; a summary of the lessons learned and their implications.

 

 

SAMPLE ABSTRACT

 

Option 1

 

Jane Pretiss*, Ranjit Khan**, Pavel Nagy**, Hiruko Tange***
*AIDS Help, Melbourne, Australia; **TLA, Sydney, Australia; ***University Medical Research center, Osaka, Japan

DRUG USE AND ‘BAREBACKING’: IS THERE A LINK?

OBJECTIVES
Outline the study’s objectives, the hypothesis to be tested, or a description of the problem.

METHODS
Describe the methods used or approach taken to collect and analyse the data

RESULTS
Report specific results in a summarised form with appropriate statistical analysis

APPLICATION OF RESULTS
Show how these results can be applied to day-to-day HIV/AIDS work or how these results may affect standards of practice

Abstracts should disclose primary findings without including statements like ‘experiment in progress’ or ‘results will be discussed’.

 

 

Option 2

 

Paul Ellis*, Ranjit Khan**, Pavel Nagy**
*AIDS Action Group, East London, RSA; ** AIDS Help, Melbourne, Australia

DESCRIPTION OF THE IMPACT OF DROP-IN CENTRES IN THERE AFRICAN CITIES

Abstracts of this option can describe any work that may not be formal research but which significantly advances understanding. We welcome submission of abstracts by people with HIV/AIDS and by individuals and community-based groups responding to AIDS.

Abstracts which describe work other than formal research activities should include:

ISSUES
Contain one or two sentences stating the issue or issues that the abstract addresses.

DESCRIPTION
Include a brief description of the project, experience, service or research, and its results.

CONCLUSIONS
Include a summary of the lessons learned and their implications.