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Presentation Submissions

Call for Abstracts

We invite abstract submissions for presentations at the Preventive Health Conference 2027.

The proposed theme for the 2027 Preventive Health Conference is ‘Prevention – It’s Everybody’s Business’.

The theme recognises that many of the most effective and sustainable approaches to improving health and wellbeing lie outside the traditional health system and focus upstream by addressing the social, political, environmental, economic and commercial determinants of health. Involving all relevant sectors and actors in prevention supports a more comprehensive, coordinated and effective approach to addressing these determinants of health and creates opportunities that no single sector could achieve independently.

Before submitting, please read through the detailed guidelines outlined on this page. 

Abstract Submissions - Close 9 November 2026

Guidelines

Before submitting, it is important that you read the detailed guidelines outlined on this page.

You can also download them in a PDF format:

 Guidelines

Submission

All abstracts are to be submitted electronically using the online Abstract Submission Portal.

Click on the 'Submit Abstract' button and follow the prompts.

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Registration

All presenters must register to present at the conference and pay the registration fee.

For further information click on the button below.

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Guidelines

We encourage submitters to think about the story they are telling, and how they will ensure the presentation is dynamic and engaging. ​​

Presentation Type

We are asking abstract submitters to express interest in your preferred presentation format.

Please note that the Scientific Advisory Committee reserves the right to allocate a different presentation type, if appropriate.

Long Oral Presentation: Presenters have a total of 10 minutes to present the challenge, the evidence, and the implications for real-world action. The abstract follows the traditional “background–methods–results” format.

Ideas In Action Presentations: This fast-paced session invites presenters to share a compelling idea, solution, or provocation shaping the future of preventive health. The format is designed to move beyond traditional “background–methods–results” presentations and instead foreground impact, application and action. Each presenter has 5 minutes and a maximum of six slides. Presenters are encouraged to open with a clear solution, bold proposal, or future-focused insight that addresses a pressing public health challenge, before briefly outlining the evidence, research, or experience that underpins it and demonstrates its feasibility. Submissions from researchers, practitioners, policy makers, students and community partners are all welcome.

Sub-Themes

These sub-themes are designed to inspire submissions related to the theme of the conference. The nature of prevention activities means that the sub-themes are not mutually exclusive, with several areas of overlap. We particularly recognise that submissions related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health may be suited to all of the sub-themes.

Reorienting commercial systems to contribute positively to health

Changing the conditions that shape health and inequality

Prevention everywhere – the role of community and

non-health sectors in improving health and wellbeing

Connecting prevention to shared economic, health and social outcomes

Translating research into policy and practice – getting the message and timing right

Prevention in a changing world – navigating implementation constraints and looking ahead to new approaches

Racism and health – responding to a public health

emergency

Requirements

All abstracts must be in original work and submitted in English with a 300 word maximum.

A maximum of two (2) abstracts may be submitted per presenting author.

Presentations require the submission of an abstract and will be peer reviewed.

Additional 300 words

We encourage submissions on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health.

Priority will be given to abstracts presented by an Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander person, followed by abstracts co-presented with an Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander person.

Up to an additional 300 words are permitted to outline Aboriginal Governance structures used to ensure that Indigenous data sovereignty principles were adhered to in the research or program development and that processes were culturally appropriate.

Responsibility

If there is more than one co-author and/or presenter, all correspondence will be sent to the person (name and email address) who SUBMITTED the abstract in the portal. Please check your junk mail for correspondence.

It is the submitting author’s responsibility to ensure the correct version of the abstract is uploaded. Abstracts submitted should be checked for spelling and grammar as they will be published exactly as received.

Abstract Submissions close 9 November 2026

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About abstracts review, selection and notification

All abstracts are submitted for blind peer-review.

Based on the review process results, our Scientific Leads then allocate abstracts to the program.

This process takes time and we appreciate your patience.

The contact person (who submitted the abstract via the portal) for each abstract will be notified of the outcome of their abstract submission via email by mid-December 2026.

Abstract publication

If accepted, your abstract will be published exactly as received in:

  1. The conference Online Program and Abstract Book. 
  2. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, without further review by the journal editor or reviewers. As part of the submission process, you'll need to confirm your abstract matches quality and ethical requirements for journal publication and you'll have an opportunity to opt out of ANZJPH publication entirely. Please note, all abstracts will be in the same 'article' in the Journal and will be citable with a shared citation.

It is the submitting author’s responsibility to ensure that the abstract uploaded through the submission portal is the correct version and to check it for spelling and grammar prior to submission.

Workshop EOIs

The Conference Advisory Committee will open an Expression of Interest for Workshops in late 2026.

At one of PHAA's conferences, participants in a workshop are seated around a table listening to the presenters and jotting down ideas on big yellow sheets of paper

Workshops will be held face-to-face during the official conference days, in the allocated session time. Workshops may include interactive paper presentations, panel discussion, debate or interactive skills-based session. Workshops should seek to bring together the best available expertise on the topic under focus and should generally include contributors from a range of different institutions, disciplines or research groups. Workshops should have clear learning objectives and outline how the topic is aligned to the conference workshop themes.

 

Workshops are 90 minutes in duration and proposals should be submitted via the online Workshop EOI Submission portal below. 

 

All presenters, facilitators and invited speakers in the Workshops, regardless of the nature of their presentation, including organisers, must pay a face-to-face registration fee. All presenters must register at the time of confirming their acceptance of the workshop and pay the conference registration fee.​