CALL FOR PAPERS: County Government of Nakuru and Kabarak University Joint Annual Health Conference
Conference theme: Translating Health Research and Innovation into Policy and Practice
Background
Translation of research is the process by which research findings are utilized or applied by health care providers, managers, and policymakers to guide practice. It serves to enhance the impact of innovative solutions generated through scientific research for the improvement of healthcare services. In the case of Nakuru County, numerous research, innovation, and developmental projects have been conducted in order to improve patient care, health administration, and policy over the years. While the impact of these projects on healthcare improvement cannot be overstated, there is a need for a holistic perspective on their progress, challenges, outputs, and recommendations by the leadership, management, and other stakeholders in the county and beyond.
Call for submissions
The County Government of Nakuru and Kabarak University invites submissions from researchers, innovatorsand implementing partners for presentation at the Joint Annual Health Conference to be held between August 26 and 30, 2024 at Kabarak University.
Objectives of the Conference
- To provide a platform for the dissemination of research, innovation and project implementation outputs in Nakuru County.
- To provide a learning platform for emerging technologies and approaches for universal health coverage.
- To foster the establishment of collaborations for research, innovation and project implementation among researchers, policy makers, implementation partners and other key stakeholders.
Presentation Types
Researchers, innovators, implementing partners and healthcare workers with works focusing on Nakuru county and conducted in the county are invited to submit the following for presentation at the conference;
- Policy briefs from research, innovation and implementation projects. These should be a maximum of 2 pages, with a font size of 12 and 1 inch margins. They should outline the key messages, the context of the project, the project / study approach, project / study results, policy recommendations and references.
- Impact and progress reports on innovation and implementation projects. These should be a maximum of 2 pages, with a font size of 12 and 1 inch margins. They should contain an abstract (200 words), background, methodology, results, implications / recommendations, next steps and references.
- Short papers detailing actionable findings from empirical research studies. These should be a maximum of 5 pages, with 12 fonts and 1 inch margins. They should contain an abstract (200 words), background, methodology, results, implications / recommendations and references.
- Best practice papers from healthcare workers and facilities. These should be a maximum of 5 pages, with 12 fonts and 1 inch margins. They should contain an abstract (200 words), background, methodology, the best practice, implications / recommendations for the practice and references.
Conference Tracks
- Preventive and promotional Health Services
- Community Health
- Environmental and Public Health
- Primary care networks (PCN)
- Health promotion
- Disease surveillance
- Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Reproductive Maternal Child Adolescent Health (RMCAH)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
- Bioethics, Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Health emergency care/acute care
- Curative and Rehabilitative Health Services
- Alternative medicine
- Palliative care
- Chronic disease management
- Substance and Drug Abuse
- Mental Health
- Laboratory Services
- Health Information Management Systems and Service Delivery
- Electronic medical records (EMR)
- Community Health information systems (CHIS)
- Data analytics and visualization
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Integration and Interoperability
- Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
- Personal Health Information Systems
- Leadership and Governance in Health
- Human Resources for Health.
- Planning
- Financing
- Health Policy Development-Advocacy
- Policy Strategy and Implementation.
- Standards, Regulations and Quality Assurance.
- Monitoring and Evaluation of provision of Health care services.
- Health workforce development
- Health Products and Technologies
- Pharmaceuticals
- New diagnostic platforms
- AI enabled health technologies
- Vaccines
- Wearable devices
- Drones
- Robotics
- Imaging
- Digital health technologies
- Telemedicine
- Climate change and One Health
- Global Health Security
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Tropical and travel medicine
- Health emergency care/acute care
Submission Link: https://conf.kabarak.ac.ke/
Conference Mode – Hybrid
Publication
Policy briefs, Impact and progress reports, and best practice papers will be published in special issues of the Kabarak University Journal of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences (KJMPS).
Conference Timelines
Submissions open: May 1, 2024
Submission deadline: July 31, 2024
Submission Acceptance and Notification: June 20, 2024
Registration Deadline: August 16, 2024
Conference Dates: August 26–30, 2024
Conference Fees
Presenters
Post Doc Researchers, Project Implementations and Innovators: 15,000
PhD Students: 10,000
Masters Students and Healthcare workers: 7,500
Group rate ( 10 pax - Academic / Researchers): 75,000
Attendance Only
Group rate (Corporate - 5 pax): 200,000
Participants: 10,000
Exhibition
Corporate: 200,000
Individual: 50,000
Payment
Conference Presenters: Kabarak University
Paybill: 511480
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB)
Branch: Nakuru
Account Name: Kabarak University
Account No.: 1109663161
Swift Code: KCBLKENX
Bank Code: 01
Branch Code: 103
Conference Attendance, Exhibition and Sponsorships - County Government of Nakuru
Cooperative Bank of Kenya
Branch: Nakuru
Account Name: Ministry of Health Operations B
Account No: 01141506466100
Contacts
For any inquiries or assistance, please contact the conference organizing committee through the email addresses;
- Dr Josephat Tonui - Conference Chair, Kabarak University - josephat@kabarak.ac.ke
- Dr Elizabeth Kiptoo - Research Chair, Nakuru County - elizabeth.kiptoo@nakuru.go.ke