مهم تاریخونه

Conference date: 5-6-7 October 2009

Registration dates: last date for the registration will be 15 September 2009

Paper submission date: Last Date for the paper and presentation submission is15 August 2009

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Call for papers for CBR conference

Sub-themes for papers:

Submission of contributed papers is solicited in areas of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) practices including:

o Financial support, Employment and Income for Persons with Disabilities & CBR practice

o Women with Disabilities & CBR practice

o Children with Disabilities & CBR practice

o Community participation and sustainability of CBR practices

o Roles of stakeholders & stake in CBR programmes

o United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities & CBR practice

o Good practices of CBR in South Asia

Initial submissions should be in the form of an abstract in either MS Word or PDF format no more than 500 words in length typed in double space and generous margins. In the abstract, state the purpose, methods, main findings, and principal conclusions.

Full paper:

The whole manuscript must be typed in double space (including references), and have generous margins. Number all pages in sequence beginning with the title page. Submit TWO COPIES of all elements arranged in the following order, beginning each part at the top of a new page. Sending the article through email will be useful.

Title Page.

This should contain the concise title of the manuscript, the names of all authors, and at the bottom of the page, the institution where the work has been carried out, and the address for all correspondence and reprints.

Abstract.

The second page should contain an Abstract of not more than 150 words, stating the purpose of the study, the methods followed, main findings (with specific data and their statistical significance if possible), and the principal conclusions. Emphasise new and important aspects of the study or observations.

Text.

Articles must be concise and usually follow the format: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. The matter must be written in a manner which is easy to understand, and should be restricted to the topic being presented.

Acknowledgements should be placed as the last element of the text before references. Measurements should be reported in metric units (metre, kilogram, litre). Abbreviate measurements according to the standard, internationally accepted style. Provide initial definition of unusual abbreviations.

Tables.

These must be self explanatory and few in number. Tables must not duplicate information in the text. Each table must have a short title and should be numbered with Arabic numerals (1,2, etc).

References.

In citing other work only references consulted in the original should be included. If it is against citation by others this should be so stated. Abstracts, personal communications and unpublished work may not be used as references, although reference to written communication may be inserted in brackets in the text. Papers accepted but not yet published may be included in the references, by mentioning the Journal’s name and adding “In Press” in brackets. Reference to manuscripts not accepted for publication must be made only in the text, in brackets.

References should be numbered and listed consecutively in the order in which they are first cited in the text, and should be identified in the text, tables and legends by Arabic numerals in brackets. The full list of references at the end of the paper should include names and initials of all authors. When there are more than 6 authors, only the first 3 are to be given followed by et al; the title of the paper; the journal title abbreviated according to the style of Index Medicus; year of publication; volume number; first and last page numbers. References to books should give the book title, place of publication, publisher and year; those of multiple authorship should also include the chapter title, first and last page numbers, and names and initials of editors.

Timelines:

Final Deadline for submission of abstracts: Saturday 25th July 2009

Announcement of selected candidates: Sunday 9th August 2009

Final Deadline for submission of full paper: Sunday 23rd August 2009

Final Deadline for submission of PowerPoint presentation: Sunday 30th August 2009