A call for abstracts is now available in JECH.
Formatting requirements
- Abstracts must be written in English.
- Maximum of 300 words, excluding the four mandatory section headings.
- Must be structured using the following four mandatory sub-headings:
- Background
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
- All abstracts must include some results. Preliminary results of ongoing analyses are welcome. Submissions stating “results will be presented” or similar will be rejected. (Submitted abstracts can be amended any time up to the submission deadline.)
- Titles must be non-declaratory and include a study descriptor (e.g., “retrospective cohort study”, “meta-analysis”, “randomised controlled trial”.).
- Titles must be 150 characters or fewer.
- Use sentence case in both the title and the body of the abstract (e.g., “Retrospective cohort study” not “RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY” nor “Retrospective Cohort Study”).
- Do not use non-standard abbreviations in your title.
- Define all non-standard abbreviations at first use.
- The substantial content of the abstracts should not have been previously published.
- The abstract must not contain references, tables, or figures.
- Use the CONSORT extension for abstracts when reporting randomised controlled trials.
- Where quantitative results are presented, include confidence intervals where appropriate. Do not include p-values.
- One to four relevant keywords must be selected.
Declarations and statements
- Conflict of interest: All named authors must declare any conflicts of interest in a concise statement. Authors are encouraged to refer to the ICMJE form as a tool to identify any potential conflicts.
- Funding: Provide a brief statement declaring any funding related to the work. Please enter N/A if no specific funding as received for the work.
- Early career researchers: The conference strongly supports the development of early career researchers. Authors will be asked to indicate if the presenting author is an early career researcher. We consider this group to include, but not be limited to: MSc or MPH students, PhD students, research assistants, academic clinical fellows, public health trainees, early career postdoctoral researchers, clinician scientist fellows, and clinical lecturers.
- Lived experience: The PHS conference seeks to promote research featuring meaningful inclusion of people with lived experience. All submissions will be asked about the involvement of people with lived experience.
- Contribution: We suggest including a short author contribution statement using the CRediT taxonomy.
- Publication: Authors will be asked to agree to the BMJ publishing license at the point of submission. The license is available for reference here.
Submission form
Click here to be taken to the online submission form hosted by our events partner Hg3.
The deadline for submissions is 23:59 FRIDAY OCTOBER 17th 2025.