The National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA) is accepting poster
abstracts until Friday, February 14, 2025, for the 2025 NCEMNA Policy Conference which will
be held on March 27-28, 2025, at the California Endowment Center.

Conference Objectives:
1. Understand the role of policy and advocacy in driving change for population health
equity
2. Identify key strategies and best practices for effective policy and advocacy efforts
3. Build connections and collaborations with stakeholders to advance population health
equity

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
1. All abstracts must be submitted on time and follow guidelines. See CHECKLIST below before
submission.
2. The components of the abstract are divided into sections to help authors assure that they
have included all required information based upon the scoring criteria. Authors are encouraged
to write the abstract in a word processing file (e.g. MS Word).
3. The final abstract (body of abstract) must be no more than 300 words.
4. To ensure consistent, high-quality content, all abstracts must be organized into the required
format based upon the abstract category.
5. The abstract title should clearly indicate the nature of the subject. Acronyms should not be
used in the title and should be written out on first mention. A quantifiable objective must be
submitted, and the body of the abstract should be in paragraph form, using complete sentences,

and avoiding special characters. Abstracts should have all funding sources written out
completely, if applicable.
6. For abstracts with more than one author, the presenting author will be considered the contact
person.
7. Abstracts MUST be submitted on or before February 14, 2025