Call for Applications: 2006 PHSR Article of the Year
Deadline: March 5, 2007

Nominations are requested for the
2006 Public Health Systems Research Article of the Year Award
to be presented at AcademyHealth's PHSR Interest Group Annual Meeting
on June 2 in Orlando.

Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) is a field of inquiry examining the organization, financing, performance, and impact of health systems – defined as the constellation of governmental and non-governmental actors that influence population health, including health care providers, insurers, purchasers, public health agencies, community-based organizations and entities that operate outside the traditional sphere of health care.1 The Article of the Year recognizes the best scientific work that the field of PHSR has produced and published in 2006.

Using either qualitative or quantitative techniques, articles must present, analyze, and comment on new data or synthesize and analyze data that have already been collected. The selection will be based on the article's contribution to the understanding of public health systems; provision of new insights to the field of PHSR; and potential to advance the field and/or challenge current thinking.

The awardee will receive complimentary registration for both the PHSR IG Meeting and the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, travel assistance, and a $1,000 cash award.

Nomination Guidelines:

• Nominators must be members of AcademyHealth, although nominees need not be.
• Self-nominations are acceptable.
• All nominations must include the name and contact information for both the nominator and nominee.
• Nominated articles must have been published in a peer-reviewed journal between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006.

Instructions for Submitting Nominations

• Nominations must be received at AcademyHealth by March 5, 2007.
• Nominations must include a copy of the article(s).
• Email to: PHSR@AcademyHealth.org
  Mail to:
  AcademyHealth, 1801-L K Street NW, Suite 701-L, Washington, DC 20006 Attention: PHSR Article of the Year Committee

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1 Mays, G.P., P.K. Halverson, and D.F. Scutchfield. “Behind the Curve? What We Know and Need to Learn from Public Health Systems Research.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 9, no.3, 2003, pp. 179-182.