The National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA) is accepting poster abstracts until Friday, February 13, 2026, for the 2026 NCEMNA Policy Conference which will be held on April 9th & 10th, 2026, at the California Endowment Center.

Conference Objectives: At the end of the policy summit, the participants will be able to:
1. Examine emerging national health priorities to determine their impact on healthcare practice and policy.
2. Apply evidence-based strategies to align clinical and community initiatives with national health goals.
3. Analyze and leverage intraorganizational and interprofessional opportunities to design collaborative initiatives that advance unified approaches to improving health outcomes.
4. Differentiate between individual, organizational, and systemic influences on mental health outcomes.
5. Explore leadership principles to guide interprofessional teams in developing improvement initiatives.

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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 13, 2026, to Dr. Lillian Tom-Orme.