Occupational Health and Safety

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The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Section welcomes abstracts on all topics related to workers’ health and safety. This year's meeting will mark the 90th anniversary of the OHS Section. We are therefore, particularly interested in abstracts for papers or abstracts for full sessions with an historical perspective, which will help illuminate discussions at the meeting on the future of workers' safety and health policies, and strategic planning for advocates and activists. Please refer to the list of suggested topics, and consider how your abstract may contribute to the Annual Meeting's theme "Public Health and the Environment."
  • Ergonomic Hazards, Surveillance and Controls
  • Ethical Issues in Occupational Health and Safety
  • Evaluation of OHS Policies and Programs
  • Free Trade in the Americas: Impact on Residents, Workers and the Environment
  • Home Care Workers: S&H Hazards and Controls
  • Integrating Occupational and Environmental Health
  • Investigations of Wokplace Fatalities: Lessons Learned or Not?
  • Occupational Health Services: Programs and Research
  • Occupational Respiratory Disease: Surveillance & Solutions
  • Older Workers: H&S Challenges and Opportunities
  • Photos from the Front Lines: Workplaces Today
  • Research by the Rank and File
  • Strategic Forum: The Next Decade for Workers' Safety and Health
  • Translating Research into Action: Occupational and Environmental Health
  • Vulnerable Worker Populations
  • Workers and Environmentalists Joining Forces: Success Stories
  • Workers' Safety and Health: Other Topics
  • Young Workers: Special Needs, Challenges and Opportunities
You are invited to submit an abstract for a poster, oral or roundtable presentation. Please refer to APHA’s general guidelines for further information on these formats and indicate the desired format on your abstract page.
If you are planning to submit a proposal for full, 90-minute session, your abstract should describe the role, point-of-view, or perspective brought by each of the proposed speakers. If your abstract for a full, 90-minute session is accepted (you will be notified by May 31), you will also be expected to submit an abstract before July 15, 2004 for each individual paper to be presented in your session. Preference will be given to sessions that are coordinated with other APHA Sections. Please indicate whether your session is to be considered for CE credit and in what discipline(s).
All abstracts received by the deadline will be blind-reviewed by Section members, and ranked for originality; interest; and importance to the field of occupational health and safety.
If you need assistance preparing your abstract, please do not hesitate to contact the Program Chair.

Program Planner Contact Information:
Celeste MonfortonDept Environ & Occupational Health
George Washington University
2100 M Street NW
Suite 203
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202/994-0774
Fax: 202/994-2102
eohcnm@gwumc.edu