Occupational Health and Safety

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The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Section welcomes abstracts on topics related to workers’ health and safety for the 134th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. This year's meeting is titled, “Public Health and Human Rights.” We are particularly interested in abstracts for papers or abstracts for full sessions that reflect this theme in the context of occupational health and safety. Topics of particular interest to the OHS Section are social justice, policy and regulation, and community-based projects. Also of interest are topics on workplace interventions, integration of health promotion and protection at the worksite, evaluation of program effectiveness, translation of research into practice, and application of theory. All submissions should inform and encourage discussions at the meeting. Please refer to the list of suggested topics and consider how your abstract may contribute to the Annual Meeting's theme. Deadline for abstract submission is February 16, 2006, 11:59 PM (Pacific Time). Communication strategies for worker health and safety Community-based research and interventions Ergonomic hazards, surveillance, and controls Ethical issues in clinical occupational healthcare services Ethical issues in occupational health and safety (integrity in science and practice) Evaluation of OSHA, MSHA, OHS policies, programs, and regulations Evidence of effectiveness of occupational health and safety interventions Healthcare workers health and safety Human rights related to occupational health and safety Integrating health promotion and protection at the worksite Integrating occupational and environmental health International occupational health and safety issues Labor research in occupational health and safety Minority and immigrant workers Occupational respiratory disease: Surveillance and solutions Psychosocial aspects of occupational health Qualitative and quantitative research methods Social justice perspectives on worker health and safety Special populations at risk State-based occupational health and safety projects Student projects in occupational health and safety Translating research into practice War-related occupational health and safety Worker safety and health: Other topics Workers across the age spectrum: Unique needs, challenges, and opportunities Workplace violence You are invited to submit an abstract for a poster, oral or roundtable presentation. Submitters should refer to APHA’s general guidelines for further information on these formats and indicate the desired format on your abstract page. Student abstracts are strongly encouraged and will be included throughout the program of OHS sessions. Also, please indicate if you will have any special technical needs (e.g., internet access, film, multi-media capability, etc.). If you are planning to submit a proposal for a full 90-minute session, you will need to submit a brief abstract describing the objective of the full session along with an abstract for each paper to be included in the session. Your abstract should describe the role, point-of-view, or perspective brought by each of the proposed speakers. 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, importance to the field of occupational health and safety, and bearing on the theme of the Annual Meeting. If you need assistance preparing your abstract, please do not hesitate to contact the OHS Program Planner.
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Program Planner Contact Information: Butch de Castro, PhD, MSN/MPH, RN Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 2121 West Taylor Street Chicago, IL 60612 Phone: 312-413-0058 butch@uic.edu