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Occupational Health and Safety

NOTE: Sessions listed in italics have been organized by another section, SPIG, or caucus but are endorsed by Occupational Health and Safety.


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Sunday, November 04, 2007

4:30 PM-5:30 PM Sun
   2050.0Sunday New Investigator Posters (Poster)

Monday, November 05, 2007

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   3015.0Beyond the Ivory Tower: Designing Effective Interventions for Immigrants and Refugees (Oral)
   3025.0Occupational Epidemiology (Roundtable)
   3056.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Environmental Justice for Immigrant Workers: Research Methods to Promote Public Health (Oral)
   3057.0International Occupational Health and Safety Issues (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3118.0Invited Session: Sleep from a Public Health Perspective: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Implications for Public Health Policy (Oral)
   3144.0OSHA Hexavalent Chromium Rulemaking: Perspectives from the Labor and the Scientific Community (Oral)
   3145.0Ergonomic and Psychosocial Aspects of Occupational Health (Oral)
   3146.0The Future of Occupational Health and Safety (Oral)
   3147.0Bloodborne Pathogens - Moving from Description to Intervention (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   3214.0Violence Epidemiology (Oral)
   3238.0Research on Hazards in Construction (Oral)
   3239.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: New Approaches and Methods (Oral)
   3240.0Evaluating Occupational Safety Regulations - What works? (Oral)
   3240.1Labor College and OHIP Research (Roundtable)
   3242.0War and Public Health (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3303.0Trade Policy Analysis and Health (Oral)
   3315.0Twenty Years After Toxic Wastes and Race: Its Legacy for Environmental Health (Panel Discussion)
   3336.0Dude, Where is My Retirement? (Oral)
   3349.0Recognizing and Controlling Hazards to Young Workers (Oral)
   3350.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Focus on Hispanic Workers (Oral)
   3350.1Workers Free Choice to Form Unions –Myth or Reality (Oral)
   3360.0Social Justice and Public Health Nursing (Oral)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   3419.0International Public Health and the Labor Movement: Labor's Response to Global Health Issues, Trade Initiatives, Globalization and Workers' Health (Oral)
   3424.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Farmworker Health (Oral)
   3426.0Terrorism and Public Health (Oral)

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
   4010.0Trade Policy, Tobacco and Medicines (Oral)
   4013.0Unveiling the Hidden Truth: Barriers to Health Care among Immigrants and Refugees (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4126.0Injury Epidemiology (Oral)
   4155.0OHS Awards Luncheon (Social)
   4157.0War and Public Health: Part 2 (Oral)
2:30 PM-3:30 PM Tue
   4187.0Tuesday Afternoon Poster Session II - Health Care Workers (Poster)
   4188.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Vulnerable Workers Posters (Poster)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
   4237.0Information Technology in the Healthcare Workplace: Impact and Implications (Oral)
   4246.0Social Justice and Human Rights Related to Occupational Health and Safety (Oral)
   4247.0Paradigm Shift or Struggle:Integrating Health Promotion and Health Protection (Oral)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
   4321.0Health and Safety for Home Healthcare Workers: Politics, Policy and Public Health for a Unique Worker Population (Oral)
   4322.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Research Issues Related to Vulnerable Workers (Oral)
   4322.1What Strategies Help Workers Win Effective Health and Safety Changes? (Roundtable)
   4324.0The Costs of War: The Impact of War on Veterans and Their Families (Oral)

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

8:30 AM-9:30 AM Wed
   5003.0Public Health Perspectives on Trade & Health (Poster)
   5010.1Violence and Psychiatric Epidemiology Poster Session (Poster)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
   5067.0Intervention Research, Communicating Results, and Translating Research into Practice (Oral)
   5068.0Workplace Violence, Disaster and War-related Occupational Health and Safety (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
   5095.1Public Health and Trade Policy (Oral)
   5107.0Uranium, Navajo, Policy and Health (Oral)
   5128.0Quality Improvement: Product Safety, Workers Compensation, & Community Efforts (Oral)
   5130.0Mental Health and Occupational Health: Improved Consumer, Community and Staff Safety (Oral)
   5132.0Research by the Rank and File (Oral)
   5133.0Linking Occupational and Environmental Health (Oral)
   5135.0Health Effects of War in the Middle East (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Wed
   5187.0Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods (Oral)
   5188.0Ethical Issues in Clinical Occupational Healthcare Services and Integrity in Science (Oral)

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA