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3350.0: Monday, November 05, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| This session will present new data about the California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program which takes a close look at Hispanic fatalities. The session will additionally discuss the medical costs and sources of payment for work-related injuries among Hispanic construction workers. Lastly, this session will discuss the occupational health needs of vulnerable populations, including Hispanic hotel housekeepers. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: 1. List the industries and occupations that had the most occupational fatalities for foreign-born Hispanic workers 2. Provide health and health services information on Hispanic construction workers 3. Identify demographic characteristics associated with increased risk of workplace injury in hotels | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Pamela Vossenas, MPH | |||
| 2:30 PM |  | California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program 1992-2003: A Closer Look at Hispanic Fatalities in Los Angeles County Laura E. Styles, MPH, Henri Cierpich, BS, James Rogge, MD, MPH, Robert Harrison, MD, MPH | ||
| 2:50 PM | | Medical costs and sources of payment for work-related injuries among Hispanic construction workers Xiuwen Sue Dong, DrPH | ||
| 3:10 PM | | Hispanic hotel housekeeper injuries: A labor union and university collaborate to address the occupational health needs of a vulnerable worker population Susan N. Buchanan, MD, MPH, Pamela Vossenas, MPH, John Halpin, MD, MPH, Peter Orris, MD, MPH, Joan Moriarty, MS, Eric Frumin, MA | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Occupational Health and Safety | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA