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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, October 26, 2008

2:30 PM-3:30 PM Sun
   2040.0Occupational Health and Safety Posters I (Poster)
   2041.0Occupational Health and Safety Posters II (Poster)
   2041.1Latebreaker Posters (Poster)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Sun
   2058.0OHS surveillance Posters (Poster)
   2059.0Occcupational Health Disparities Institute Posters (Poster)

Monday, October 27, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Mon
   3026.0Indoor Air Exposures and Risk Reduction (Oral)
   3042.0Megacities & Global Health (Panel Discussion)
   3055.0Ergonomics Policy – Looking Back, Moving Forward (Oral)
   3056.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Health and Safety for Latino/Hispanic Workers (Oral)
10:30 AM-11:30 AM Mon
   3082.0Epidemiology and innovative interventions in immigrant and refugee health (Poster)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Mon
   3115.0Built Environment: Goods Movement, Environmental Justice, and Public Health (Oral)
   3133.0Workplace Violence and Injury (Oral)
   3144.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Addressing Issues of Minority and Immigrant Workers (Oral)
   3145.0Publishing Occupational Health and Safety Research: A Dialogue with Journal Editors (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Mon
   3235.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Dying to Work - The Migrant's Journey to Work in the US (Oral)
   3236.0Union/Community-based Projects (Oral)
   3238.0War and Public Health (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Mon
   3336.0Globalization: Outsourcing Medical Jobs (Panel Discussion)
   3346.0International Health and Safety (Oral)
   3347.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Safety, Health and Social Justice for Immigrant Workers - Lessons from the NIOSH EJ projects (Oral)
   3361.0Health and Trade Policy for Specific Industries (Oral)
   3363.0Agent Orange and Other Vietnam Health Issues, Part 1 (Oral)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM Mon
   3380.0Language and Culture as Boundaries to Communication About Health (Poster)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Mon
   3418.0Safe RN Staffing: New Research and Solutions (Panel Discussion)
   3425.0The Future of Occupational Safety and Health; A Conversation with Leadership (Oral)
   3433.0160 years of the Spirit of 1848: a critical celebration (Oral)
   3435.0Agent Orange and Other Vietnam Health Issues, Part 2 (Oral)
   3436.0Women's Health Without Social, Political, and Geographical Borders (Oral)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

8:30 AM-10:00 AM Tue
   4018.0Environmental Justice Science: Approaches to Study and Address Environmental Health Disparities (Oral)
   4025.0Environmental Epidemiology (Oral)
   4058.0Social Justice and Health Access (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Tue
   4110.0Genetic Susceptibility Testing for Beryllium: For and Against (Oral)
   4111.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Work, Health Disparities and Social Factors (Oral)
   4112.0OHS Education and Training (Oral)
   4113.0“Business as Usual”: Unaddressed Worker Health and Safety Issues in the Adult Film Industry (Oral)
12:00 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4124.1Occupational Health and Safety Awards Luncheon (Business Meeting)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Tue
   4196.0Avian and Pandemic Influenza (Oral)
2:30 PM-4:00 PM Tue
   4263.0Lead exposure in children: vulnerable populations (Oral)
   4287.0Health, Safety and Professional Issues in Organizing Health Care Workers (Panel Discussion)
   4295.0Workplace Safety Culture Panel (Roundtable)
   4296.0Topics in Occupational Health Surveillance (Oral)
   4297.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Farmworkers: Rights, Justice and Health (Oral)
   4297.1Combustible Dust - Deadly Dust (Oral)
   4307.0Crossing Borders for Immigration Health (Oral)
   4312.0Let's Talk About Sex: Sex Work, Voluntary and Forced (Oral)
4:30 PM-6:00 PM Tue
   4369.0Current Topics in Occupational Epidemiology, Surveillance and Screening (Oral)
   4370.0Current Topics in OSH (Roundtable)
   4371.0OHIP Student Presentations (Oral)
   4373.0Labor, Peace and Public Health: Building Alliances to End the Iraq War (Oral)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

8:30 AM-9:30 AM Wed
   5019.0IH Poster Session 9: Beyond Borders (Poster)
   5027.0Influence of Trade Policy on Health (Poster)
8:30 AM-10:00 AM Wed
   5042.0Environmental Justice and Health Disparities in Brownfields Communities (Oral)
   5057.0Health worker migration: Crossing borders in search of greener pastures (Oral)
   5070.0Health and Safety for Home Health Care Workers (Oral)
   5071.0Occupational Health Disparities Institute: Farmworkers Feed Us All - Farmworker Health in Story and Video (Oral)
10:30 AM-12:00 PM Wed
   5127.0Occupational safety and health training: Is it effective? How would we Know? (Roundtable)
   5127.1Topics of Current Interest to OHS (Oral)
12:30 PM-2:00 PM Wed
   5156.0Migrant health without borders (Oral)
   5170.0Health and the Border (Roundtable)
   5178.0Construction Safety: A Panel Discussion (Oral)
   5179.0Health and Safety among Working Youth (Oral)
   5180.0Research by the Rank and File -National Labor College Students (Oral)
   5195.0Trade Policy, Health, Economics and Justice (Oral)

The 136th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (October 25-29, 2008) of APHA