5177.0 NIOSH ERCs - Next Steps for Advancing Health and Safety

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: * Discuss the scope of worker health disparities and its implications for social justice in the workplace * Analyze approaches that have been taken by NIOSH Education and Research Centers to reduce disparities for under-served worker populations, including worker education, recruitment and retention of occupational health and safety professionals, and directing research and research training to address social inequities in the workplace.
Moderator:
Karen B. Mulloy, DO, MSCH

12:30pm
Addressing worker health disparities: NIOSH education and research centers' approaches and outcomes
Lee S. Newman, MD, MA, David Kotelchuck, PhD, MPH, CIH, Lorraine Conroy, ScD, CIH, Susan G. Gerberich, PhD and Noah S. Seixas, PhD CIH

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Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)