Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #116730

Wendy Huebner, PhD, Department of Health Professions, Montclair State University, College Avenue, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, 973-655-7123, wwhuebner@yahoo.com

This presentation will describe employee health surveillance and epidemiology studies conducted in a large petroleum company. A major activity is maintaining a health status registry that tracks mortality and work history information and allows periodic mortality surveillance studies. Another is surveillance of health clinic visits in remote work sites. The benefits of proactive surveillance will be discussed. Other activities include focused epidemiology studies that may be needed to address specific health concerns. Depending on the circumstances, choices of methodology for focused studies include cancer incidence, nested case-control or surveys. The presentation will conclude with discussion of the challenges of effectively tracking and studying health risks in large employee populations.

Learning Objectives: "At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

• Identify the benefits of proactive health surveillance conducted by industry
• Describe methods of surveillance and studies and the appropriate uses of each in an industry setting Identify the challenges in conducting effective health surveillance and studies of industrial employees

Keywords: Occupational Health, Occupational Surveillance

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.