Occupational Health and Safety

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The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Section welcomes abstracts on topics related to workers’ health and safety for the 135th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. This year's meeting is titled, “Politics, Policy and Public Health.” We are particularly interested in abstracts for papers or abstracts for full sessions that reflect this theme in the context of occupational health and safety. Topics of particular interest to the OHS Section are social justice, policy and regulation, and community-based projects. Also of interest are topics on workplace interventions, integration of health promotion and protection at the worksite, evaluation of program effectiveness, translation of research into practice, and application of theory. All submissions should inform and encourage discussions at the meeting. Please refer to the list of suggested topics and consider how your abstract may contribute to the Annual Meeting's theme. Deadline for abstract submission is February 7, 2007, 11:59 PM (EST). Ergonomic and psychosocial aspects of occupational health Ethical issues in clinical occupational healthcare services and integrity in science Governmental programs: Local, state and federal, including evaluation of OSHA, MSHA, OHS policies, programs, and regulations Immigrant, minority, younger and older workers; other vulnerable populations of workers Integrating health promotion and protection at the worksite International occupational health and safety issues Intervention research, communicating results, and translating research into practice Linking occupational and environmental health Qualitative and quantitative research methods Social justice and human rights related to occupational health and safety Student projects in occupational health and safety Union-based research in occupational health and safety Workplace violence, disaster and war-related occupational health and safety You are invited to submit an abstract for a poster, oral or roundtable presentation. Submitters should refer to APHA’s general guidelines for further information on these formats and indicate the desired format on your abstract page. Student abstracts are strongly encouraged and will be included throughout the program of OHS sessions. Also, please indicate if you will have any special technical needs (e.g., internet access, film, multi-media capability, etc.). If you are planning to submit a proposal for a full 90-minute session, you will need to submit a brief abstract describing the objective of the full session along with an abstract for each paper to be included in the session. Your abstract should describe the role, point-of-view, or perspective brought by each of the proposed speakers. Preference will be given to sessions that are coordinated with other APHA Sections. Please indicate whether your session is to be considered for CE credit and in what discipline(s). All abstracts received by the deadline will be blind-reviewed by Section members and ranked for originality, interest, importance to the field of occupational health and safety, and bearing on the theme of the Annual Meeting. If you need assistance preparing your abstract, please do not hesitate to contact the OHS Program Planner.
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Program Planner Contact Information: Kate McPhaulSchool of Nursing Work and Health Research Center University of Maryland 655 Lombard Street Suite 655 Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: 410-706-4907 Fax: 410-706-0253 mcphaul@son.umaryland.edu