220204 National Construction Agenda: Surveillance Strategic Goal

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 12:30 PM - 12:35 PM

Ki Moon Bang, PhD , Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in conjunction with construction researchers and stakeholders, has developed a National Construction Agenda consisting of 15 strategic goals to address the leading problems in construction safety and health. The Agenda is important because it provides guidance for construction industries, labor organizations, professionals, and academics to prioritize their work plans among the many competing safety and health issues of interest. Strategic Goal 14 is to “Improve surveillance at the Federal, State, and private level to support the identification of hazards and associated illnesses and injuries; the evaluation of intervention and organizational program effectiveness; and the identification of emerging health and safety priorities in construction.” This presentation will discuss two intermediate goals related to surveillance: Goal 14.1 “Partner with surveillance researchers and federal and state surveillance programs to support, enhance and expand collection of traditional surveillance information relevant for the construction sector”; and Goal 14.2 “Partner with professional associations, surveillance experts, insurance companies, regulatory and consultation organizations to explore, develop, and implement new types of constructions-sector hazard, exposure, and performance indicators to supplement current surveillance approaches.” In addition, related research goals will be discussed. These goals support the need for surveillance information for effective prevention and reduction of injuries and illnesses in construction.

Learning Areas:
Occupational health and safety
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe current government construction surveillance strategic goals. 2.Participants will be able to discuss the development of future construction research and surveillance programs.

Keywords: Surveillance, Construction Injuries

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a senior epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC. I have over 20 years research experience in occupational health and surveillance. I have been served as a member of NIOSH Construction Steering Committee for several years. I have published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and some of them are construction-related articles.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.