5176.0 Occupational health surveillance: New methods, new data

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: Explain the role of state based programs in occupational health surveillance. Describe new and existing data sources utilized for surveillance of occupational injuries, illnesses and exposures.
Moderator:
Anthony D. LaMontagne, ScD, MA, MEd

12:30pm
Revision of the Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Classification System
Joyce Northwood, PhD and Janice Windau, MS
12:45pm
Building a health and wellness Minimum Data Set (MDS) and web-based data collection system for the fire service
Carrie D. Dorsey, MD, MPH, Joanna M. Gaitens, PhD, RN and Melissa McDiarmid, MD, MPH
1:00pm
Public health registry development in the age of the electronic medical record: The case of injured veterans with embedded fragments
Joanna M. Gaitens, PhD, RN, Carrie Dorsey, MD, MPH, Katherine Squibb, PhD and Melissa McDiarmid, MD, MPH
1:15pm
Race and sex disparities in Worker Compensation coverage for work-related emergency department visits
Matthew Groenewold, PhD, MSPH and Sherry L. Baron, MD MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Epidemiology, Social Work

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

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