5200.0 Protecting Workers from Outdoor Heat: the California Experience

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Organizer:
Kevin Riley, PhD MPH
Moderator:
Kevin Riley, PhD MPH

12:30pm
Tracking occupational heat-related illness in California
Robert Harrison, MD
     
12:48pm
Cal/OSHA—successes and challenges of outreach, education and enforcement of heat illness prevention
Amalia Neidhardt, MPH, CIH
     
1:06pm
Outreach and Education Strategies to Reach Workers Impacted by California's Heat Illness Prevention Standard
Linda Delp, PhD, MPH, Sarah Jacobs, MPH and Deogracia Cornelio, MA
     
1:24pm
On the Ground Efforts to Improve Compliance with the Heat Illness Prevention Standard in California's Fields and Concerns with the Standard's Limitations
Anne Katten, MPH and Norma Ventura, BA
     
1:42pm
California's heat campaign: Using social marketing methods to improve working conditions
Suzanne Teran, MPH
     

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Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Chiropractic Health Care

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

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