Youth exposures to occupational hazards, use of personal protective equipment and their effect on reported injuries

3304.1
Poster Session: Special populations of workers

Monday, November 4, 2013: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Poster

Session Objectives: Describe research projects involving special populations of workers.

Moderator:

Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH

Board 1

Investigating infection control behavior in nurses: Determinants of donning and doffing errors
Elizabeth Beam, PhD (c), RN and Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH

Board 2

Pneumoconiosis, respirable dust, and silica exposures in young United States underground coal miners – ecological trends, 1982-2009
Mei Lin Wang, MD, MPH, Janet Hale, BS, John Wood, MS, Anita Wolfe, BS, A. Scott Laney, PhD, Edward Petsonk, MD and Eileen Storey, MD, MPH

Board 3

Early return-to-work predicts recovery from work-related acute back pain
Candace Nelson, Sc.D., M.A. and William Shaw, Ph.D.

Board 4

Beyond occupational safety: Health and well-being promotion for young workers
Julie Hollenbeck, MA, Manuel A. Ocasio, BA, David J. Lee, PhD, Lora E. Fleming, MD, PhD, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, PhD, DO, MPH, CPH and Cristina Fernandez, MSEd

Board 5

Stress and coping among hospital workers
Sara Farrell, MPH, CHES, RTT and Chia-Ching Chen, EdD, MA, MS, CHES, SRAS

Board 6

Board 7

Board 8

Assessment of occupational safety and health hazards and health concerns among Latino construction workers in omaha, Nebraska
Theresa Tonozzi, B.S. Environmental Health, Lorena Baccaglini, DDS, MS, PhD and Chandran Achutan, PhD

Board 9

Youth exposures to occupational hazards, use of personal protective equipment and their effect on reported injuries
Janet Abboud Dal Santo, DrPH, Thankam Sunil, PhD and J. Michael Bowling, PhD

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