2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Online Program

4059.0
How “politics as usual” has weakened health and safety protections for workers

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Formulate strategies to improving workers' health and safety within the current regulatory framework. Describe political obstacles to making worker health and safety policy improvements.
Moderator:
Marianne Sullivan, DrPH

8:30am
Assault on worker safety protections: Dangerous bedfellows in Congress, the White House and trade associations   
Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH
8:50am
How Corporate Democrats Undermined Workers' Health and Safety in California   
Garrett D. Brown, MPH, CIH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Hey, What Happened to the Right to Know? The Impact of the OSHA Adoption of the Globally Harmonized System   
Deborah Gold, MPH, CIH
  
9:30am
Problems In Protecting Healthcare Workers From Exposure to H1N1 And Ebola. Why Is The Infection Control Community In Charge Instead Of OSHA And NIOSH And What Can Be Done About It   
William Kojola, MS
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Vietnam Caucus

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

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