2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4344.0
Topics in OHS injury records, workers' comp, and costs

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Describe the barriers to identifying and recording workplace injuries. Identify industries with high injury rates. Discuss feasible actions to improve injury recording.
Moderator:
Alfreda Holloway-Beth, PhD

2:30pm
Relationship between employee health risk factors and workers' compensation: Evidence from a cohort of small and medium sized enterprises   
Natalie Schwatka, PhD, Adam J. Atherly, PhD, Hai Fang, PhD, Ron Goetzel, PhD, Kimberly Jinnett, PhD, Claire Brockbank, MS and Lee S. Newman, MD, MA
2:50pm
Medical management of occupational injuries and illnesses: Ethics, underreporting and workers' health   
Kathleen Fagan, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
3:10pm
Long-run impacts of carpal tunnel syndrome on workers' social, physical and financial well-being   
Michael Foley, MA and Barbara A. Silverstein, PhD, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
3:30pm
Use of National and State Compensation and Surveillance Compliance Data Sets to Better Understand Miners' Health   
Robert Cohen, MD, Cecile Rose, MD, MPH, Judith Graber, PhD, Edward Petsonk, MD, Nadia Ibrahim, MA, LGSW, Kirsten Almberg, MS, Maura Robinson, BS and Leonard Go, MD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

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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