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The Occupational Health Program is funded through a cooperative agreement with the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH). As a subcommittee of the Environmental/Occupational/Injury Committee, a Working Group has developed a report on state-based surveillance for the coming decade, and a set of occupational health indicators for use by State health departments. The Work Group has proposed thirteen health effect and exposure indicators, which will serve as a guide for states regarding the minimum level of occupational health surveillance activity. The indicators are intended to bring consistency to time-trend analyses and comparisons of occupational health status among states and to inform program and policy development at the national, state and local levels to protect worker safety and health.
Major Projects and Program Publications
(click on the links below to view documents)
• NEW Putting Data to Work: Occupational Health Indicators from Thirteen States for 2000 (pdf document)
• Occupational Indicators: A Guide for Tracking Work-Related Health Effects and Their Determinants (pdf document)
• Workgroup Report “ The Role of States in a Nationwide Comprehensive Surveillance System for Work-related Diseases, Injuries and Hazards“ (pdf document)
• Occupational Health Brochure “ A Guide for Tracking Work-Related Health Effects and Their Determinants “(pdf document)
Current Project
Over the next year, several states (California, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, Maine, and Washington) will pilot the occupational health indicators to assess data availability and the resources involved in implementing the indicators, and to refine recommendations for standard data collection and presentation.
For copies of publications, call 770-458-3811 or write to:
CSTE
2872 Woodcock Blvd
Suite 303
Atlanta, Georgia 30341
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