The Role of the States in a Nationwide, Comprehensive Surveillance System for Work-Related Diseases, Injuries, and Hazards

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Ahlers, Heinz W. ; Calvert, Geoffrey M. ; Castellan, Robert M. ; Cattledge, Gwendolyn H. ; Davis, Letitia K. ; Getz, Kathy ; Gittleman, Janie L. ; Hanrahan, Lawrence P. ; Harrison, Robert J. ; Marshall, Elizabeth ; McConnell, Gail ; Meriwether, Rebecca ; Migliozzi, Nan A. ; Myers, John R. ; Randolph, Susan ; Roscoe, Robert J. ; Rosenman, Kenneth D. ; Sama, Susan ; Sanderson, Lee ; Stanbury, Martha
• Description:
  Surveillance is vital to the prevention of occupational diseases, injuries, and fatalities. It provides information necessary to document the magnitude of workplace health and safety problems, to set research priorities, and to target and evaluate interventions to improve worker safety and health. While there have been substantial improvements in surveillance of occupational diseases and injuries in the United States over the last decade, surveillance remains inadequate. There is no comprehensive, nationwide system of surveillance for occupational diseases, injuries and hazards. Current surveillance activities are fragmented, and there are significant surveillance gaps. Recognizing that States play an important and unique role in surveillance, NIOSH has provided financial support and technical assistance to State agencies since the early 1980's to assist in establishing and enhancing their occupational health and safety surveillance programs. Improved planning and coordination of surveillance activities is essential to more effectively use limited occupational safety and health resources. In 1998, NIOSH embarked on a process to assess current surveillance needs and to identify goals for the next decade. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, with support from NIOSH, established a Surveillance Planning Work Group to provide state input to this strategic planning process. Work Group findings and recommendations are summarized in this report. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  a report from the NIOSH-CSTE Surveillance Planning Work Group, submitted to NIOSH Surveillance Coordinating Group.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Population Surveillance Safety State Government Wounds &Injuries/epidemiology
• Keywords:
  Surveillance-programs; Information-retrieval-systems; Information-systems; Injuries; Traumatic-injuries; Occupational-diseases; Occupational-accidents
• Source:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2001 Jul; :1-43
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Louisiana ; Massachusetts ; Michigan ; New Jersey ; North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania ; Washington ; West Virginia ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; EID - Education and Information Division ; DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies ; OD - Office of the Director ; PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  43 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031769
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2535dce793c844d7395e771bbbc0521a242775099e1da52054452b5d4e506cc7e92c899f99e2da8aaca3fd03d5285639aaeee24ccbca46ae63bd49af1518c7ff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11333/cdc_11333_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 343.86 KB ]