Colorado BRFSS: adding value by adding occupation.

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• Personal Author:
  Towles M
• Description:
  In 2012, Colorado included industry and occupation questions in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to learn about and evaluate the relationships between work and health status, prevalence of chronic diseases, and health behaviors. Preliminary analyses of these new data demonstrate that these factors vary by occupation. For example, compared with other occupations, fewer workers in farming, forestry, construction, and extraction jobs reported "always" (94%) or "nearly always" (87%) wearing a seatbelt while driving. A full summary report will soon be published by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Behavior Demographic Characteristics Exposure Levels Public Health Risk Factors Work Environment Workers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047892
• Citation:
  NIOSH eNews 2014 Jan; 11(9):1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100701
• Source Full Name:
  NIOSH eNews
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2119a3ccb7d16dd44d88058bc07c3257cb1c1535ce962fcb5b1f4df88a692542724d1d6c285beff3523affd3d51add47b43b000b06b6e7c8cc3cd7b1a0cc5fb3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181678/cdc_181678_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 221.65 KB ]