State of the art in young worker safety interventions in the United States.

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• Personal Author:
  Gallagher SS ; Rattigan S
• Description:
  Most youth in the United States have been employed by the time they reach the age of high school graduation [CHSICL, 1998]. It has been suggested that working affects both the academic achievement and the social development of youth. There is also a wealth of data suggesting that young workers have a high rate of injury on the job and are inadequately protected from occupational injury [CHSICL 1998; Runyan and Zakocs 2000; Suruda et al. 2003; Mardis and Pratt 2003]. Many of the research articles that provide a descriptive epidemiology of injury to teen workers also offer recommendations for prevention. The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Intervention Effectiveness Team emphasized that development, implementation and evaluation of effectiveness are central elements to preventing work-related injury and illness [Goldenhar et al. 2001]. Yet not a lot is known about what interventions have been implemented and/or evaluated for this population. As requested for the Symposium on Young Worker Health and Safety Interventions and Knowledge Mobilization Strategies, this paper examines past interventions to protect working youth in the U.S. It aims to: 1) Review existing program and policy interventions designed to improve safety for young workers by type, scope, target audience and approach (e.g., education, engineering, enforcement); 2) Identify gaps in the knowledge base on effective interventions for improving young worker safety; 3) Identify challenges to and recommendations for improving the evidence supporting young worker safety program and policy interventions; and 4) Consider strategies for knowledge mobilization about young worker health and safety.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Dust Mining Occupational Health Particulate Matter Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Injuries Injury Prevention Intervention Effectiveness Occupational Accidents Risk Factors Teenagers Worker Safety Young Workers
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  147-166
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058896
• Citation:
  Health and safety of young workers: proceedings of a U.S. and Canadian series of symposia. Runyan CW, Lewko J, Rauscher K, Castillo D, Brandspigel S, eds. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-144, 2013 May; :147-166
• Editor(s):
  Runyan CW ; Lewko J ; Rauscher K ; Castillo D ; Brandspigel S
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060831
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2013-144
• End Date:
  20110228
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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