Protecting the Health and Safety of Working Teenagers

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• Personal Author:
  Pollack SH ; Rubenstein H ; Sternbach MR
• Description:
  More than one third of high school students work during the school year, and many more are employed during the summer months. Teenage workers face a variety of health and safety hazards. Occupational injury and illness are largely preventable, and family physicians can play a crucial role in this prevention effort by advising adolescents about common workplace dangers. Physicians who sign work permits and provide ongoing health care to teenagers should counsel them and their parents or guardians about the benefits and risks of work and discuss the regulations governing jobs that are prohibited for adolescents, work hours, protective measures and workers' compensation benefits. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Delivery Of Health Care Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Children Health-care-personnel Health-protection Health-services Medical-care Medical-monitoring Medical-services Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices

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• ISSN:
  0002-838X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033517
• Citation:
  Am Fam Phys 1999 Aug; 60(2):575-587
• Contact Point Address:
  Harriet Rubenstein, M.P.H., J.D., Center for Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, MCP Hahnemann University, 1505 Race St., MS-660, Philadelphia, PA 19102
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19930930
• Source Full Name:
  American Family Physician
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5fc40824e42d979a8109e5c074ff70bfb598236e0c9ce9ad2a672b931f8ae2655edbe4b6ba19ef5b0880830042a99e2ad3f5d38638d5264d25f8218fcf00b8e9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189057/cdc_189057_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 526.97 KB ]