Integrating Occupational Safety and Health Information into Vocational and Technical Education and Other Workforce Preparation Programs

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• Personal Author:
  Biddle, Elyce A. ; Okun, Andrea H. ; Palassis, John ; Schulte, Paul A. ; Stephenson, Carol M.
• Description:
  The high rates of injury among young workers are a pressing public health issue, especially given the demand of the job market for new workers. Young and new workers experience the highest rates of occupational injuries of any age group. Incorporating occupational safety and health (OSH) information into the more than 20,000 vocational and other workforce preparation programs in the United States might provide a mechanism for reducing work-related injuries and illnesses among young and new workers. We assessed the status of including OSH information or training in workforce preparation programs and found there is an inconsistent emphasis on OSH information. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Age Factors Aging Education Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Age-factors Age-groups Injury-prevention Training
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  404-411
• Volume:
  95
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026194
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2005 Mar; 95(3):404-411
• Contact Point Address:
  Paul Schulte, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-C14, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  pas4@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197237/cdc_197237_DS1.pdf
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