May 2000 Supplement on Preventing Occupational Injuries (Letter)

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• Personal Author:
  Baker R ; Boucier D ; Brockhaus A ; Chapman L ; Collins, James H. ; Goldenhar L ; Heaney C ; Katz T ; Landsbergis P ; Martonik J ; Most I ; Scharf T ; Schneider S ; Sinclair, Raymond C.
• Description:
  The May 2000 supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, "Systematic Reviews of Strategies to Prevent Occupational Injuries,"1 is an important contribution to prevention research in occupational safety and health. It raises some important issues concerning how we evaluate the effectiveness of public health strategies, particularly with respect to occupational safety and health interventions. The authors and commentators make two major points that deserve further consideration: (1) research is often of poor quality, lacking control groups, randomization, and other means to control for confounding factors (the prevailing standard for high quality among the authors seems to be a randomized, controlled trial [RCT]); and (2) "new interventions should only be implemented in conjunction with evaluative research to document their effectiveness."2 [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Public Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Employee Health Employees Injuries Injury Prevention Occupational Health Public Health Quantitative Analysis Safety Measures Safety Research Work Environment Worker Health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0749-3797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  308-309
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021665
• Citation:
  Am J Prev Med 2001 May; 20(4):308-309
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:91b405c1a12fc2d885408814b4f00f8a462e9e7130bec7bdd09fe33a80a76b2758afd54842041494bdc922344ba9a08d3692c53e4bb710b1eb8a7115685d3f25
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198793/cdc_198793_DS1.pdf
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