Proportion of dermatitis attributed to work exposures in the working population, United States, 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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• Personal Author:
  Bunn T ; Ehrlich E ; Fussman C ; Kanotra S ; Rosenman, Kenneth D. ; St. Louis T
• Description:
  Background: The US employer-based surveillance system for work-related health conditions underestimates the prevalence of work-related dermatitis. Objective: The authors sought to utilize information from workers to improve the accuracy of prevalence estimates for work-related dermatitis. Methods: Three state health departments included questions in the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey designed to ascertain the prevalence of dermatitis in the working population, as well as healthcare experiences, personal perceptions of work-relatedness, and job changes associated with dermatitis. Results: The percentage of working respondents who reported receiving a clinician's opinion that their dermatitis was work-related was between 3.8% and 10.2%. When patients' perceptions were considered, the work-related dermatitis prevalence estimate increased to between 12.9% and 17.6%. Conclusions: Including patients' perceptions of work-relatedness produced a larger prevalence estimate for work-related dermatitis than the previously published estimate of 5.6%, which included only those cases of dermatitis attributed to work by healthcare professionals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dermatitis Epidemiology Occupational Health Public Health Safety Skin Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Dermatitis Prevalence Connecticut Exposure-levels Kentucky Michigan Occupational Physician-diagnosed Public-health Public Health Self-report Skin-exposure Skin-irritants Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Survey Work-environment Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Kentucky ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044005
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2014 Jun; 57(6):653-659
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas St. Louis, MSPH, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Unit, 410 Capitol Ave., MS# 11EOH, Hartford, CT 06134-0308
• Email:
  thomas.st.louis@ct.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Performing Organization:
  Connecticut Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d0c6a4c458a97a16adaeedac773aa4cb9410333d5208e828d7086191e88ed0d0328741255b2f22dbbac17a376dc8d49bf82278ad3f2155715f87ad766d730eeb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199861/cdc_199861_DS1.pdf
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