Work Environment: An Opportunity for Ground-Breaking Collaborations in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

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• Personal Author:
  Clays AE ; Ferrario MM ; Holtermann A ; Hynek P ; Krause N ; Landsbergis P ; Li J ; Smith P ; Tsutsumi A
• Corporate Authors:
  International Commission on Occupational Health. Scientific Committee on Cardiology in Occupational Health
• Description:
  Following the successful previous conferences held in Tokyo in 2013, Cracow in 2009, Newport Beach in 2005, Dusseldorf in 2002, Tel Aviv in 1998 and Copenhagen in 1994, the 7th International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) Conference on Work Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases will be held in Varese (Italy) in May 2017. To celebrate more than 20 years of this initiative, the Scientific Committee on Cardiology (SCC) in Occupational Health has decided to publish the congress proceedings in this supplement issue of the journal. Why? Our goal is to revitalise collaborations between scientists, occupational health physicians, cardiologists, rehabilitation and public health prevention specialists. In the last few decades, these branches of the health sciences have progressively taken diverging paths limiting productive collaboration. At present, clinical and public health specialists concentrate predominantly on individual-level interventions and appear to be less interested in understanding and improving the work environment. As physical demands and chemical exposures decrease in post-industrialised societies, so do the risks of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). In addition, some recently published papers may convey the message that psychosocial job exposures are of limited importance in cardiovascular risk prediction and assessment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular Disease Intervention Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Psychosocial Factors Public Health Risk Assessment
• ISSN:
  2047-4873
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4-6
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055737
• Citation:
  Eur J Prev Cardiol 2017 May; 24(2)(Suppl):4-6
• Contact Point Address:
  Marco M Ferrario, Research Centre on Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Via O Rossi 9, Rossi Building, 21100 Varese, Italy
• Email:
  marco.ferrario@uninsubria.it
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
• Supplement:
  Supplement
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213518/cdc_213518_DS1.pdf
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