Keeping Track: Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University. College of Human Medicine
• Description:
  Public health surveillance has been described in CDC publications as the "ongoing systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data" that is essential to the "planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practices," closely integrated with the timely dissemination to those who need to know. Important in this definition of public health surveillance is public health action to intervene to reduce the identified disease burden. Tracking occupational-related conditions might at first seem simpler to accomplish than tracking other medical conditions. For work-related conditions there is an insurance system specific to these conditions, workers' compensation, and there are employers who have knowledge of the work-related conditions of their employees. Unfortunately both workers' compensation data and employer reporting continue to be shown to markedly undercount the true occurrence of these conditions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Morbidity Mortality Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Disease Control Information Dissemination Morbidity Rates Mortality Rates Occupational Diseases Surveillance
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054544
• Citation:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News 2010 Mar; 21(2):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  MSU-CHM, 117 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217072/cdc_217072_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 361.80 KB ]