Connecticut Occupational Health Expanded Surveillance

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• Personal Author:
  DeLoreto AL ; St. Louis TE
• Description:
  The State of Connecticut Department of Public Health's (CT DPH) Occupational Health Unit was funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for the Connecticut Occupational Health Expanded Surveillance Project, from 07/01/2010 through 06/30/2015. The specific aims for this project built on the foundation of existing occupational health surveillance, and also included new ideas to enhance existing surveillance capacity in Connecticut. Success was measured on the ability both to meet the objectives outlined in the specific aims and to build and expand those aims throughout the funding period to create the greatest impact possible on occupational public health with the awarded resources. Longitudinal Analysis of Occupational Disease Underreporting in Connecticut through Comparison of Existing Data Sources was completed for years 2010 through 2013, in collaboration with our partners at the University of Connecticut Health Center's Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Currently, analysis has been completed for all years except 2014 and 2015. CT DPH has started to receive the 2015 Physician's Reports and those reports are being prepared for fall analysis. This data analysis allowed CT DPH to better understand the scope of occupational disease underreporting in Connecticut. Continuing Population-Based Surveillance Activities through Longitudinal Analysis of the Occupational Health Indicators for Connecticut broadened into an expanded project to further the utility of the NIOSH/CSTE Occupational Health Indicators (OHI's). Program staff compiled the OHIs for years 2008 through 2012, and presently Connecticut has a thirteen-year data set that was mobilized in early 2014 to Connecticut's Open Data Portal which is part of the Connecticut Data Collaborative, a public-private effort to improve the quality and access to policy-related data in the state. Through Specific Aim 3: Broadening the Scope of Duties for the Connecticut Occupational Safety and Health Planning and Action Network to Include Prioritization of Identified Occupational Health Surveillance and Intervention Goals for our State, we utilized the findings detailed in the OSH-PLAN report to convene quarterly occupational health clinics meetings which inform interested stakeholders in Connecticut on emerging occupational health hazards, problems with existing systems and approaches potential solutions to problems. Regional Collaboration has been a priority during the past funding period because of the importance of developing partnerships with our counterparts in other states. We have developed an excellent working relationship with other Northeast states on collaborative surveillance data analysis projects. Most recently, Connecticut partnered with the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) to share Connecticut hospital discharge data for a new surveillance strategy for farming and forestry injuries. Project funding has also allowed program staff to develop educational materials in the form of Connecticut Occupational Health Alerts. These publications address important topics in occupational health, and are directed at targeted audiences. One example was Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Reproductive Risk developed in 2015, this Health Alert communicates the risks presented to pregnant women and women of reproductive age when TCE air concentrations are even below the OSHA Permissible Exposure Level (PEL). Health Alerts have been disseminated through our trade partners in Connecticut. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Air Pollution Education Environmental Exposure Farmers Forestry Hazardous Substances Health Personnel Occupational Health Pregnancy Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Urogenital System Women

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Air Quality Diseases Exposure Levels Farm Workers Forestry Workers Hazards Health Hazards Humans Injuries Occupational Safety And Health Administration OSHA PELs Permissible Exposure Limits Physicians Public Health Reproduction Reproductive Hazards Risk Factors Surveillance-programs Trichloroethylene

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052373
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2018-101426
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U60-OH-008463, 2015 Sep; :1-25
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas E. St. Louis, Principal Investigator/ Program Director, State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Unit, 410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 11 EOH, Hartford, CT 06134
• Email:
  Thomas.St.Louis@ct.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  Trichloroethylene (CAS RN 79-01-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Performing Organization:
  Connecticut Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20150630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b8722bac3cc5e2a76e1269de8beb36d50eb9029bf9caf97af1e6acbd81678165ae4e207eb9920c57cdfff1ae5bb4acb9b9eb8d73825949e88a0f33274a383634
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218703/cdc_218703_DS1.pdf
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