Minnesota Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program

Details

• Personal Author:
  Norlien K ; Zabel E
• Description:
  The primary purpose of the Minnesota Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program is to enhance the capacity of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to promote occupational health and safety through surveillance and dissemination of 24 Occupational Health Indicators (OHIs). These OHIs were developed and evaluated by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) in collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Beyond the core surveillance activities, additional program objectives included developing indicators for farm injuries and farm mental health, developing a work-related pesticide poisoning indicator, working with cosmetologists to assess and educate about worksite health risks, working with Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data to measure health behaviors and beliefs, and responding to the new workplace risks posed by COVID-19. The major specific aims of this program were: (1) Maintain a scientific advisory group to identify relevant Minnesota-specific issues and priorities for occupational surveillance; (2) Develop and maintain relationships with agencies, organizations, groups, and individuals who can provide and/or utilize appropriate surveillance data; (3) Collect, analyze, disseminate and utilize Minnesota data for at least 21 specified occupational health indicators using existing data systems based on criteria established by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists; (4) Collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate two OHIs related to serious agricultural injuries in Minnesota using existing data systems; (5) Develop and implement additional strategies to disseminate and publish surveillance results, their interpretations, implications, and conclusions; this included an annual performance review of the accomplishments and impacts of Minnesota's occupational surveillance program and associated activities; (6) Collaborate with the CDC-funded MDH Asthma Program to implement components of its 2014 strategic plan for work-related asthma in Minnesota; (7) Analyze Minnesota BRFSS data from 2013 and 2014 to identify relationships between employment in specific industries and occupations and various health behaviors and conditions. Utilize the Total Worker Health paradigm to address health behaviors and chronic disease prevention in the workplace setting through collaborations with MDH workplace wellness programs; (8) Collaborate with occupational health surveillance programs in Iowa and Wisconsin to identify issues, priorities, and potential prevention activities common to the Upper Midwest. Outputs of the program include annual reports, peer-review publications, conference presentations, fact sheets, educational materials, and data posted to online dashboards. Products were made available on the updated program web site. One other output of this program was public health investigator career development resulting from graduate student internship experiences. The intermediate outcomes we expect to achieve through this project include policy changes at the state and local level. In the long-term, through these policy changes and interventions we plan to achieve our ultimate goal of a measurable reduction in workplace illnesses, injuries, fatalities, and/or hazardous exposures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Farmers Health Promotion Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Farm Workers Health Promotion Information Dissemination Injuries Mental Health Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Programs Surveillance Programs
• 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:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067554
• 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-009855, 2021 Sep; :1-23
• Contact Point Address:
  Erik Zabel, PhD, MPH, Principal Investigator, Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Injury and Violence Prevention, Minnesota Department of Health, 85 East 7th Place, Suite 220, PO Box 64882, St Paul, MN 55164-0882
• Email:
  erik.zabel@state.mn.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  Minnesota State Department of Health, St. Paul
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20100701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:887232834edc11af5180233d942bd37eb037bbb59992c0f098d7a490649e0210bbcf18abddb8cfd69fd816ed45935c363e23fd5a5cd04dffa549c086ba269fc8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219198/cdc_219198_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 861.00 KB ]