JEMINI (Job Exposure Matrix InterNatIonal) Initiative: A Utopian Possibility for Helping Occupational Exposure Assessment All Around the World?

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• Personal Author:
  Andersen JH ; Dale, Ann M. ; Descatha A ; Evanoff BA ; Fadel M ; Leclerc A ; Ngabirano L ; Roquelaure Y
• Description:
  Improvements in behavioral, environmental, and occupational risks have largely outpaced the effects of population growth and aging, and globalization. Although workplaces policies have been implemented all around the world, assessment of workplace exposures is still a concern inmany countries. It is a critical aspect of risk management in an occupational setting. When considering the example of biomechanical factors at work, the current methods suffer from various limitations. Direct measurement of worker exposures and detailed observational assessments are precise, but may misclassify exposures for jobs where exposures vary over a longer time than the period of job observation. Furthermore, direct measurement and observation are expensive and time-consuming, potentially limiting their application to large groups of workers. Exposure questionnaires are easier to administer to large populations, but self-reported exposures are probably less precise than observation or direct measurement; more importantly, responses by individuals to exposure questionnaires are potentially subject to recall bias or other information biases, particularly if perceptions of exposures may be altered by health status. Selfreported methods also require reliable and accurate questionnaires that must be validated in the context. Therefore, precise assessment of workplace exposures all around the world is still a challenge. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Biomechanical Phenomena Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Biomechanics JEM Job Exposure Matrix Occupational Exposure Policy Questionnaires Risk Assessment
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064507
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2019 Jul; 61(7):e320-e321
• Contact Point Address:
  Alexis Descatha, MD, Univ Angers, CHU Angers, Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en sante, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, F-49000 Angers, France
• Email:
  alexis.descatha@inserm.fr
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20190831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222957/cdc_222957_DS1.pdf
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