Summary of AOEC Database Case Reports 1994 – 1996

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson J ; Hunting K
• Description:
  The Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) has developed a unique national surveillance database for a broad range of occupational and environmental illnesses and chronic injuries. This Occupational and Environmental Disease Surveillance Database has been supported in part by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). In addition, AOEC member clinics, clinicians, and staff have volunteered their efforts to contribute case-report data to this project and to provide Database direction and oversight. 3 Since the mid-l 980's, when the AOEC was first formed, a number of AOEC clinicians devoted considerable effort to plan and secure support for the AOEC Database. Several individuals have played key roles in the AOEC Database project. Dr. James Cone (while he was with the San Francisco General Occupational Health Clinic) directed the scientific and technical development of the AOEC Database during 1990 and 1991 and oversaw the collection of a pilot year of case reports. Katherine Kirkland, (AOEC Executive Director) and Ingrid Denis (Staff Generalist) maintain the database at the AOEC office. The AOEC staff receive case reports from clinics, and perform coding, data entry, and preliminary quality control. AOEC staff also communicate frequently with member clinics regarding Database issues and questions on case reports. Katherine Hunting of the George Washington University (GWU) Department of Environmental and Occupational Health assumed the scientific and technical direction of the AOEC Database project in early 1992. Judith Anderson of GWU assists with this effort. In 1996, AOEC contracted with M-Vision, a computer consulting firm, for computer programming support. The AOEC staff and GWU staff work together with the computer consultant on database software development and enhancement. The first extensive report on the AOEC Database summarized 2774 cases which were reported by AOEC clinics during the first three years of the Database project (1991 - 1993). This report concerns 3080 cases of illness or injury diagnosed by participating AOEC clinics in 1994 - 1996. Where it is of interest, we have identified trends based not only on the last three years of data but also incorporating results from 1991 - 1993. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cumulative Trauma Disorders Environmental Health Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Cumulative-trauma Environmental-health Information-processing Information-retrieval-systems Information-systems Injuries Occupational-health Public-health Surveillance-programs
• Publisher:
  Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Case Studies
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-135
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059039
• Citation:
  Washington, DC: Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, 1998 Jan; :1-135
• Contact Point Address:
  Katherine Hunting, PhD, MPH George Washington University, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health 2300 K Street, NW, Room 201, Washington, D.C. 20037
• Email:
  hunting@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Summary of AOEC database case reports 1994 - 1996
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5f46994baabc7e320f150e708b0cc449b4383e9b50332cb4557b40d17df6e636b998b2d183039ed0010a87e86a75b6671725e9b815a0be82d390f13a758357d0
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223370/cdc_223370_DS1.pdf
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