Prevention.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lemen RA
• Description:
  The importance of prevention in the ongoing international effort to reduce the incidence of occupationally induced diseases was explored. The urgency of prevention of occupational exposures was illustrated using occupational lead (7439921) exposure in the United States as an example. The enormity of this problem was demonstrated with the recognition of a population of over 60,000 workers in bridge, tunnel and elevated highway construction, and wrecking and demolition, and their family members, at risk for such exposure. The role of the NIOSH in worker protection was described. Four means of prevention advocated by the NIOSH, applied research, development and dissemination of scientific information, education and training, and exercising national scientific leadership, were described. Four specific actions suggested by the author to effectively address occupational disease and injury prevention were presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Lead Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Occupational-health; Occupational-health-programs; Safety-education; Worker-health; Health-programs; Safety-programs; Occupational-exposure; Lead-compounds
• Publisher:
  Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  211-213
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00229830
• Citation:
  From Research to Prevention. Managing Occupational and Environmental Health Hazards, People and Work. Research Reports 4, Proceedings of the International Symposium, 20-23 March, 1995, Helsinki, Finland; 1995 Sep:211-213
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Editor(s):
  Rantanen J; Lehtinen S; Hernberg S; Lindstrom K; Sorsa M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  From Research to Prevention. Managing Occupational and Environmental Health Hazards, People and Work. Research Reports 4, Proceedings of the International Symposium, 20-23 March, 1995, Helsinki, Finland
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243438/cdc_243438_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]