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Dear colleagues. Over
the last two years, Migrant Clinicians Network has become active with the
American Public Health Association – Occupational Health Section. Below
please find a call for abstracts for the Occupational Health Disparities
Institute, part of the OHS Section. This Institute offers an excellent
opportunity for migrant researchers and practitioners to highlight their
efforts. Please consider submitting an abstract to this year’s meeting in
Amy
Amy K. Liebman, MPA
Migrant Clinicians Network
The Occupational Health
Disparities Institute of the American Public Health Association's (APHA)
Occupational Health and Safety section would like to invite you to submit
abstracts by February 6, 2008 for the 136th annual meeting in
The Occupational Health
Disparities Institute was initiated in 2007 to highlight scientific sessions
addressing disparities in work-related health, promote discussion and
collaboration across sections, and sponsor and encourage special scientific
sessions, events and publications devoted to addressing disparities in
work-related illnesses and injuries.
If you have any questions
about OHDI, please contact one of the co-chairs listed below. If you have
questions about preparing or submitting an abstract or proposal for a 1.5 hour
session, please contact the OHS section program planner Peter Dooley at
Co-chair:
Co-chair:
_______Call for
Abstracts____________________________________
Occupational Health and
Safety
The Occupational Health and
Safety (OHS) Section welcomes abstracts on topics related to workers’
health and safety for the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health
Association. This year's meeting is titled, “Public Health Without Borders.”
We are particularly interested in abstracts for papers or abstracts for full
sessions that reflect this theme in the context of occupational health and
safety.
Topics of particular
interest to the OHS Section are:
• Domestic
and international health and safety program evaluation,
• Effective
health and safety interventions,
• Policy
and regulation that impacts workers’ health and safety
• Union/community-based
projects
• Social
justice and human rights related to occupational health and safety
• Integration
of health promotion/wellness and occupational health/safety in the workplace
• Surveillance
of work-related injuries and illnesses, particularly novel methods and projects
that address undercounting/under-reporting
• The
future of occupational safety and health
• Health
and safety issues and programs that address immigrant, minority, younger and
older workers; other vulnerable populations of workers
• Health
and safety design systems or ‘built-in’ safety
• Addressing
emerging technologies and protection of exposed workers
• Translation
of research into practice
• Other
topics of current interest to OHS
The Occupational Health
Disparities Institute seeks proposals for 90 minute sessions or
individual presentations on disparities in occupational health, including
issues of immigrant, migrant and minority worker groups, the intersection of
social justice and occupational health, and international and border
occupational health disparities.
All submissions should
inform and encourage discussions at the meeting. Please refer to the list of
suggested topics and consider how your abstract may contribute to the Annual
Meeting's theme. Deadline for abstract submission is February 6, 2008, 11:59 PM
(EST).
Presentation format:
You are invited to submit an
abstract for a poster, oral or roundtable presentation, or a 90 minute session.
The OHS strongly encourages the submission of proposals for organized sessions
of 3-5 presentations on one of the topics listed above. You may submit a
proposal for a 90-minute session at this time by submitting individual
abstracts for each presentation, or submitting an overall abstract for the
session, with the intent to submit individual abstracts later. Your
abstract should describe the role, point-of-view, or perspective brought by
each of the anticipated/proposed speakers. Preference will be given to sessions
that are coordinated with other APHA Sections. Please indicate whether your
session is to be considered for CE credit and in what discipline(s).
Please contact Peter Dooley
(laborsafe@...), Program Chair, if you are interested in organizing a
session for the 2008 meeting.
Submitters should refer to
APHA’s general guidelines for further information on poster, oral and
roundtable formats, and indicate the desired format on your abstract page.
Student abstracts are strongly encouraged and will be included throughout the
program of OHS sessions. Also, please indicate if you will have any special
technical needs (e.g., internet access, film, multi-media capability, etc.).
All abstracts received by
the deadline will be blind-reviewed by Section members and ranked for
originality, interest, importance to the field of occupational health and
safety, and bearing on the theme of the Annual Meeting. If you need assistance
preparing your abstract, please do not hesitate to contact the OHS Program
Planner.
Submit your abstract at:
http://apha.confex.com/apha/136am/oasys.epl
Program Planner Contact
Information:
Peter Dooley, MS, CIH, CSP
LaborSafe
Phone: 734-426-3662
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