Expanded Occupational Health Surveillance in MA

描述(由申请人提供)：工伤和疾病是马萨诸塞州的一个重大公共卫生问题，造成了巨大的人力和经济成本。马萨诸塞州认识到预防工伤和疾病是公共卫生的优先事项，需要以州为基础的监测，以促进州和地方各级的有效干预和预防活动。国家监测结果也可以填补国家一级职业健康监测的空白。马萨诸塞州公共卫生部(MDPH)的职业健康监测计划(OHSP)成立于1986年，收集、分析和传播有关工伤、疾病和危险的信息，以促进该州的预防工作。2005年夏天，马萨诸塞州公共卫生部获得了NIOSH资金，以实施扩大的职业健康监测计划。扩大后的方案包括基本监测活动和针对一个优先健康状况的三个重点监测和干预项目--医院工作人员和两个优先工作人口--18岁以下的工作青年、移民和少数族裔工人。OHSP正在请求补充支持，以扩展这一扩大的计划，以解决另外两种优先职业健康问题：创伤性职业死亡和与工作相关的哮喘。具体地说，OHSP建议继续和加强正在进行的马萨诸塞州死亡评估和控制评估(FACE)项目和马萨诸塞州工作相关性哮喘监测系统，作为扩大计划的组成部分。这两个拟议项目的目标与扩大方案的总体目标一致，即减少马萨诸塞州工伤和疾病的发生率。拟议的活动包括马萨诸塞州Face和与工作相关的哮喘项目以及扩大计划内的现有项目之间的创新和具有成本效益的合作。这两个拟议的项目还建立在职业卫生和环境卫生计划促进与MDPH、州和区域利益攸关方建立伙伴关系的基本活动的基础上。所有扩大的计划活动将由由当地职业健康专家和倡导者组成的OHSP咨询委员会指导。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Work-related injuries and illnesses are a significant public health problem in Massachusetts, imposing substantial human and economic costs. Massachusetts recognizes the prevention of work-related injuries and illnesses as a public health priority and the need for state-based surveillance to promote effective intervention and prevention activities at the state and local levels. State surveillance findings can also fill gaps in occupational health surveillance at the national level. Established in 1986, the Occupational Health Surveillance Program (OHSP) in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) collects, analyzes and disseminates information about work-related injuries, illness and hazards to promote prevention efforts in the state. In the summer of 2005, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health was awarded NIOSH funding to implement an Expanded Occupational Health Surveillance Program. The Expanded Program includes fundamental surveillance activities and three focused surveillance and intervention projects addressing one priority health condition - sharps injuries to hospital workers, and two priority worker populations - working youths less than 18 years of age, and immigrant and minority workers. OHSP is requesting supplemental support to extend this Expanded Program to address two additional priority occupational health conditions: traumatic occupational fatalities and work-related asthma. Specifically, OHSP proposes to continue and enhance the ongoing Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Project and the Massachusetts surveillance system for work-related asthma as integral components of the Expanded Program. The aims of the two proposed projects,are consistent with the overarching aim of the Expanded Program to reduce the incidence of work-related injuries and illnesses in Massachusetts. Proposed activities include innovative and cost effective collaborations between both Massachusetts FACE and the work-related asthma project and the existing projects within the Expanded Program. Both proposed projects also build on OHSP's fundamental activities promoting partnerships with stakeholders in MDPH, the state and the region. All Expanded Program activities will be guided by the OHSP Advisory Board comprised of local occupational health experts and advocates.