Establishment of the New Hampshire Occupational Health Surveillance Program

描述：(申请人提供)：本申请的主要目的是在新汉普郡发展新的、以州为基础的职业健康监测能力。这将导致集中努力确定该州优先的职业安全和健康条件，并相应地针对预防工作。目标：1.在公共卫生服务部卫生统计和数据管理办公室内建立新的汉普郡职业健康监测计划，利用州和联邦公共卫生和劳工机构、公共和私人医疗保健提供者数据以及学术机构的现有数据源，并创建一个单一的储存库，将这些数据组合成有效、可靠和有用的监测信息。2.建立和维持一个咨询委员会，以获取利益攸关方的意见，并确定相关国家的具体情况 国家监视的问题和优先事项。3.参加以职业国家为基础的联合体 监督会议和工作组。4.收集、分析和解释尽可能多的监控数据 利用现有数据来源尽可能地评估国家职业健康指标。解决现有数据库在收集和分析职业病和伤害方面的效用和局限性。5.确定该州优先的职业安全和健康状况，并建议预防战略。与主要利益相关者和合作伙伴合作实施这些战略。6.传播通过对主要职业健康保险的分析确定的职业伤害和疾病的严重程度的数据。这将包括趋势、新出现的问题、高风险职业、行业和工人人口，以及可用于为国家和NIOSH Nora(国家职业研究议程)下的优先事项设定提供信息的行业部门信息。7.对监测项目的成果和影响建立持续的绩效审查(评估)，并编制NIOSH部门向公众提交的年度报告。8.确定加强国家卫生和职业卫生保健计划的目标和方法。展示与预防活动的联系。9.将活动与达特茅斯希区柯克医疗中心现有的NH公共卫生监测系统(ABLES、毒物控制中心、NIOSH NOMS和电子医疗记录)相结合。

DESCRIPTION: (Provided by Applicant): The primary aim of this application is to develop new, fundamental state-based capacity for occupational health surveillance in New Hampshire. This will lead to focused efforts to identify priority occupational safety and health conditions in the state and to target prevention efforts accordingly. Objectives: 1. Establish New Hampshire Occupational Health Surveillance Program within the Office of Health Statistics and Data Management of the Division of Public Health Services utilizing existing data sources in state and federal public health and labor agencies, public and private healthcare provider data, and academic institutions, and create a single repository for combining these data into valid, reliable and useful surveillance information. 2. Establish and maintain an advisory committee to obtain stakeholder input and to identify relevant state specific issues and priorities for state surveillance. 3. Participate in the Consortium of Occupational State-based Surveillance meetings and workgroups. 4. Collect, analyze, and interpret surveillance data for as many of the national occupational health indicators as possible using existing data sources. Address the utility and limitations of existing databases for collecting and analyzing occupational illnesses and injuries. 5. Identify priority occupational safety and health conditions in the state and recommend prevention strategies. Work with key stakeholders and partners to implement these strategies. 6. Disseminate data on the magnitude of occupational injuries and illnesses identified from analysis of key OHIs. This will include trends, emerging issues, high risk occupations, industries, and worker populations, and industry sector information that can be used to inform priority setting for the state and under NIOSH NORA (National Occupational Research Agenda). 7. Establish continuous performance review (evaluation) of the accomplishments and impact of the surveillance program and prepare annual report to the public by NIOSH sector. 8. ldentify objectives and approaches for enhancing the NH OHSP. Demonstrate link to prevention activities. 9. lntegrate activities with existing NH public health surveillance systems (ABLES, Poison Control Center, NIOSH NOMS and Electronic Medical Records at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.