Occupational Health for All: From Research to Practice

描述(申请人提供)：拟召开的第三十届国际全民职业健康大会：从研究到实践将于2012年3月18日至23日在墨西哥坎昆举行。本次大会是国际职业健康委员会的三年一度的会议，该委员会是该领域唯一的国际学者和从业者机构。在世界范围内，工作场所的死亡、受伤和疾病仍然处于令人无法接受的高水平，并涉及巨大和不必要的健康负担、痛苦和重大经济损失。国际劳工组织报告说，全球有200万人死于工作，而且这一趋势似乎还在上升。此外，每年约有2.68亿起非致命的工作场所事故导致受害者至少缺勤三天，以及1.6亿新的与工作有关的疾病病例。最常见的工作场所疾病是因接触有害物质而引起的癌症、肌肉骨骼疾病、呼吸系统疾病、听力损失、循环系统疾病和因接触病原体而引起的传染病。在许多工业化国家，工伤事故的死亡人数一直在下降，而职业病，特别是石棉肺的死亡人数却在上升。在美国，NIOSH在2008年报告称，私营行业雇主报告了420万起工伤和36.3万例职业病，平均每天有16名美国工人死于工伤。职业伤亡已造成约1230亿美元的工资损失、生产力损失、行政费用、医疗保健和其他成本。这还不包括职业病的费用。该提案的具体目的是：1.为职业安全和健康科学家和从业人员的国际聚会提供机会，进行职业健康和安全方面的教育和培训。2.分享以下方面的知识：与工作安全和健康有关的当前和新出现的问题、职业安全和健康科学的进展、将研究转化为实践、以及支持实施循证科学的职业健康和安全最佳做法。3.支持服务不足和代表性不足地区的职业安全和健康专业人员获得有关科学、教育和培训以及与工作中的健康和安全有关的实际方面的知识和信息的机会。除了40个主题会议和半全体会议外，还将举行200多个专题讨论会，以反映NARA的情况。 与公共健康相关：本次会议将提供一个论坛，讨论以证据为基础的职业安全和健康、最新技术和全球新兴话题。这些信息将为职业安全和健康研究人员和从业人员提供必要的技能和工具，以满足与工作和工作条件有关的不断变化的全球公共卫生需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed meeting, 30th International Congress on Occupational Health for All: From Research to Practice is to be held March 18-23, 2012 in Cancun, Mexico This Congress is the triennial meeting of the International Commission on Occupational Health, the only international body of scholars and practitioners in the field. Worldwide, workplace fatalities, injuries, and illnesses remain at unacceptably high levels and involve enormous and unnecessary health burden, suffering, and substantial economic loss. The ILO reports there are two million work-related deaths globally and the trend seems to be rising. In addition, each year there are some 268 million non-fatal workplace accidents in which the victims miss at least three days of work as a result, as well as 160 million new cases of work-related illness. The most common workplace illnesses are cancers from exposure to hazardous substances, musculoskeletal diseases, respiratory diseases, hearing loss, circulatory diseases and communicable diseases caused by exposure to pathogens. In many industrialized countries, where the number of deaths from work-related accidents has been falling, deaths from occupational disease, notably asbestosis, is on the rise. In the U.S, NIOSH reported in 2008 that private industry employers reported 4.2 million work injuries and 363,000 cases of occupational illness and on average 16 American workers die each day from injuries on the job. Occupational injuries and deaths have cost approximately $123 billion in wages and lost productivity, administrative expenses, health care and other costs. This does not include the cost of occupational disease. The specific aims of the proposal are to 1. Provide an opportunity for the international gathering of occupational safety and health scientists and practitioners for education and training in occupational health and safety. 2. Share knowledge about: current and emerging issues related to safety and health at work advances in the science in occupational safety and health, translation of research to practice, and best practices in occupational health and safety that support implementation of the evidence-based science. 3. Support opportunities for occupational safety and health professionals from underserved and underrepresented areas to acquire knowledge and information about the science, education and training, and practical aspects concerned with health and safety at work. More than 200 symposia will be held in addition to 40 keynote and semi-plenary sessions reflective of the NORA. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This conference will provide a forum to discuss evidence-based occupational safety and health state-of-the-art and emerging topics worldwide. This information will provide occupational safety and health researchers and practitioners the skills and tools needed to address changing global public health needs related to work and working conditions.