Western States Occupational Network (WestON) meeting

在过去的十年中，州和地区流行病学家委员会(CSTE)在 与国家职业安全与健康研究所(NIOSH)合作，以 提高国家职业健康监测能力的目标。中国的长期目标是 CSTE职业健康小组委员会将与NIOSH合作，建立至少 在国家一级监测工伤和疾病的能力。整体而言 韦斯顿会议的目标是加强以州为基础的职业流行病学 通过能力建设和科学合作，包括正在进行的 监测工伤和疾病，调查病例和疫情，以及 传播公共卫生预防信息。通过召集以州为基础的职业 来自西部19个州的健康流行病学家和科学家，NIOSH和OSHA联邦合作伙伴， 以及NIOSH资助的教育和研究中心(ERCs)和农业研究 中心，韦斯顿会议讨论了与工作有关的伤害和疾病的巨大负担 在快速发展的西部各州，需要加强以州为基础的职业安全和 卫生计划能力，并通过为新的和 建立以州为基础的职业流行病学工作。 韦斯顿会议与几个NIOSH Nora部门和跨部门计划保持一致 目标，包括农业、林业和渔业；采矿；石油和天然气开采；以及 呼吸健康。此外，韦斯顿会议与NIOSH Health的目标一致 危害评估计划和工人健康监测健康。通过将合作伙伴带来 共同介绍和讨论科学和公共卫生重要性的主题，韦斯顿 会议还与NIOSH 2019-2023年减少职业免疫的战略目标保持一致， 传染性和皮肤病；职业性肌肉骨骼疾病；职业性 呼吸系统疾病；改善工作场所安全以减少创伤伤害；以及促进安全 以及健康的工作设计和幸福感。在上文提到的Nora部门内， 韦斯顿会议讨论中间目标1.1农药暴露和神经学 疾病；3.1、3.3和3.6传染病传播；3.4与哮喘有关的暴露； 4.2和4.8 MSD干预措施；4.4 MSD危险因素；4.5背部受伤危险因素；5.1 固定呼吸道疾病；5.2和5.8接触矿物粉尘；5.4和5.7与工作有关 哮喘；5.5粉尘引起的呼吸系统疾病；5.6和5.11固定呼吸道疾病；5.10 二氧化硅引起的呼吸系统疾病；6.1高危人群中的创伤；6.5 与机械有关的伤害6.6起；过热暴露6.9起；机动车撞车6.11起； 6.13坠落；6.14运输事故；6.15与机器有关的伤害；6.16滑倒、绊倒和 7.1、7.5和7.10非标准工作安排；7.2工作组织。 短期结果包括参与者人口统计数据，这有助于通过以下方式评估代表性 所有西部州卫生部门；对会议的总体满意度；每个部门的用处 会议届会；每次会议和会后知识/能力的变化；代表 和所有19个西部州卫生部门的参与；以及地区参与 环境保护中心、农业中心、大学和工人组织。中期(中期) 结果包括改善西部各州的职业伤害监测；增加 职业伤害预防干预措施；确定西方职业健康优先事项 和问题；西部各州越来越多地完成职业健康指标；以及 增加合作出版物和在国家会议上的发言。关键在于-- 韦斯顿会议的任期成果是增加#年的职业流行病学能力 西部的19个州。

Over the past decade, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) has worked in collaboration with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) towards the goal of increasing state-based occupational health surveillance capacity. A long-term goal of the CSTE Occupational Health Subcommittee is to build, in collaboration with NIOSH, minimum capacity for the surveillance of work-related injuries and illnesses at the state level. The overall goal of the WestON meeting is to strengthen state-based occupational epidemiology in the Western region through capacity building and scientific collaboration, including the ongoing surveillance of work-related injuries and diseases, investigation of cases and outbreaks, and dissemination of information for public health prevention. By convening state-based occupational health epidemiologists and scientists from 19 western states, NIOSH and OSHA federal partners, and the NIOSH-funded Education and Research Centers (ERCs) and Agricultural Research Centers, the WestON meeting addresses the large burden of work-related injuries and illnesses in the rapidly growing Western states, the need to enhance state-based occupational safety and health program capacity, and has an impact by providing training and content for new and established state-based occupational epidemiology efforts. The WestON meeting aligns with several NIOSH NORA Sector and Cross-Sector Program goals, including Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing (AFF); Mining; Oil and Gas Extraction; and Respiratory Health. In addition, the WestON meeting aligns with the goals of the NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program and Worker Health Surveillance Health. By bringing partners together to present and discuss topics of scientific and public health importance, the WestON meeting also aligns with the NIOSH 2019-2023 Strategic Goals to reduce occupational immune, infectious, and dermal disease; occupational musculoskeletal disorders; occupational respiratory disease; improve workplace safety to reduce traumatic injuries; and promote safe and healthy work design and well-being. Within the NORA Sectors noted above, topics at the WestON meetings address Intermediate Goals 1.1 Pesticide Exposure and Neurologic Disorders; 3.1, 3.3 and 3.6 Infectious Disease Transmission; 3.4 Exposures Related to Asthma; 4.2 and 4.8 MSD Interventions; 4.4 MSD Risk Factors; 4.5 Risk Factors for Back Injuries; 5.1 Fixed Airways Diseases; 5.2 and 5.8 Exposure to Mineral Dusts; 5.4 and 5.7 Work-Related Asthma; 5.5 Dust-Induced Respiratory Diseases; 5.6 and 5.11 Fixed Airways Diseases; 5.10 Silica-Induced Respiratory Diseases; 6.1 Traumatic Injuries Among High Risk Populations; 6.5 and 6.6 Machine-related injuries; 6.9 Excessive Heat Exposure; 6.11 Motor Vehicle Crashes; 6.13 Falls; 6.14 Transportation Incidents; 6.15 Machine-related injuries; 6.16 Slips, Trips and Falls; 7.1, 7.5 and 7.10 Non-standard Work Arrangements; and 7.2 Work Organization. Short-term outcomes include participant demographics which help assess the representation by all western state health departments; general satisfaction with the meeting; usefulness of each session of the meeting; changes in knowledge/abilities per and post meeting; representation and participation by all 19 western state health departments; and engagement by regional ERCs, Agricultural Centers, universities and worker organizations. Intermediate (medium-term) outcomes include improving occupational injury surveillance in western states; increasing occupational injury prevention interventions; identifying western occupational health priorities and issues; increasing completion of Occupational Health Indicators by Western states; and increasing collaborative publications and presentations at national conferences. The key long- term outcome of the WestON meeting is to increase the occupational epidemiology capacity in the 19 Western states.