California Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance

描述（由申请人提供）：加州公共卫生部职业健康分支建议通过维持和扩大州职业健康监测和干预能力来减少加州工人的疾病和伤害。这将通过实施一项全面的公共卫生活动计划（扩展计划）来实现，该计划包括职业健康指标（OHI）组成部分，并辅以对与工作有关的哮喘、腕管综合征、创伤性死亡和农药疾病的深入监测。OHI部分今后五年的具体目标是： 每年收集和分析19项职业健康指标的监测数据和就业人口概况; 对选定的指标和其他现有数据来源进行深入的、针对具体部门的分析， 与行业利益相关者分享这些发现;识别和应对新出现的职业健康问题; 与州内合作伙伴合作，以获得指导计划的输入，获得进一步计划的支持 目标，并对公共卫生和监管政策产生影响; 与其他州职业健康计划、州和地区理事会合作， 流行病学家和NIOSH在全国范围内开展活动，加强监测数据的开发和使用，并促进减少伤害和疾病的干预措施; 传播监测数据、调查结果、公共卫生建议和教育 通过各种手段宣传更安全和更健康的工作场所，并更广泛地认识到工作对健康的影响; 定期评估职业健康计划（扩展）的成果和影响 计划），并制定提高效率的建议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Public Health proposes to reduce worker illness and injury in California by maintaining and expanding state capacity for occupational health surveillance and intervention. This will be accomplished through conducting a comprehensive program of public health activities (Expanded Program) that includes an Occupational Health Indicator (OHI) Component supplemented by in-depth surveillance of work-related asthma, carpal tunnel syndrome, traumatic fatalities, and pesticide illness. The specific objectives of the OHI Component over the next five years are to: Collect and analyze on an annual basis surveillance data for 19 Occupational Health Indicators and an employment demographics profile; Conduct in-depth, sector-specific analysis of selected indicators and other available data sources, and share these findings with sector stakeholders; Identify and respond to emerging occupational health issues; Collaborate with in-state partners to obtain input to guide the program, gain support to further program goals, and have impact on public health and regulatory policies; Collaborate with other state occupational health programs, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and NIOSH on nationwide activities that enhance the development and use of surveillance data and promote interventions to reduce injury and illness; Disseminate surveillance data, investigation findings, public health recommendations, and educational materials through a variety of means to promote safer and healthier workplaces and a broader recognition of the impact of work on health; and Regularly evaluate the accomplishments and impact of the occupational health program (Expanded Program) and develop recommendations for improving effectiveness.