Western States Occupational Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：在过去十年中，州和地区流行病学家委员会（CSTE）与国家职业安全与健康研究所（NIOSH）合作，致力于提高州职业健康监测能力。国家安全与社会委员会职业健康小组委员会的一项长期目标是，与国家职业安全与健康协会合作，在州一级建立监测工伤和疾病的最低能力。西部州职业网络（WestON）是一个由来自19个西部州、NIOSH和OSHA联邦合作伙伴以及NIOSH资助的教育和研究中心（ERCs）和位于西部州的农业研究中心的州职业健康流行病学家和科学家组成的网络。本次会议的总体目标是通过能力建设和科学合作，包括持续监测工伤和疾病、调查病例和疫情以及传播公共卫生预防信息，加强西部地区以国家为基础的职业流行病学。韦斯顿会议是确定西部地区可能的个人和资源、提供技术咨询和启动合作项目的关键步骤，这些项目可以最大限度地发挥州和联邦一级有限的财政和人员能力。我们的假设是，这可以通过一个“网络”来促进，在这个网络中，国家职业流行病学家可以向专家学习，同时彼此分享专业知识和经验。因此，CSTE寻求为期三年的资金，以便在2013年至2015年期间继续举办WestON会议。WestON 2013-2015会议将由山地和平原教育与研究中心（MAP ERC）和NIOSH西部州办公室共同主办。CSTE正在为那些由于其所在州缺乏资金而无法参加WestON会议的参与者申请旅行资助。CSTE要求支持航空运输，地面交通，酒店住宿，每日费用和其他旅行相关费用。WestON会议为这组专业人员提供了一个独特的机会，以讨论共同的工作场所安全和健康问题，并进一步发展合作和伙伴关系，以加强基于国家的流行病学、监测和预防工伤和疾病。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 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 Western States Occupational Network (WestON) is a network of 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 located in the western states. The overall goal of this 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. The WestON meetings are a key step in identifying likely individuals and resources within the Western region, providing technical consultation, and initiating collaborative projects that can maximize limited financial and personnel capacity at the state and federal level. Our hypothesis is that this can be promoted through a "network" where state occupational epidemiologists can learn from experts at the same time they share expertise and experience among themselves. As such, CSTE seeks three-year funding to continue the WestON meeting from 2013 through 2015. WestON 2013-2015 meetings will be co-sponsored by the Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC) and the NIOSH Western States Office. CSTE is requesting travel funding for participants who would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend the WestON meeting due to lack of funding within their state. CSTE requests support for airline transportation, ground transportation, hotel accommodations, per diem expenses, and other travel related expenses. The WestON meeting provides a unique opportunity for this group of professionals to meet and address common workplace safety and health issues and to further develop collaborations and partnerships to enhance state-based epidemiology, surveillance and prevention of work-related injuries and illnesses.