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Steps To A HealthierUS Workforce

2003 Planning Meeting

December 19, 2003

 

Welcome

Dr.John Howard, Director, NIOSH

The STEPS to a Healthier US Workforce Initiative was developed by NIOSH from an HHS initiative called Steps to a Healthier US. The NIOSH initiative, STEPS to a Healthier US Workforce, seeks to improve the dissemination, effectiveness, and acceptance of activities directed at improving worker health through integrated approaches to health protection and health promotion.

Steps Welcome Video

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"International Perspective: Intergrating Health Promotion and Projection"

Jorman Rantanan, M.D., Ph.D, President, International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)

"Occupational Health and Safety and Health Promotion: Toward an Intergrated Approach to Workers' Health"
Elisabeth Barbeau, Sc.D, M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health

Panel Session Presentations


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"Steps to a Healthier U.S. Workforce Employer Perspective"
Joel Bender, Ph.D., M.D., Corporate Medical Director, General Motors Corporation

"Protecting and Enhancing Worker Health "
Ann Brockhaus, M.P.H., Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (ORC)

"Occupational Safety and Health and Health Promotion Together"
Scott Schneider, C.I.H, Director of Occupational Safety and Health, Laborers’ Health and Safety Fund of North America

"Steps to a Healthier US Workforce"
Karen Campbell, Ed.D., Occupational Health Nurse, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN)

"Workplace Protection and Workplace Health Promotion"
Dr. Franklin Mirer, Ph.D, Director, Health and Safety Department, United Auto Workers International Union (UAW)

Breakout Group Reports


Breakout Group 1 Report : Implementing the Initiative
 
Breakout Group 2 Report: Opportunities and Barriers
 
Breakout Group 3 Report: Ideas for the Fall 2004 Meeting

Lifetime Acheivement Award


NIOSH Awards First Lifetime Achievement Award to Jorma Rantanen,Image of Jorma Rantanen International Health, Safety Leader

On December 18, 2003 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) presented the first-ever NIOSH Lifetime Achievement Award in Occupational Safety and Health to Dr. Jorma Rantanen of Finland, at a reception in his honor at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati, OH. The award honors Dr. Rantanen’s career of leadership in Finland and internationally.

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Agenda


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