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Steps To A HealthierUS Workforce

2004 Symposium

 
 

October 26, Day 1 (afternoon)

Day 1
 
1:00p.m.-1:15p.m.
Plenary Welcome Gregory Wagner
Speakers: Gregory R. Wagner, M.D., National Chair, Steps to a HealthierUS Workforce Symposium and Initiative, Senior Science Advisor to the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and Visiting Professor, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA

Captain Penelope Royall, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Disease Prevention, and Health Promotion, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
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1:15p.m.-1:45p.m.
Keynote #1: Call to Action: Why Steps to a Healthier US Workforce?
Speaker: John Howard, M.D., Director National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, D.C.
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1:45p.m.-2:35p.m.
Panel #1: Health Protection and Promotion: Science, Policy and Practice, and Economics


Moderator:

Gregory R. Wagner, M.D, Senior Advisor to the Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and Visiting Professor, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Panelists:
Glorian Sorensen, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Ron Goetzel, Ph.D., Director, Cornell Institute for Health and Productivity Studies (IHPS), and Vice President, Consulting and Applied Research at The MEDSTAT Group, Washington, D.C.

Robert Reville, Ph.D., Research Director, RAND/Institute for Civil Justice, Santa Monica, CA

2:35p.m -2:45 p.m.

Charge to Working Groups
2:45p.m.-3:00p.m.
Break
3:00p.m.-5:15p.m.

Concurrent Working Groups

Group 1: Science-Discussion of the science of integrating workplace health protection and health promotion: What is known and what do we need to know?

Background Paper Authors:
Glorian Sorensen, Ph.D., M.P.H. and Elizabeth Barbeau, Sc.D, M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health and Dana Farber Cancer Institue, Boston, MA
View .PDF Presentation- Integrating Occupational Health and Safety and Worksite Health Promotion: State of the Science
22 pages, 119kb

Moderator:
Bonnie Rogers, DrPh, COHN-S, LNCC, FAAN, Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics and Director, North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center and the Occupational Health Nursing Program, Chapel Hill, NC

Discussants:
James A. Merchant, M.D., DrPH, Professor, Department of Occupational & Environmental Health, and Dean, The University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA

Laura A. Linnan, Sc.D., CHES, Assistant Professor, UNC Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC

Joan M. Eakin, M.Sc., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada


Group 2: Policy & Practice - Discussion of policies, rules, and practices that affect successful integration of workplace health protection and health promotion: What do we know about what works?

Background Paper Author:
Ron Goetzel, Ph.D. M.A., B.S., Director, Cornell Institute or Health and Productivity Studies (IHPS), and Vice President, Consulting and Applied Research at The MEDSTAT Group, Washington, D.C.
View .PDF Presentation: Examining the Value of Integrating Occupational Health, Safety and Productivity Management Programs in the Workplace (Part 1)
30 pages, 3.44mb

View .PDF Presentation: Examining the Value of Integrating Occupational Health, Safety and Productivity Management Programs in the Workplace (Part 2)
30 pages, 2.94mb

Moderator:
Russ Toal, M.P.H., Associate Professor of Public Health, Georgia State University; Senior Consultant to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Discussants:
Joe Fortuna, M.D., Medical Director, E&C and AHG Divisions, Delphi Corporation, Troy, MI; Co-Chair, Health Focus Group, Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)

Steven Moffatt, M.D., Medical Director, City of Indianapolis and Marion County Sheriff's Department, Indianapolis, IN

Jim Ramsay, Ph.D, M.A., Associate Professor of Safety and Health Protection Coordinator, Safety and Health Protection Program, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI


Group 3: Economics - Discussion of economic issues central to maintaining a healthy workforce: What is known about workplace health protection/promotion, costs and productivity?

Background Paper Authors:
Seth A. Seabury, Ph.D., Darius Lakdawalla, Ph.D., and Robert T. Reville, Ph.D.

Robert Reville, Ph.D., Research Director, RAND/Institute for Civil Justice, Santa Monica, CA
View .PDF Presentation: The Economics of Integrating Injury Prevention and Health Promotion Programs
21 pages, 330kb

Moderator:
John W. Mayo, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Business and Public Policy, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown School of Business, Washington, D.C.

Discussants:
Leslie I. Boden, Ph.D., Professor of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA

J. Paul Leigh, Ph.D., Professor, Medical School, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA

William B. Bunn III, M.D., Vice President, Health, Safety & Productivity, International Truck and Engine Corporation, Warrenville, IL

 
   
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