[HealthyTribes] Registration open for the NIOSH Total Worker Health Webinar Series: "Preserving Lung Health: At Work and Beyond, " 3/12, 12:30-2:00pm ET

Mon Feb 23 16:00:49 PST 2015

Good afternoon HPCDP Grantees,

Please see information below for an optional/recommended webinar related to tobacco and worksite wellness. The webinar will also provide an overview of a new NIOSH resource Promoting Health and Preventing Disease and Injury through Workplace Tobacco Policies.

Rebecca Pawlak, MPH
Oregon Health Authority | Public Health Division | Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention
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From: Deb Fell-Carlson [mailto:debfel at saif.com]

From: NIOSH Total Worker Health (CDC) [mailto:twh at cdc.gov]<mailto:[mailto:twh at cdc.gov]>
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Join the Office for Total Worker Health and the Division of Respiratory Disease Studies for the next installment of the
NIOSH Total Worker HealthTM Webinar Series.  Registration now open!<https://nioshtwh.adobeconnect.com/e2wyx8pks85/event/registration.html?campaign-id=em>

Preserving Lung Health: At Work and Beyond

Thursday, March 12, 2015
12:30pm - 2:00pm Eastern

Featured Presenters:
[CDR Halldin posing in front of flags]Cara Halldin, PhD, is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and an epidemiologist in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Division for Respiratory Disease Studies. Her current work includes identifying workers at risk for developing lung impairment due to occupational exposures and lifestyle factors, with a focus on metal, non-metal, and coal miners.

[Dr. Weismann in front of a beige wall]
David Weissman, MD, directs the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Division of Respiratory Disease Studies. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Allergy & Immunology, and Pulmonary Diseases. His career has focused on understanding and preventing work-related respiratory diseases.

[Dr. Okechukwu in an outdoor setting]Cassandra Okechukwu, ScD, MSN, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has a strong interest in developing cutting-edge empirical findings that can be translated into promising population-wide interventions. Her current research investigates how work, home and neighborhood environments interact to shape the health and cancer prevention behaviors of vulnerable populations, with an emphasis on working class and immigrant communities.

Description:
Following opening remarks by the Office of Total Worker Health, Dr. Cara Halldin will speak about recent research related to longitudinal lung function monitoring of workers and its implications for triggering health interventions. She will also discuss freely available tools that may assist health professionals in identifying workers at risk of experiencing decline in lung function.
Dr. David Weissman will provide an overview of the draft NIOSH document Promoting Health and Preventing Disease and Injury through Workplace Tobacco Policies, which applies a Total Worker Health(tm) approach of integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion, including smoking cessation programs, to prevent worker injury and illness. Specific topics addressed include: tobacco use among workers; exposure to secondhand smoke in workplaces; occupational health and safety concerns relating to tobacco use and secondhand exposure; electronic nicotine delivery systems; and workplace interventions to reduce tobacco product usage and secondhand exposure.
Dr. Cassandra Okechukwu then will discuss practical considerations for implementing integrated interventions for tobacco cessation, including both common barriers and potential solutions using past and current experiences implementing smoking cessation interventions for construction workers. She will give an update on evidence-based components of smoking cessation interventions and how they can be applied to integrated interventions.
Target audiences:
* Industrial hygienists and occupational safety and health professionals
* Health promotion and health education professionals
* Employers, risk management, and human resources professionals
* Doctors and other medical and nursing professionals

Reserve your spot today! To register, visit: https://nioshtwh.adobeconnect.com/e2wyx8pks85/event/registration.html?campaign-id=em
Free continuing education opportunities are available, including CME, CNE, CEU, and CECH. For more information please visit http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/TWH/webinar.html

Please share this with your professional networks as appropriate. Thank you in advance for your support in efforts to enhance the safety, health, and well-being of our nation's workforce!

This webinar series is produced by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Office for Total Worker Health to educate and inform members of the public health community as well as interested members of the general public of program-related research and recommendations.  NIOSH is the federal agency that conducts research and makes recommendations for preventing work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths. For more information on the NIOSH Total Worker Health program, visit: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/TWH/. For more information about NIOSH visit http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/.

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