141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Online Program

5127.1
Healthcare: Occupational Health and Safety

Wednesday, November 6, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
Moderator:
Patty Quinlan, MPH, CIH

10:30am
Safe patient handling activities in Massachusetts hospitals   
Christine E. Miner, MPH, Angela K. Laramie, MPH, D. Tran, MPH, Letitia Davis, ScD, SangWoo Tak, ScD and David Wegman, MD, MSc
10:45am
Injuries and costs associated with patient-to-worker violence in hospitals   
Judith Arnetz, PhD, MPH, Deanna Aranyos, Mark Upfal, MD, MPH, Jim Russell, Mark Luborsky, PhD, Joel Ager, PhD, Lydia Hamblin and Lynnette Essenmacher, MPH
     
11:00am
Back pain among nursing home workers: Persistence within individuals   
Laura Punnett, ScD, Rebecca Gore, PhD and David Kriebel, ScD
     
11:15am
Why are needlesticks and other sharps injuries occurring in home healthcare?   
Pia Markkanen, ScD, Margaret M. Quinn, ScD, CIH, Angela Laramie, MPH, June Fisher, MD, Catherine Galligan, MSc, Susan Sama, ScD, Natalie Brouillette, MSc, Daniel Okyere, MSc and Letitia Davis, ScD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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