COURSE TITLE

2008 COEH Symposium

"Immigrant Workers: A Population at High Risk for Occupational Injury and Illness"

Friday, April 18, 2008

Oakland, CA

The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) organizes annual symposia to highlight important occupational and environmental health and safety issues and showcase research by Center faculty and students. Student research will be presented in a poster session.

The 2008 Symposium was organized by Marc Schenker, MD, MPH, Professor & Department Chair, Public Health Sciences UC Davis School of Medicine (Epidemiology; Occupational and Environmental Medicine), and Robin Baker, MPH, Director of the Labor Occupational Health Program at UC Berkeley.

SPEAKERS AND TOPICS

Facilitator: Marc Schenker

8:30–8:45 Introductions and Welcome
John Balmes & Marc Schenker

8:45–9:15 Painting the Picture: Occupational Health Issues Among Immigrant Workers
Marc Schenker

9:15–9:45 Health Concerns in Immigrant Farmworker Populations
Don Villarejo

9:45–10:00 Break

Facilitator: Robin Baker

10:00 – 11:20 COEH Research with Immigrant Worker Populations

SF Chinatown Restaurant Workers - Merry Minkler
LA Garment Workers - David Rempel
Hotel Workers - Niklas Krause
Farmworkers - Steve McCurdy

11:20–11:45 COEH Research to Practice: LOHP Initiatives in the Community
Robin Baker

11:45–1:00 Lunch and poster viewing

Facilitator: Robert Harrison

1:00–2:00 Improving the Health of Immigrant Workers—Future Directions

Research Needs and Challenges - Sylvia Guendelman
Health Access - Robert Harrison
Public Policy Approaches - Glenn Shor
Community Linkages - Rajiv Bhatia

2:00–3:15 Break Out Sessions on Future Directions
(Choose 1 Group to Attend)

1. Research Methods - Steven McCurdy, Rupali Das, and LOHP Facilitator
2. Health Access - Robert Harrison, Rossana Segovia-Bain, and LOHP Facilitator
3. Public Policy - Glenn Shor, Rachel Morello-Frosch, and LOHP Facilitator
4. Community Linkages - Rajiv Bhatia, Helen Chen, and LOHP Facilitators

3:15–3:45 Break and poster viewing

Facilitator: Marc Schenker

3:45–4:10 Cultural Perspectives in Immigration and Health
Xochitl Castaneda

4:10–4:30 Future Initiatives - Where We Go From Here
John Balmes & Marc Schenker

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• To learn about current research on occupational health hazards disproportionately affecting immigrant workers

• To learn about unique health care access and health policy initiatives affecting immigrant worker populations

• To understand and help develop intervention strategies to reduce occupational illnesses and injuries among immigrant populations.

AUDIENCE

Occupational health and safety professionals and others interested in reducing immigrant worker occupational injury and illness, including industrial hygienists, safety professionals, occupational health physicians and nurses, labor representatives and policy makers.

CREDIT

Nurses
COEH is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing,
BRN Provider # 12983. Symposium approved for 7.2 Contact Hours.

Physicians
COEH is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. COEH takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. COEH designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

Industrial Hygienists
Application has been made to ABIH for 1.0 IH CM Point.

Safety Professionals
This event meets BCSP criteria for 0.5 COC point.

Course Schedule

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