Occupational Health Management Archives – August 1, 2004
August 1, 2004
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Reorganizations of CDC, NIOSH have occ-health professionals crying foul
The e-mail lines have been burning up with postings of letters complaining to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leaders about their plans for reorganization, and specifically, what that reorganization will do to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. -
Studies show wellness cuts disability costs
It has been a long, hard struggle for wellness proponents to prove the ultimate value of health promotion programming in terms of employee health and well-being. -
Resiliency linked to stress-related problems
A growing number of EAP (employee assistance program) professionals are coming to believe that resiliency the ability to adapt when things go awry should be the focal point of efforts to prevent or address stress-related problems in the workplace. -
Like being in control? Try being your own boss!
It seems that a number of occ-health professionals are interested in going into business themselves so many, in fact, that Carol Santee, RN, COHN-RS, COM, owner/consultant, Tri-County Occupational Health Consultants in Cary, IL, teaches an entire course on the subject. -
Cal/OSHA fines hospital in death of physician
John George Psychiatric Pavilion in San Leandro, CA, has been fined $54,000 for failing to take adequate precautions to prevent violent assaults against its staff. -
News briefs
OSHA offers voluntary protection programs; NIOSH promotes healthy lifestyles for U.S. workers; Streamline documentation for outpatient education