Safety is Seguridad A Workshop Summary (2003) / Chapter Skim
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-- -= —rid r~~~^'= ''~'''~'-' Workshop participants discussed several priorities for NIOSH to consider in targeting _ O health education campaigns, public health interventions, and occupational safety and health information to best address the elevated rate occupational injuries and fatalities among Hisnanics These priorities include: (1) workers and employers who speak and write little or no English; (2)
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Existing data to target, prioritize, and provide metrics for evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions is not currently limiting initial public health interventions, but the data have considerable weaknesses. Workshop participants thought that NIOSH, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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. The power differential between workers and employers is particularly strong because of the lack of legal status of many workers, even when employers recruit from across the border.
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