| Date |
Activity |
| September 1998 - April 1999 |
- Established the NIOSH-States Work Group.
- The NIOSH-States Work Group held various meetings to identify 13
critical occupational priority areas, develop condition-specific
profiles and recommendations, and provide a written report on the
State perspective of occupational illnesses, injuries, and hazards
surveillance for the next five years.
- The NIOSH Surveillance Coordination Group (SCG) reviewed the
current surveillance activities and systems used in the Institute.
Conducted a needs assessment for occupational illness, injuries, and
hazards surveillance with recommendations.
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| May 1999 |
- The NIOSH Executive Surveillance Committee began to review the
work and recommendations submitted from the NIOSH-States Work Group
and the NIOSH Surveillance Coordination Group.
|
| June 1999 |
- The 65 recommendations submitted were reviewed by the NIOSH
Leadership Team Subgroup for Surveillance Activities. (June 17,
1999)
- The Subgroup focused the recommendations down to 20
objectives.
- A public forum on the 20 objectives was conducted at the Annual
CSTE/SENSOR/ABLES Conference in Madison, WI. (June 27, 1999)
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| July 1999 |
- A meeting was held with the external partners of the NORA
Surveillance Research Team to obtain input on the objectives. (July
8, 1999)
- An internal meeting was held in Pittsburgh, PA, with NIOSH staff
to discuss the 20 objectives. Goals to encompass the objectives were
written by the States and also reviewed. (July 15, 1999)
- A public meeting was held in Washington, DC, with
non-governmental representatives and a few State representatives to
discuss the goals and 20 objectives. (July 28,1999)
- A meeting was held between NIOSH, BLS, and OSHA to discuss the
goals and objectives. (July 30, 1999)
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| August 1999 |
- A meeting was held with NCHS, Division of Vital Statistics, and
BLS to discuss the goals and objectives. (August 4, 1999)
- A writing team was established to incorporate the comments,
where applicable. Short- and long-term goals were written for each
objective. (August 16-17, 1999)
- The NIOSH Leadership Team Subgroup for Surveillance Activities,
along with the Division Surveillance, representatives reviewed the
document and provided input for the implementation activities.
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| March 2000 |
- The final development of implementation activities was
completed.
- Final document was submitted to the NIOSH Director.
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