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NOTE: This document is provided for historical purposes only.
The authors ask you:
Emergency
responders and first receivers may be subject to multiple hazardous exposures
and stressful work environments. Research, evaluation, communication, and
training are essential in reducing these risks and promoting resilience.
Understanding emergency response activities and using lessons learned are
key to improving safety and health outcomes. Focus on pre-event interventions
that reduce the risk of exposure to hazards in emergencies offers the best
approach to preventing loss.
NIOSH's Emergency Preparedness and Response Program convened a Steering Committee of NIOSH scientists who developed a set of strategic goals to guide research and partnering efforts. A public meeting to engage stakeholders in prioritizing these goals and identifying gaps was held March 25, 2008.
The goal areas are: safety climate, personal protective equipment, engineering/technological interventions and controls, characterization/assessment of potential hazards, sub-group specific strategies, surveillance, environmental microbiology, and environmental and biological monitoring of terrorism agents. The full document is available at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/epr/goals.html
NIOSH is very interested in your opinions about the relevance and value of the strategic goals and encourages you to partner with us to better protect the safety and health of emergency responders.
The mission of the NIOSH Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) Program Portfolio is to advance research and collaborations to protect the health and safety of emergency responders and recovery workers by anticipating and preventing diseases, injuries, and fatalities during responses to natural or man-made disasters and novel emergent events.
Emergency responders and first receivers may be subject to multiple hazardous exposures and stressful work environments. Research, evaluation, communication, and training are essential in reducing these risks and promoting resilience. Understanding emergency response activities and using lessons learned are key to improving safety and health outcomes. Focus on pre-event interventions that reduce the risk of exposure to hazards in emergencies offers the best approach to protecting responders.
NIOSH's EPR Program convened a Steering Committee of NIOSH scientists who developed a set of strategic goals to guide research and partnering efforts. The draft strategic goals were posted on the NIOSH website Spring 2007. A public meeting to engage stakeholders in prioritizing these goals and identifying gaps was held March 25, 2008.
EPR
Program and Steering Committee has drafted strategic goals to address important
issues surrounding the health and safety of emergency responders. The full
list of goals can be accessed through the NIOSH website at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/epr/goals.html.
The goals address the following topic areas:
At the public meeting, stakeholders were asked to provide feedback about the goals and to discuss the following topics:
Please visit the NIOSH website to access the meeting transcript and submitted comments from participants: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/126/.
NIOSH EPR Program will utilize input from partners to guide, refine, and prioritize research goals relative to the safety and health of responders.
NIOSH
is very interested in your opinions about the relevance and value of the
EPR strategic goals and encourages you to partner with us to better protect
the safety and health of emergency responders.
The EPR Program and Steering Committee will revise the strategic goals based on stakeholders feedback and will pursue funding for projects addressing research areas identified as high priority.
Research to practice (r2p), applying research into workplace solutions that reduce injury and illness, is an important aspect of all research conducted at NIOSH. Dissemination of research findings will enhance the ability of emergency responders and recovery workers to avoid or minimize death, injury, and disease outcomes.
NIOSH Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) Program Portfolio website: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/programs/epr/
NIOSH EPR Research Portfolio Town Hall Meeting Docket #126 website: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/126/
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