In November, NIOSH will host a free webinar in its Total Worker Health webinar series that will focus on new research on work and the opioid crisis in the U.S. The webinar will feature three speakers who will discuss the risks of opioid use, misuse, and overdose in worker populations. Presenters will also cover topics such as potential work-related antecedents and risk factors for opioid misuse; data on opioid overdose by industry and occupation; and primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention methods and interventions. Attendees will also learn about NIOSH’s newly developed framework for confronting the opioid crisis, which includes four key areas: identifying workplace conditions, determining risk factors, protecting workers and first responders, and developing methods for detection and decontamination.
Scheduled speakers include Chris Cain, CIH, director of safety and health for North America’s Building Trades Unions; Letitia Davis, ScD, EdM, a senior scientist in the Occupational Health Surveillance Program in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; and Sara Luckhaupt, MD, MPH, a supervisory medical epidemiologist in the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies at NIOSH and a commander in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
The webinar will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. Learn more on the event information page.
Scheduled speakers include Chris Cain, CIH, director of safety and health for North America’s Building Trades Unions; Letitia Davis, ScD, EdM, a senior scientist in the Occupational Health Surveillance Program in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health; and Sara Luckhaupt, MD, MPH, a supervisory medical epidemiologist in the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies at NIOSH and a commander in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
The webinar will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET. Learn more on the event information page.