Seminars: Public Safety

2016
The Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program at NIOSH – Solving Problems in the Workplace
Christine West, PhD, RN, MSN/MPH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Christine West is a Nurse Epidemiologist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. She provides an overview of the Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) program and highlights recent evaluations with discussion of methods, findings, and recommendations. Implications for occupational clinical practice, regulations, research, worker and employer education and public health will be explored.

2014
Complex Urban Exposure and Health – Strategies to Study the Interaction Between Chemical and Psychosocial Factors and Health
Bengt Arnetz, MD, PhD, MPH, Wayne State University
In this presentation Dr. Arnetz analyzes environmental stress factors as well as predictors of perceived stress. These factors include society, community, and family, individual, physiological, and cellular. Predictors of perceived stress include demographics, socioeconomics, physical health, mental health and local social context.

2010
Occupational Stress, Resiliency, and Health Among First Responders
Bengt Arnetz, MD, PhD, MPH, Wayne State University
In this talk Dr. Arnetz speaks in depth about occupational stress related to high risk professions such as law enforcement officers, firefighters, coast guard, and the military.