APA-NIOSH Work Stress and Health Conference, Los Angeles 2013
Local Organizing Committee
May 18 Los Angeles – Minutes
Participating: Peter Schnall, Marnie Dobson, Paul Landsbergis, Cass Ben-Levi, Vivian Rothstein, BongKyoo Choi, Javier Garcia, HyoungRyoul Kim, Rev. Art Cribbs, Paul Papanek, Warner Hudson, Shane Que Hee, Dean Baker, Haiou Yang, Linda Delp, Isabel Garcia
Peter Schnall
– Introduction to the APA/NIOSH conference, background to the conference, audience and purpose of the Local Organizing Committee:
– APA-NIOSH conference organizers have agreed to allow us to organize 4 panels (must be reviewed through scientific review process)
– Encourage networking in California, prioritize occupational health issues in California – possibly work towards a position paper for California OH
– June 8 planning meeting in Northern California
Introductions:
Marnie Dobson, UCI COEH
Shane Que Hee: Director of Industrial Hygiene program of SC ERC.
Vivian Rothstein: Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy – providing a voice for low wage workers, living wage campaigns. Hotel workers blood pressure screenings with Peter Schnall. Port truckers (independent contractors), 10,000 in Long Beach. Women workers in waste and recycling centers (no health standards). Possibility of organizing a field trip to these a waste recycling site.
Cass Ben-Levi: Director of Continuing Education and outreach for SC ERC. OM, OHN, safety and outreach grants for OHS training with (hotel workers, janitors, gardeners, farm workers)
Warner Hudson: AECOM President, LOC for AOHC conference, salutogenic effects of work – healthy workplaces, fatigue and sleep
Paul Landsbergis: Professor Downstate University, NY – Transportation Learning Center – interested in bus driver OH-HP, LRAN conf (port truckers, COSH, OHIP, waste & recycling workers)
Paul Papanek: Kaiser Occupational Medicine, CalOSHA (recently) – Policy (particularly worker health and safety with the Affordable Care Act, health insurance (how to prioritize prevention), WOMA and networking with other medical societies
BongKyoo Choi: Assist Prof, COEH, UC Irvine – FORWARD study (firefighter obesity), truck or taxi drivers, Asian immigrant communities, California Health Interview Survey (few work questions)
Isabel Garcia: UCLA School of Public Health, doctoral student, dissertation: 2000 Mexican workers CV health
Linda Delp: Director, UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH), Chair-elect APHA OSH section, home care workers research, focus on low wage, immigrant, contingent workers, warehouse workers (Inland Empire), car wash, hotel workers, heat illness
HyoungRyoul Kim: Visiting Professor, UCI COEH (from Seoul, Korea). Build relationships with progressive California researchers, organizer for ICOH in Seoul, 2015
Javier Garcia: UCI COEH, organizational psychologist, Latin American network
Haiou Yang: UCI COEH, network with Chinese scholars for APA-NIOSH conference, translating conference call for proposals into Chinese, Vietnamese community outreach in OC.
Rev. Art Cribbs: CLUE (Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice) – local organization works with labor
Discussion on issues to focus on for panels (condensed into four main areas):
Panel formats – could include 1) California case examples (local), 2) Links beyond California (US/International examples), 3) advocacy/policy – government representatives, 4) future steps for CA (resources needed/policy needed)
Continuing Education Credits
– Peter to contact Gwen Keita (APA) about structure for the conference, other contacts:
– CME requires educational objectives for each panel, identify practice gaps etc.
Networking – Who else to get involved?
WOMA – Paul Papanek/Leslie Israel
ACOEM –Warner Hudson
Other large medical associations – AHA-CA, AIHA (Peter), ASSE
Labor union representation – Andrea Nichols (LA County Fed Labor), Cindy Chavez (San Jose Labor Council)
Occupational Nurses: Beth Thomas
Insurers – Kaiser (Paul Papanek à Frank Meca (Kaiser), Kaiser Labor-Management Partnership (Maggie Robbins)
HR/Employers – Pam Hymel (HR Disney), employers with integrated health promotion/protection programs in CA?
Latin American Network – Isabel Garcia, Javier Garcia
Chinese scholars – Haiou Yang
Korean scholars – BongKyoo Choi, Dr. Kim
Next SoCAL meeting –à July 10th, 10-12 noon, UCLA.
October 1 deadline for conference panels.