OPPORTUNITY: Input into National Academies Committee Review: NIOSH HHE Program

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Opportunity for Input to the National Academies Committee to Review the

NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program

Dear Colleague:

The Committee to Review the National Institute for Occupational Safety and

Health (NIOSH) Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program was formed by the

National Research Council to review the impact, relevance, and future

directions of

the program. The study is being conducted under the auspices of the Division

of Earth and Life Studies. The committee's first meeting was held October

18-19, 2007. Your input would be valuable for consideration at future meetings

on December 10-11, 2007, and January 15-16, 2008.

In addition to evaluating what the HHE Program produces, the committee will

determine whether it is appropriate to credit the program with changes in

workplace practices, hazardous exposures, and/or occupational illnesses and

injuries, or whether the changes are the result of other unrelated factors. In

conducting its assessment, the committee will evaluate

A. The impact of the HHE Program on

* reducing worker risk and preventing occupational illness in

investigated workplaces;

transferring program-generated information to relevant employers and

employees beyond the investigated workplaces;

NIOSH research and policy-development programs; and

the activities of regulatory agencies, occupational safety and health

professionals and organizations, state and local health agencies, and others in

the

occupational health community, as achieved by transferring program-generated

hazard and prevention information.

B. The relevance of the HHE Program in addressing current and emerging

workplace health hazards.

The committee has generated a list of questions (see below) to guide your

input. If you wish to contribute, please use any of a variety of routes:

E-mail: smccutch@...

Fax: 202-334-1329 (call 202-334-3027 if there are transmission problems)

Providing your name and affiliation is optional. Correspondence may be

mailed to the following address:

McCutchen, Research Associate

The National Academies

500 Fifth Street NW, WS800

Washington, DC 20001

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