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[H+T--Friends] Occupational Health Internship Program - summer 2013 - applications open through March 18, 2013

by Phyllis Orrick

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shor, Glenn@DIR <GShor(a)dir.ca.gov> Date: Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:11 PM Subject: FW: PLEASE POST: Occupational Health Internship Program - summer 2013 - applications open through March 18, 2013 To: "davidr(a)berkeley.edu" <davidr(a)berkeley.edu>, "poberkeley(a)gmail.com" < poberkeley(a)gmail.com> Hi David, Phyllis,**** ** ** Please post this at SafeTREC and to any other lists you think appropriate. It is a terrific paid internship. **** ** ** Glenn**** ** ** *Glenn Shor, Ph.D.* *Office of the Director* *Department of Industrial Relations* *gshor(a)dir.ca.gov* *510-286-1095* ** ** *From:* Miller, Mary E (LNI) [mailto:mmar235@lni.wa.gov] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:48 PM *To:* OHS_Section(a)well.apha.org; ohs(a)migrantclinician.com *Cc:* MLondon(a)pef.org *Subject:* FW: PLEASE POST: Occupational Health Internship Program - summer 2013 - applications open through March 18, 2013**** ** ** Fyi. Sorry about cross-postings (well, sort of).**** ** ** Mary**** ** ** *From:* London, Matt [mailto:MLondon@pef.org <MLondon(a)pef.org>] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:33 PM *To:* Miller, Mary E (LNI) *Subject:* PLEASE POST: Occupational Health Internship Program - summer 2013 - applications open through March 18, 2013**** ** ** Dear Colleague,**** The Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP) is a NIOSH-funded training program designed to bring new people into the occupational health and safety field. This successful summer program, now in its 10th year, is designed as a field-based learning experience. Students work with labor unions or community-based organizations on a variety of important health and safety issues. **** Do you know a student who is interested in learning more about occupational health -- a student currently in the public health, nursing or medicine track or an energetic and curious student interested in economic and social disparities or environmental issues? If so, please forward this announcement and the attached recruitment flyer to any prospective candidates.**** ** ** Students can apply to work in any of the following cities, regardless of where they now reside: Los Angeles, the Bay Area, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston and New York City. Supervision and mentorship is provided by senior occupational health researchers.**** **** *The deadline to apply is March 18, 2013.* ** ** The program is open both to undergraduates (3rd and 4th year) and graduate students. A stipend is provided for the 9-week experience ($4,000 for undergraduates, $5,200 for graduates (no housing allowance but we can assist those relocating for the summer to find temporary housing)).**** ** ** More information about the program, and how to apply, can be obtained at the OHIP website at www.aoec.org/ohip.**** ** ** Please contact me (mlondon(a)pef.org), Administrative Program Coordinator Ingrid Denis (idenis(a)aoec.org), or the National Program Coordinator Sarah Jacobs (sjacobs(a)irle.ucla.edu) if you have any questions.**** **** ** ** ** ** *Matt London* ** ** (518) 785-1900 x348**** ** ** **** This is a free and open discussion forum for public health professionals and others interested in Occupational Health and Safety. The OHS Listserve is housed at Migrant Clinicians Network and moderated by the OHS Section of the American Public Health Association. Community email addresses: Post message: ohs(a)migrantclinician.com Subscribe: ohs-join(a)migrantclinician.com Unsubscribe: ohs-leave(a)migrantclinician.com List owner: ohs-owner(a)migrantclinician.com List Archives: www.migrantclinician.com/ohs/archives ****

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[H+T--Friends] New research: community design and health

by Eloisa Raynault

There's been a flurry of new research emerging about transportation infrastructure / community design and how that impacts health. The four studies below may be of interest: A Model of Community Pediatrics: Improving Access to Safe Play Environments. Hodges NL, Smith GA. Pediatrics 2013; ePub(ePub): ePub. http://goo.gl/fV5lg Effect of bike lane infrastructure improvements on ridership in one New Orleans neighborhood. Parker KM, Rice J, Gustat J, Ruley J, Spriggs A, Johnson C. Ann. Behav. Med. 2013; ePub(ePub): ePub. http://goo.gl/PMOCl Impact evaluation of a public bicycle share program on cycling: a case example of BIXI in Montreal, Quebec. Fuller D, Gauvin L, Kestens Y, Daniel M, Fournier M, Morency P, Drouin L. Am. J. Public Health 2013; ePub(ePub): ePub. http://goo.gl/S68RJ Walking associated with public transit: moving toward increased physical activity in the United States. Freeland AL, Banerjee SN, Dannenberg AL, Wendel AM. Am. J. Public Health 2013; ePub(ePub): ePub. http://goo.gl/kT6d7

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[H+T--Friends] AUTO: Elizabeth Sanford is out of the office (returning 02/04/2013)

by Elizabeth Sanford

I am out of the office until 02/04/2013. I will be checking email intermittently. Note: This is an automated response to your message "[H+T--Friends] Health Policy Opportunity in the UK" sent on 1/29/2013 6:19:47 AM. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away.

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[H+T--Friends] Health Policy Opportunity in the UK

by A Hartell

Live Well for Life - Policy Officer WWF - World Wildlife Fund Godalming/Woking, United Kingdom £26,405 - £29,150 p.a. Woking (initially Godalming) Ref: WWF-171 The world is changing -- and so are we. After 50 years, we're more determined than ever to find solutions to the great environmental threats of our time. As a truly international network, we need our offices in the global South and East -- the economic powerhouses of tomorrow -- to be as strong as those in the North and West. We need to share more compelling stories of our work, stories that will change attitudes and inspire action. And we need to lead the way for organisations aspiring to work sustainably, with the opening of our ground breaking new Living Planet Centre in Woking. This is your chance to join the world's leading environmental network as we face our biggest challenges yet. You'll use your in-depth understanding of the environmental and cultural issues around diet to provide expertise to a range of external stakeholders and partners: developing advocacy and strategies and gathering, analysing and reporting on project data. You'll also need experience of working within a large, complex NGO, along with superb communication skills and a knowledge of European food policy and environmental legislation. Closing date: 06 February 2013 Interviews: TBC If you'd like to help us inspire positive change, you can view further candidate information at www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/wwf-171-1 <http://www.prospect-us.co.uk/job/wwf-171-1>. To apply, please send your CV and covering letter quoting Ref: WWF-171-1, to response(a)prospect-us.co.uk <mailto:%20response@prospect-us.co.uk?subject=Job%20Ad%20on%20EuroBrussels%20%E2%80%93%20Ref:%20WWF-171-1>. Tel: 0844 880 5150. _ __http://www.eurobrussels.com/job_display/77650/Live_Well_for_Life_Policy_O…

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[H+T--Friends] Need for coordination on health-related synthesis topics for February deadline

by Carey McAndrews

Dear TRB H+T friends, The deadline for submitting synthesis proposals is coming up soon and various groups have mentioned that they are preparing proposals related to health and transportation. This is wonderful, and we should probably coordinate to maximize the effectiveness of each proposal. We don't want them to be duplicative of each other, or other work that is already going on. Andy Dannenberg, Ed Christopher, and I are writing one about the use of cost-benefit analysis to evaluate the health costs/benefits of transportation plans and projects. What else is out there? Please write to me directly, or to the whole listserv, to share your topics, and we can work together. More soon, Carey

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[H+T--Friends] January 25th Sustainability Series Webinar

by Eloisa Raynault

This webinar may be of interest to you and your networks. ** Sustainability Series Webinar January 25! New York City's Active Design Guidelines: Process and Best Practices [1 AICP Credit typically available per webinar. Visit www.planning.org to add the webinar to your CM log.] Friday January 25, 2013 - 12:00pm EST New York City's Active Design Guidelines: Process and Best Practices Featured Speaker Ernest Hutton, FAICP, Assoc. AIA Principal, Hutton Associates, Inc. Register at http://goo.gl/vekva Can transformations in the built environment inspire people to be more physically active, and make our communities healthier? According to a growing body of research, the answer is yes. The 'Active Design Guidelines' developed for New York City translate this knowledge into concrete strategies for a healthier, more sustainable future. Designers, planners, developers, and operations managers can adapt the Guidelines to their own projects to promote physical activity and help counteract the most pressing health epidemics of our time - poor physical fitness and obesity and their relationship to chronic diseases such as diabetes. 'New York City's Active Design Guidelines' is a 1-hour presentation and discussion session that will: * explore the relationship between health and the built environment; * provide an overview of the Guidelines and its list of urban design and building design strategies; * examine synergies between Active Design, environmental sustainability, and universal design; * share details on the LEED Innovation Credit for Physical Activity; and * highlight best practices and current planning and policy initiatives. **

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[H+T--Friends] new Health website at FHWA

by Ed Christopher

FHWA now has a web area for health. The site is new and growing and promises to be a resource for the community. Check it out. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/health_in_transportation/

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[H+T--Friends] APHA Annual Meeting - Call for Abstract Deadline Approaching

by Eloisa Raynault

This call for abstracts may be of interest to you and your networks: Time is running out! Less than two weeks remain to submit your abstract to the most important public health event of the year. The American Public Health Association is receiving abstracts for our 141st Annual Meeting and Exposition to be held Nov. 2-6 in Boston. Submit your abstract to join thousands of colleagues in presenting research in the field of public health. The deadline for submission of abstracts range from Feb. 4-8, depending on the Section, Special Primary Interest Group, Caucus or Forum to which you wish to submit. All submissions will end at 11:59 p.m. PST on the due date listed on the Call for Abstracts. Theme: Think Global, Act Local Visit: https://apha.confex.com/apha/141am/oasys.epl to submit your abstract. The 2013 Annual Meeting theme is Think Global, Act Local with a focus on best practices around the world. APHA encourages abstracts in all areas of public health as well as those focusing on the theme. Specific topic areas for each group can be found online. An easy-to-use online form will walk you through the process step by step. General information as well as abstract requirements can be found on the Call for Abstracts page. You do not need to be an APHA member to submit an abstract. However, if your abstract is accepted for presentation, the presenting author MUST become an APHA individual member and MUST register for the Annual Meeting by the September pre-registration deadline. (APHA Learning Institute faculty are excluded.) For more information about the APHA Annual Meeting, go to www.apha.org/meetings/AnnualMeeting.

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Re: [H+T--Friends] H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5

by Meehan, Leslie (MPO)

A few years ago the Nashville Area MPO conducted an informal survey of bicyclists to find out about unreported crashes and how many crashes were caused by interaction with a vehicle vs. gravel on the road, fixed object, etc. We received around 600 responses. I am not aware of a way to collect information about unreported crashes other than doing something like this survey, which is far from perfect but at least provides some insight. Summary of findings http://www.nashvillempo.org/docs/bikeped/2011_WebSurveyExecutiveSummary.pdf Presentation of findings http://www.nashvillempo.org/docs/bikeped/SurveyPresentationofFindings_08081… -----Original Message----- From: h+t--friends-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:h+t--friends-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 12:00 PM To: h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net Subject: H+T--Friends Digest, Vol 21, Issue 5 Send H+T--Friends mailing list submissions to h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to h+t--friends-request(a)ryoko.chrispy.net You can reach the person managing the list at h+t--friends-owner(a)ryoko.chrispy.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of H+T--Friends digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: bike injuries (mbrenman001(a)comcast.net) 2. Re: bike injuries (mbrenman001(a)comcast.net) 3. Unsubscribe (Rodney.Vaughn(a)dot.gov) 4. Re: A Data Question (Henderson, David (MPO)) 5. Re: A Data Question (Henderson, David (MPO)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:03:34 +0000 (UTC) From: mbrenman001(a)comcast.net Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] bike injuries To: TRB Health and Transportation <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net>, Rajiv.Bhatia(a)sfdph.org, edc(a)berwyned.com Cc: meganwier(a)gmail.com, Rochelle Dicker <DickerR(a)sfghsurg.ucsf.edu> Message-ID: <1587119523.50441.1358528614311.JavaMail.root(a)sz0050a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I would submit that another likely cause for a rise in bike injuries is lack of attention to and compliance with rules of the road by bicyclists. Who among has not noticed bicyclists running red lights, not stopping for stop lights, weaving through traffic, not using hand signals, etc? Marc Brenman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajiv Bhatia" <Rajiv.Bhatia(a)sfdph.org> To: "TRB Health and Transportation" <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net> Cc: meganwier(a)gmail.com, "Rochelle Dicker" <DickerR(a)sfghsurg.ucsf.edu> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 8:42:20 AM Subject: [H+T--Friends] bike injuries Ed: In SF, we have also observed a very high proportion of bike injuries going unreported. Rochelle Dicker, cc'd above and head of the SFGHMC trauma unit, has done some thinking and analysis on this issue using hospital records. As you know, SF has had a fairly agressive bike infrastructure program with strong political support. Bicycling behavior has increased substantially over the past decade as evidenced by serial bike counts. Unfortunately, reported bike collision injury frequency almost doubled over the past 5 or 6 years despite the investments in bike facilities. Potential culprits here could be the co-location of bike facilities on arterials, newer riders, and the lack of reduction in vehicle traffic. The confluence of new infrastructure, growth in riders, growth in injuries suggest that SF may be a good place to study the safety effects of new bike infrastructure in an existing urban context. Locally, we are also very interested in redesigning our traffic injury surveillence system to integrate hospital, police, and ambulence records and add public health / environmental surveillence components. There are some good models in other countries. We have political committment and data sharing agreements but lack $$ -- I am told that local transportation $$ coming to cities cannot be used for such purposes. rb Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH Director, Environmental Health, Department of Public Health 1390 Market Street, Suite 822 San Francisco, CA 94102 (e) rajiv.bhatia(a)sfdph.org (t) 415 2523931 (w) www.sfenvironmentalhealth.org; www.sfphes.org From: Ed Christopher <edc(a)berwyned.com> To: TRB Health and Transportation <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net> Date: 01/17/2013 02:11 PM Subject: [H+T--Friends] A Data Question Sent by: h+t--friends-bounces(a)chrispy.net It was nice to see everyone at TRB. While there I was in a discussion about the probably that bike crashes that result in injuries might be under represented in our crash data. Especially when you consider that a high percentage of the crashes do not involve a motor vehicle and never make it to police records. If i were trying to get a handle on this at a regional or state level are there any "non-traditional" sources of data like hospital records that can be used. Anyone doing any work in this area? This is becoming ever so important as we see more and mode shifting going on. _______________________________________________ H+T--Friends mailing list H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends _______________________________________________ H+T--Friends mailing list H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends

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[H+T--Friends] PPS's Rightsizing Streets Guide Online!

by Kate Rube

Hi all, I’m writing to let you know about a new resource that Project for Public Spaces just launched – the Rightsizing Streets Guide<http://www.pps.org/rightsizing.>, which features 10 case studies and useful tips and best practices on how to reconfigure streets in order to best meet the needs of communities today. The case studies and guide reveal how these projects – sometimes called ‘road diets’ - have dramatically improved the safety, livability, and active transportation options of streets across the country, demonstrated through before-and-after analysis. I’m including a blog posting below that introduces the Rightsizing Streets Guide, which is intended to help transportation professionals, advocates, and citizens transform their streets. Please share this resource with your networks! I also welcome any feedback you have or ideas on how we can evolve the content of this guide over time. Cheers, Kate ________________________________________________ *Welcome to the Rightsizing Streets Guide* Many of our streets haven’t changed in decades, even when they’ve proven dangerous, or the surrounding communities’ needs have changed. When the roads have been altered, they have often been made wider, straighter, and faster, rather than more livable. Our Rightsizing Streets Guide <http://www.pps.org/rightsizing> aims to help planners and community members update their streets to make them ‘right’ for their context. The centerpiece of the guide is a set of ten rightsizing case studies that highlight impressive outcomes using before and after data on mobility, crashes, and other parameters. These are just a few of the projects that have been built and many more are being planned all over the country. Our glossary of common rightsizing techniques<http://www.pps.org/reference/rightsizing-strategies-glossary/>and our best practices guide to street selection criteria and before and after measurements<http://www.pps.org/reference/rightsizing-best-practices-street-selection-an…>can help facilitate similar changes in your community. [image: Nebraska Avenue (Photo Credit: Florida DOT)]<http://www.pps.org/wp-admin/www.pps.org/reference/improving-safety-for-all-…> Nebraska Avenue (Photo Credit: Florida DOT) *Rightsizing in Context* Rightsizing’s approach is not new to PPS or the larger transportation community. The emergence of the Context Sensitive Solutions movement in 1998 accelerated transportation professionals’ reevaluation of the presumption that wider, straighter, and faster roads are universally better. This paradigm shift has been glacially slow, but as with the glaciers, this movement has reshaped the landscape of transportation. The fact that wider, straighter, and faster isn’t always better has been the topic<http://www.pps.org/wider-straighter-and-faster-not-the-solution-for-older-d…>of several<http://www.pps.org/levels-of-service-and-travel-projections-the-wrong-tools…> PPS<http://www.pps.org/what-can-we-learn-from-the-dutch-self-explaining-roads/> articles <http://www.pps.org/are-complete-streets-incomplete/>. This approach has momentum. Context Sensitive Solutions<http://contextsensitivesolutions.org>opened the door in ‘98; a few years later, the Complete Streets movement<http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/complete-streets>swept through it. These approaches emphasize that streets are not solely for moving cars at high speeds, to the detriment of other possibilities and the physical health of community members. But these approaches created a new problem. As more and more people began to realize that streets don’t always have to be designed exclusively for high speed travel by cars, the public clamor for streets designed for people intensified. This clamor, rooted in years of frustration, was vented at professionals with little or no experience or any sound engineering practice on how to design streets for all users. If anything, awareness amongst the public that their streets don’t have to be just for cars *increased* the communication gap between engineers, planners, and community members. New knowledge is needed about how to design roadways differently, and also the ramifications of doing so. This information is important both to stakeholders and transportation professionals, which is why I wrote the Citizens Guide for Better Streets<http://www.pps.org/store/books/a-citizens-guide-to-better-streets-how-to-en…>several years ago. Professionals need to be comforted with data demonstrating that new approaches work within their transportation metrics, and stakeholders need to see case studies describing how and where innovative street designs have been launched. [image: roaddiet] <http://www.andysinger.com/> Credit: Andy Singer Fortunately, there are an increasing number of communities undertaking projects that reverse the trend of wider, straighter, and faster streets. I collected a number of these case studies during presentations by transportation professionals around the U.S. Thanks to a grant from the Anne T & Robert M Bass Foundation, PPS went further and spoke with folks who have championed rightsizing. The first results of our research are presented in our Rightsizing Streets Guide <http://www.pps.org/rightsizing>on the PPS web site. *Why ‘Rightsizing?*’ It has become fashionable to call projects that reallocate street space to accommodate bikes, pedestrians and transit, “Road Diets.” This term resonates with advocates who have been frustrated with bloated overdesigned roads for years; I share their frustration. But after working *inside* the transportation establishment for 34 years, I believe that Road Diet is often a polarizing term. When citizens walk into the City Engineer’s office and ask for a road diet, the outcome they have in mind is already clear, before any conversation takes place, and before any analysis of the problem and data takes place. This can put professionals on the defensive and drive them deeper into the comfort of their automobile-centric training. It is like having the message delivered on a note wrapped around a rock that hits them in the head. [image: helpus] <http://www.andysinger.com/> Credit: Andy Singer Rightsizing, on the other hand, opens, rather than narrows, the conversation. It avoids putting the transportation professional on the defensive and shifts the conversation from debating the solution to working together to define and then solve the problem. The decades of experience vested in our professionals can then be applied to solving a different problem: creating a road that serves all users, not just cars. Much of the time, this will mean shrinking the road (aka putting it on a diet). Almost all of the time, it will involve reallocating existing space between the modes. Sometimes, we might all come to agree that the ‘right’ size could actually be an expanded roadway. In some circumstances, more cars, trucks, transit, or pedestrians may demand more space. Hey—if we are going to demand that our engineers have an open mind, then so should we, right? After all, isn’t the ultimate goal to accommodate all users adequately and safely, rather than to just shrink roads indiscriminately? If the preferred solution is sensitive to all contexts and modes, and is not smaller, that should be okay. In accordance with this philosophy, what you will find in our new Rightsizing guide is a depiction of all sorts of projects that recast roads in order to accommodate all users. Changes described in the case studies include not only vehicle lanes converted to bike lanes, sidewalks, and medians, but also the creation of public spaces, and roundabouts in place of traffic lights. *Explore the Site, Help It Grow* PPS hopes that this will be the beginning of a larger set of resources with information on more projects that can lead to Livability and Streets as Places. We want this to be a project created by and useful to everyone—professionals, community members and advocates alike. We don’t want this resource to be static as of January 2013; we invite any and all of you to submit additional rightsizing case studies so that we can continually expand our highlighted range of solutions for our streets. *Click here to explore the resources in our Rightsizing Streets Guide, and let’s make this approach standard practice!*<http://www.pps.org/rightsizing>

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