Webinar
Promoting Health and Safety Among Young Workers
University of Iowa
06/10/2024
Abstract
Young workers are at a greater risk for injury and illness in the workplace. Employers can address these risks by using best practices to promote health, safety, and well-being. This webinar brought together expert panelists from government, employers, and trainers, who specialize in different areas of worker well-being, to discuss how to protect young workers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Promoting Health and Safety Among Young Workers
- Creators
- Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest
- Resource Type
- Webinar
- Publisher
- University of Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2024 Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest
- Grant note
- The Healthier Workforce Center is supported by Cooperative Agreement No. U19OH008868 from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) / National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- Comment
Host: Diane Rohlman, M.A., Ph.D, Director of the Healthier Workforce Center for the Midwest, Associate Dean for Research, University of Iowa College of Public Health.
Featured Panelists:
- Barbara Aguon, Health and Safety Manager, City of Portland (OR)
- Mary Lynn Almond, Benefits Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (MO)
- Aurora Bihler, Building Union Diversity (BUD) Coordinator (MO), Missouri Works Initiative
- Jhomahara Cook, Community Outreach & Resource Planning Specialist, U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (IA/NE)
- Kirk Dighton, Safety Manager, D.C. Taylor Co. (IA)
- Jeremy Lindquist, Director of Training and Education for the Iowa Pipe Trades & HVAC Training Institute in Des Moines (IA)
- Natasha Welch, Investigator, Wage and Child Labor Unit Investigations Division, Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing (IA)
- Krista Tedrow, Director of Development, South Central Iowa Workforce Board
Resources:
- https://hwc.public-health.uiowa.edu/
- https://hwc.public-health.uiowa.edu/push/
- https://hwc.public-health.uiowa.edu/young-worker-safety-health-and-wellbeing/
- https://hwc.public-health.uiowa.edu/wp-content/uploads/Young-Worker-Policy-Brief.pdf
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/10/2024
- Duration
- 1:26:59 hours
- Academic Unit
- Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest
- Record Identifier
- 9985026453902771
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