Improving Global Worker Health and Safety Through Collaborative Capacity Buil...

CRC Press

Improving Global Worker Health and Safety Through Collaborative Capacity Building InitiativesAuthor(s): Thomas P. Fuller\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367459185, 978-0367459185\nSynopsis\nMany economically developing countries and nations without robust occupational hygiene (OH) educational programs endure a shortage of qualified occupational hygienists, resulting in higher rates of workplace injury, illness, and fatality. Damage to valuable infrastructure, environment, and public health also occurs without adequate support.\n\nImproving Global Worker Health and Safety Through Collaborative Capacity Building Initiatives outlines a broad variety of capacity building projects in OH. It also introduces detailed experiences of occupational hygienists working abroad and working on special global topics including a discussion of how global trade agreements influence the practice and policy within OH. It describes th.