Feuerstein Michael, Harrington Cherise Baldwin
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
J Occup Rehabil. 2006 Mar;16(1):1-5. doi: 10.1007/s10926-005-9004-1.
Occupational health and safety focuses on health problems in the working population. Disability is a significant problem that results in both functional and financial consequences to the worker and society. A problem becoming more evident in the workplace is cancer. As technological advances improve in the early recognition and treatment of cancer and our working population ages, the number of survivors who face challenges returning to work and maximizing productivity while at work will increase. Research is needed to identify the barriers that affect cancer survivors at work and evaluate innovative interventions to assist these workers in both their return to work and long term success at work. Musculoskeletal disorders continue to be a leading cause of work disability in the US. Limited function, pain, lost work time, emotional distress and financial burden are many of the problems associated with musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders. We presented these areas of research needs for the coming decade at the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) town hall meeting. The following is our testimony given on December 5, 2005 in College Park, Maryland.
职业健康与安全关注的是劳动人口中的健康问题。残疾是一个重大问题，会给劳动者和社会带来功能和经济方面的后果。癌症是工作场所中日益明显的一个问题。随着癌症早期识别和治疗技术的进步以及劳动人口老龄化，面临重返工作岗位挑战并在工作时实现生产力最大化的幸存者数量将会增加。需要开展研究来确定影响癌症幸存者工作的障碍，并评估创新干预措施，以帮助这些劳动者重返工作岗位并在工作中取得长期成功。肌肉骨骼疾病仍然是美国工作残疾的主要原因之一。功能受限、疼痛、误工时间、情绪困扰和经济负担是与肌肉骨骼症状和疾病相关的诸多问题。我们在国家职业研究议程（NORA）市政厅会议上提出了未来十年这些研究需求领域。以下是我们于2005年12月5日在马里兰州大学公园市发表的证词。
