[Expertise in occupational health nursing (II)--Report on the 17th UOEH International Symposium].

Three hundred and fifty-two OHNs and collaborative persons from 17 countries and the ILO assembled at UOEH to participate in the 17th UOEH International Symposium to commemorate the inauguration of the UOEH School of Health Sciences from October 20 to 22, 1997. The main theme of this Symposium was "Occupational Health Nurse (OHM) Expertise." The Symposium was opened by greetings from Dr. Akira Koizumi, followed by a message from ILO presented by Dr. G.H. Cappee, head of the Medical Section Occupational Safety & Health Branch, ILO. Dr. Bonnie Rogers of North Carolina University, Chapel Hill, and President of AAOHN, lectured on the main theme of the Symposium, and Dr. M.A. Fingerhut gave a lecture on "Partnership in Occupational Safety and Health." At the general sessions, 5 themes were discussed.--1) Partnership in Occupational Health, 2) Education and Training of OHNs, 3) Intervention/Behavior to Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4) How to Integrate Computing into Occupation Health Nursing and 5) Cost/Benefit Effectiveness of Occupational Health Nursing. For all 5 sessions, there were keynote lectures, oral and poster presentations. This report reviews the lectures by Dr. B. Rogers on "Expertise in Occupational Health Nursing," by Dr. Kuchinski on "Education and Training of Occupational Health Nurses in The US," the presentation by Mrs. J. Fanchette, DIUST/GIT Service de Pathologie Professionnelle Hospital Civil, France, on "Evaluation of An Interuniversity Diploma Course Occupational Health Nurse Qualification," by Dr. K. June, Soonchunhyang Univ., Korea, on "Transition of Occupational Health Nursing Education in Korea" and finally, the lecture by Dr. F. Mitsuhashi on "Revisions in the Industrial Safety and Health Law and Expected Models for Occupational Health Nursing Staff."