PHES In the News:Chinatown Restaurant Worker Report Launch and Press Event September 17, 2010Over the past three years, staff with SFDPH's Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability have been working with the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), researchers at UC Berkeley and UCSF, and the UCB Labor Occupational Health Program to examine health and working conditions in Chinatown's restaurants. On September 17th, CPA is hosting a report launch and press event to share the findings from the worker survey. This event will inform attendees about the epidemic of labor law and health and safety violations facing San Francisco and the nation, how these conditions impact workers, the local economy and community health, and what are the ideas and vision to improve working conditions for Chinatown's and other San Francisco low wage workers. 11:30 am, Friday September 17 1042 Grant Avenue, 4th Floor Please rsvp to fiona@cpasf.org Dr. June Weintraub appointed to National Drinking Water Advisory Council August 2010Senior Epidemiologist June Weintraub was recently appointed by Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to a three year term on the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC). NDWAC is a Federal Advisory Committee that provides advice, information, and recommendations on matters related to activities, functions, policies, and regulations required by the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Council is comprised of 15 drinking water experts from across the country representing a wide range of rural, urban, and environmental interests. Study on use of syndromic surveillance for drinking water published August 2010Epidemiologist Michelle Kirian's new study Prediction of gastrointestinal disease with over-the-counter diarrheal remedy sales records in the San Francisco Bay Area was published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. This work, funded via a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Water Security Initiative, evaluated the ability of sales of over-the-counter diarrheal remedies available from the National Retail Data Monitor to predict endemic and epidemic gastrointestinal disease in the San Francisco Bay Area. The manuscript concludes that syndromic surveillance with these data may not be useful for this purpose. Domestic Worker Health and Safety August 2010Please visit our new webpage documenting the work we are doing to improve the health of domestic workers. This project is currently focused on analysis of Workers’ Compensation benefits and labor protections related to overwork, including overtime rules, paid vacation, and mandatory sleep hours.Peer Review Session for Healthy Planning Research and Tools September 23, 2010We will soon announce the speaker for the next peer review session, which will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2010 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 noon at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, 1390 Market Street, Suite 910. Please contact megan.wier@sfdph.org for more information on the Healthy Planning Research and Tools Peer Review Sessions or to be added to the email list.
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