Social Concerns Committee 

The mission of the committee is:

To provide a forum for identifying and responding to social issues related to occupational and environmental health.

Goals and Objectives

Goal: Provide input on the development and implementation of governmental, academic, industrial, and labor policies concerned with the occupational and environmental health of workers.

Objective #1: Respond to the potential for discriminatory action based on occupational and environmental health policies.

Strategies:

  • Assess the impact of occupational and environmental health policies on workers and other populations.
  • Respond to AIHA Board requests to address specific issues.
  • Meet at the AIHce and at other times as appropriate.

Objective #2: Raise the level of awareness of relevant social issues among occupational and environmental health professionals.

Strategies:

  • Work with other AIHA committees whose output may have implications relative to social issues.
  • Solicit papers; organize sessions; and provide session arrangers, chairs, and monitors for the AIHce.
  • Develop and recommend positions to the AIHA Board.