NORA Respiratory Health Council

Outreach

Faces of Work-Related Asthma video series

Four short videos that provide physician and patient discussion on work-related asthma, how it is diagnosed, impacts on daily living, and how to treat it.

• What is Work-related Asthma?
• Diagnosis
• Impact
• Treatment

Safety Data Sheets—You have a right to know

Safety Data Sheets provide vital information about potential safety and health hazards for materials used in many industries. NORA and NIOSH want to ensure workers are aware of this important resource.

• Safety Data Sheets – You have a right to know
• HOJAS DE DATOS DE SEGURIDAD – Usted tiene derecho a saber

Faces of Work-Related COPD video series

Four short videos that provide physician and patient discussion on work-related COPD, work exposures, quality of life, and minimizing risks.

• What is Work-related COPD? (English l Spanish)
• COPD and Work-related Exposure (English l Spanish)
• COPD and Quality of Life (English l Spanish)
• COPD-Minimizing the Risks (English l Spanish)

Investigating COPD risk factors meeting

The Council and NIOSH hosted a two-day webinar event, Opportunities and Tools to Investigate Occupational Risk Factors for COPD in 2022. Fifteen world-class speakers shared about work-related COPD and opportunities for research. The recordings are available for viewing below:

• Day 1
  • Keynote address and case studies on diagnosing and managing work-related COPD
  • COPD not due to smoking, and epidemiologic studies of work-related COPD
    
• Day 2
  • Findings from basic/mechanistic research relevant to work-related COPD
  • Research opportunities and tools for studying work-related COPD

Respiratory Health Priorities Document

International Perspectives on Priorities for Occupational Respiratory Health 2023

In 2023, the Council conducted discussions with six occupational health experts about priorities for occupational respiratory health. The experts identified numerous priorities related to different topics. The priorities recorded in this document are a resource that Council members and other organizations can use when developing an agenda for research and intervention in occupational respiratory health

Cross-sector description

The Council addresses the harmful effects of hazardous respiratory exposures. It focuses on:

• Lower airways diseases (e.g., asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease)
• Upper airways diseases (e.g., rhinosinusitis)
• Interstitial lung diseases (e.g., coal workers' pneumoconiosis, asbestosis, silicosis)
• Respiratory infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, influenza, anthrax, emerging infectious diseases)
• Respiratory tract and pleural malignancies (e.g., lung cancer, mesothelioma)
• Emerging exposures and related diseases (e.g., engineered nanomaterials, World Trade Center dust, flavoring chemicals)

The NIOSH Respiratory Health Program facilitates the work of the Council and coordinates NIOSH research in this cross-sector.

Members

The Council has a co-chair from the NIOSH Respiratory Health Program and one from a partner organization. The NIOSH Respiratory Health Program helps to facilitate the work of the Council. Members attend meetings and participate in workgroups.

Current members

Contact

Use the form below to email the NORA coordinator to get more information or to volunteer for a council.