OHAO SPECIAL MEETING AND MEMBERS ONLY WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2025

Join us on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM for an OHAO Special Meeting to approve the Accountant for 2025/2026 and proposed minor revisions to the OHAO bylaws followed by a members only webinar - Total Worker Health with Deborah Nelson, MPH, PhD, CIH, FAIHA.

Special Meeting: The purpose of the special meeting will be to approve the accountant for 2025/26 as we were not able to do that at the 2025 AGM and to approve minor proposed revisions for clarity to the OHAO bylaws. Click here to review the proposed bylaw updates. Click here for the proxy form and special meeting agenda. Proxies are due before end of day Tuesday, December 9.

Members Only Webinar:  OHAO is proud to present this special members only webinar:

From TWH to Total Community Health: Exploring ideas to further improve worker health, safety, and well-being

Integration of injury and illness protection programs with programs designed to improve worker health and safety, along with recognition of factors that arise from outside the workplace, are not new ideas, having been suggested by the World Health Organization in the early 1980s.  Perhaps the best-known approach to putting these concepts into practice is the US NIOSH Total Worker Health® approach, which is described as “policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with promotion of injury and illness prevention efforts to advance worker well-being “. This presentation will discuss the fundamental concepts of TWH, provide practical examples, and illustrate the importance of employee engagement. We will explore worker health, safety, and well-being within the context of Total Community Health, and briefly examine community strengthening practices which can improve community health and well-being, and potentially lead to improved worker health, safety, and well-being.

Speaker: Deborah Imel Nelson, MPH, PhD, CIH, FAIHA

Deborah Imel Nelson, PhD, CIH, FAIHA, earned her B.S.in Environmental Science and M.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Oklahoma College of Engineering, in Norman, Oklahoma, and her Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) and Ph.D. in Environmental Health from the Hudson College of Public Health. Her professional career began at OSHA in 1975, “very likely as the first woman industrial hygienist in Oklahoma”. She was certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene (1981 – 2025) and is a Fellow of the American Industrial Hygiene Association.

For Deborah's Full Bio Click Here

Agenda:

11:45 AM to 12:00 PM- OHAO Special Meeting to Approve Accountant and Bylaws

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Members Only Webinar

Location: Zoom Webinar

NOTE: YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE YOUR LINK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR UNTIL DECEMBER 9 VIA EMAIL.