Call for Papers: History of OHS

New Solutions, A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, has issued a call for papers on the topic of the history of occupational health and safety. The journal will publish a special issue on the subject, highlighting ways to build on that history to address health and safety in the 21st century workplace. The journal seeks manuscripts of the following nature:

• discussions of the connection between workers' health in the workplace and in the community, including the need for protecting the natural environment;
• occupational health in unconventional public health settings that demonstrates the importance of on-the-ground engagement toward health in all policies, grassroots efforts in workplace protections and policy achievements;
• profiles of influential people or groups in workplace health and safety.

Submissions are due March 15, 2014, and must be made through the journal website. Visit the site for information about the journal and to download submission guidelines.