The State`s portfolio of activities includes 49 projects dealing with work-related morbidity and mortality, exposure reduction or specific interest groups. [2] These states are funded by a research cooperation mechanism. The latest announcement (2014) is available at grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-275.html. NIOSH has a long history of conducting research to understand and reduce hazards in the commercial fishing industry. This research was conducted largely in close collaboration with U.S. crews, industry, and the Coast Guard. To learn more about NIOSH`s work in the area of commercial fishing safety and health, visit www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fishing/default.html. For its government cooperation in monitoring and response, NIOSH plans to move from a research cooperation approach to a non-cooperative approach. The CDC generally defines public health research as an activity that develops or contributes to the improvement of generalizing knowledge to improve public health practices; Non-research activity is an activity that aims to identify and control a health problem or to improve a public health programme or public health service. [3] A non-research mechanism could be a cooperation agreement for the practice of public health or another type of cooperation agreement and may or may not be better suited to the scope of activities normally carried out by occupational health programmes in the context of public health. The author`s final manuscript, reviewed by experts, is defined as the final version accepted for publication in the journal and contains all changes to the peer review process as well as all graphics and additional documents associated with the article.

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