Dung Tri Phung MD, MPH

Project name/description
The Pattern of At-work Injury in Community in Vietnam

This study used the data set of the Household - Injury - Survey of Vietnam in 2004-2005 to characterize the patterns of at work injuries in Vietnam and to determine whether free and handicraft workers had higher rate of injuries than official workers did. The annual incidence rate of at work injuries in Vietnam was 7.06/ 1,000 person-year. The habit of daily alcohol consumption strongly was associated with at work injuries. The highest burden of injuries in Vietnam was in the farmers. Mechanical forces were the most common mechanism of injuries. Free/handicraft workers had rate of at work injuries that was 26% higher than official workers, with this difference being primarily explained by the fact that the free/handicraft workers were younger, less educated, and more likely to be male. Priorities for future work include developing an integrated surveillance systems for injuries and implementing further needs assessments on ways to improve the prevention of occupational injuries.

About Dr. Phung
I have been an official researcher at the National Committee for Investigation of the Consequences of the Chemicals used during the Vietnam War since 1996. Consequently, I have over ten-years of experience working on studies, investigations and mitigation programs for the long-term effects of chemical warfare in Vietnam.

Training/Education
I graduated as a general medical doctor from Ha Noi Medical University in 1994 and completed a Masters of Public Health in Occupational and Environmental Medicine from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2006

Professional Information
From 2001 to September 2006, the chief of International Co-operation Unit of Ministry of Health, 10-80 Division. Since October 2006 I move to work for Ministry of Health, Vietnam Administration of Preventive Medecine, Environmental Health Division.

Publications/Presentations
1.Wayne Dwernychuk, Hoang Dinh Cau, Christopher T.Hatfield, Thomas G.Boivin, Tran Manh Hung, Phung Tri Dung, Nguyen Dinh Thai. Dioxin Reservoirs in Southern Vietnam Ð A legacy of Agent Orange. Chemosphere 47 (2002) 117-137.

2. Tran Manh Hung, Phung Tri Dung. Epidemiological survey on the relationship between Agent Orange/ Dioxin exposure and reproductive anomalies and congenital deformities of inhabitants in A Luoi valley, Thua Thien Hue Province.

3. Hoang Dinh Cau, Tran Manh Hung, Phung Tri Dung, Pham Thien Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Ha, Dang Ngoc Dung. Assess the Functions of Thyroid Gland of People Living in some Areas Sparayed by War Chemicals in Vietnam. The Long-term Impacts of Chemicals used during the Vietnam War 1961-1971. 10-80 Committee Summary Record 2 (2000) 83-89.

4. Hoang Dinh Cau, Tran Manh Hung, Phung Tri Dung, Pham Thien Ngoc, Dang Ngoc Dung, Nguyen Thi Thuy. Finding the Effects of Dioxin with some Enzymes and IgG-IgM among inhabitants living in War Herbicide Sprayed Areas. The Long-term Impacts of Chemicals used during the Vietnam War 1961-1971. 10-80 Committee Summary Record 2 (2000) 90-101.

5. Hoang Dinh Cau, Tran Manh Hung, Le Thai Hang, Le Thi Hong Thom, Phung Tri Dung, Pham Kim Cuc. Diagnosis of Congenital Deformities Caused by Dioxin. Vietnam Medecine 5 (1998) 1-28.