Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center

描述(由申请人提供)：科罗拉多州、新墨西哥州、亚利桑那州、怀俄明州、蒙大拿州、北达科他州和南达科他州等山区和平原州共有一系列共同的问题，这些问题超出了现有的职业健康资源：人口增长，大量服务不足的美洲原住民和拉丁裔工人，与地区相关的与工作相关的健康问题(如采矿、能源、农业)，以及距离职业健康卓越教育中心的地理距离。随着2008年预计在科罗拉多州开设一所新的公共卫生合作学院，将有来自三所大学的教职员工和学生参加，迫切需要将该地区的职业卫生方案调整为一个连贯的、综合的、多学科的单位。拟议中的新的山区和平原教育和研究中心(MAP ERC)的目标是帮助促进职业健康方面的跨学科、综合研究生教育；改善服务不足地区的继续教育和外联活动；支持推进Nora议程的试点研究项目；以及满足少数族裔的招募和保留需求，特别是美洲原住民和拉丁裔群体。MAP ERC将包括来自科罗拉多大学丹佛分校和健康科学中心、国家犹太医学和研究中心以及科罗拉多州立大学的五个项目：工业卫生学(IH)和职业医学住院医师(OMR)核心课程，以及健康物理学(HP)、人体工程学(ERGO)和职业健康心理学(OHP)的联合健康课程。这些计划中的前四个目前部分是作为NIOSH的个人培训赠款提供资金的。所有学校都提供研究生(硕士或博士)或博士后/住院医师级别的培训。每年，MAP ERC将培训5名IH、4名OMR、5名HP、5名ERGO和3名OHP。持续教育，特别强调最先进的远程学习工具，预计在第一年为1400多人提供培训。这个新中心与科罗拉多州立大学三族中心、美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民项目以及科罗拉多大学丹佛分校多样性办公室和印第安人健康服务中心合作，并通过与邻近的ERC合作，将使用创新的方法和社区联盟来改善该地区和国家面临的职业健康差距。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mountain and plains states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota share a common set of problems that outstrip existing occupational health resources: rising population, large groups of underserved Native American and Latino workers, region-specific work-related health issues (e.g., mining, energy, agriculture), and geographic distance from educational centers of excellence in occupational health. With the anticipated 2008 opening of a new Collaborative School of Public Health in the State of Colorado that will incorporate faculty and students from three universities, there is an immediate need to align the region's occupational health programs into a coherent, integrated, multidisciplinary unit. The objectives of the new, proposed Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC) are to help promote interdisciplinary, integrated graduate education in occupational health; to improve continuing education and outreach activities in an underserved region; to support pilot research projects that advance the NORA agenda; and to address minority recruitment and retention needs, with particular emphasis on Native Americans and Latino groups. The MAP ERC will incorporate five programs from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, and Colorado State University: Core programs in Industrial Hygiene (IH) and Occupational Medicine Residency (OMR), and allied health programs in Health Physics (HP), Ergonomics (ERGO), and Occupational Health Psychology (OHP). The first four of these programs are currently funded, in part, as individual NIOSH training grants. All provide either graduate (masters or doctoral) or postdoctoral/ residency level training. Annually, the MAP ERC will train 5 in IH, 4 in OMR, 5 in HP, 5 in ERGO, and 3 in OHP. Continuing Education, with particular emphasis on state-of-the-art distance learning tools, is expected to provide training for over 1400 in year one. Working in concert with the Tri-ethnic Center at Colorado State University, the American Indian and Alaska Native Programs and the Office of Diversity at University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Indian Health Service, and by collaborating with neighboring ERCs, this new Center will use innovative approaches and community alliances to improve the occupational health disparities facing the region and nation.