Deep South Occupational Safety & Health Education & Research Center-Supplement

描述(申请人提供)：农业已被公认为美国最危险的行业之一。农场的危险导致农业社区的过度死亡率、发病率和残疾，但这部分人口的安全和健康需求在很大程度上没有得到满足。为了满足美国东南部的农业安全和健康需求，阿拉巴马大学农村医学学者计划(RSMP)现有的硕士学位部分的范围将扩大到重点关注农业安全和健康(RMSP-AG)。扩大后的计划将把RMSP的现有农业医学组成部分，包括阿拉巴马大学的安全州OSHA咨询计划和阿拉巴马州合作推广系统，与深南ERC的职业安全和健康教育计划整合在一起。RMSP-AG将从核心公共卫生课程的基本基础、工业卫生和职业安全以及人体工程学的基础上教授农业安全和健康，重点放在职业安全和健康的跨学科活动上，并在整个过程中特别关注农业安全和健康。本课程将包括为期一年(36学期外加项目)的硕士学习，为具有本科生和/或研究生学术背景的个人在学术界、研究和私营行业作为农业职业健康和安全专业人员寻求成功的职业生涯做好准备。将RMSP-AG项目纳入深南ERC将使RMSP-AG学生接触到职业医学、工业卫生、职业健康护理以及职业安全和人体工程学方面的学生，并参与他们之间的跨学科互动，反过来将通过为所有深南ERC学生提供机会培养他们对农业和职业医学实践的认识来补充他们的培训。预计每年将有多达6名RMSP-AG毕业生成为医生，每年约有4名实习生将利用这一农业安全和健康硕士专业知识来进一步发展他们现有的职业生涯，如社区卫生护士、人类和环境科学科学家、农业工程师和农业/推广专家。该计划的长期目标将是培养一批医生和农业安全与健康专家，他们将致力于在农村社区预防伤害和疾病。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Agriculture has been recognized as one of the most hazardous industries in the U.S. Hazards on farms contribute to excessive mortality, morbidity, and disability among the agricultural community, yet the safety and health needs of this segment of the population go largely unmet. To address the agricultural safety and health needs of the southeast U.S., the scope of the existing master's degree component of the Rural Medical Scholars Program (RSMP) at the University of Alabama will be expanded to include a focus on agricultural safety and health (RMSP-AG). The expanded program will integrate existing agromedicine components of the RMSP, including the Safe State OSHA Consultation Program at the University of Alabama and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, with the occupational safety and health educational programs of the Deep South ERC. The RMSP-AG will teach agricultural safety and health from a basic foundation of core public health courses, a basis in industrial hygiene and occupational safety and ergonomics with a strong emphasis on occupational safety and health interdisciplinary activities, and a specific focus throughout on agricultural safety and health. This curriculum will involve one-year (36 semester hours plus project) of master's study to prepare individuals with undergraduate and/or graduate science academic backgrounds to pursue successful careers in academia, research and private industry as agricultural occupational health and safety professionals. Inclusion of the RMSP-AG Program in the Deep South ERC will result in RMSP-AG students being exposed to and participating in interdisciplinary interaction with students in occupational medicine, industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, and occupational safety and ergonomics, and in turn will supplement the training of all Deep South ERC students by providing them with opportunities to develop an awareness of the practice of agricultural and occupational medicine. It is anticipated that as many as 6 RMSP-AG graduates per year will become physicians, and approximately 4 trainees per year will utilize this master's specialization in agricultural safety and health to further their existing careers as community health nurses, human and environmental science scientists, agricultural engineers, and agriculture/extension specialists. The long term goal of this program will be to produce a body of physicians and agriculture safety and health specialists who will dedicate their careers to preventing injuries and disease in the rural community.