Occupational Health Internship Program

职业健康实习计划

• 批准号: 9282291
• 负责人: Robert J Harrison
• 金额: $ 9.24万
• 依托单位: ASSOCIATION/OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIR CLINICS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9282291
• 关键词: Occupational; Health; Internship; Program

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of the Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP) program is to identify and provide training for the next generation of occupational health professionals. Three major training objectives underlie the program. Over the course of a summer, each of the OHIP trainees gains an understanding of: the importance of work-related health and safety hazards in determining the health of workers and the general community; the changing nature of the workforce and importance of designing health and safety interventions to meet the needs of specific and diverse worker groups; and the role of occupational health and safety professionals in reducing workplace health and safety hazards. The second goal of OHIP is to increase diversity in the occupational health disciplines by aggressively recruiting and mentoring students from minority and immigrant backgrounds. Many of the over 300 applicants we receive each year are from underrepresented minorities (URMs), and the majority we accept into the program are from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Of the 157 students over the nine years of the program, a majority (85%) is fluent in a second language and 17% speak a third language. Thus, many of our students bring special language and cultural skills that are essential to the success of the project. In addition, the majority of our field-based projects serve low wage and immigrant worker populations. Each OHIP team completes three "deliverables" during their 9-week project: (1) Educational materials that can be used by their host organization (union, community based organization, agency, etc.) to improve worker knowledge of safety and health hazards; (2) Summary of their findings in PowerPoint format to be presented at the end of the summer through videoconference links; and (3) Written summary reports of project objectives, methods, results and recommendations. OHIP project personnel and mentors from around the country, each with considerable health and safety experience, work to ensure that the internships will be successful. This includes extensive national recruitment for applicants, careful selection of student projects, conduct of a three-day national orientation training, and effective mentorship and supervision throughout the summer. Post-summer communication with the trainees solidifies their interest in occupational health. A national advisory board composed of nationally recognized educators and scientists continues to play a key role in overseeing the program.

职业健康实习计划（OHIP）的主要目标是为下一代职业健康专业人员确定和提供培训。该计划的三大培训目标。在一个夏天的过程中，OHIP的每一个学员都了解到：与工作有关的健康和安全危害在确定工人和一般社区健康方面的重要性;劳动力不断变化的性质以及设计健康和安全干预措施以满足特定和不同工人群体需求的重要性;以及职业健康和安全专业人员在减少工作场所健康和安全危害方面的作用。OHIP的第二个目标是通过积极招募和指导来自少数民族和移民背景的学生来增加职业健康学科的多样性。我们每年收到的300多名申请人中有许多来自代表性不足的少数民族（URM），我们接受的大多数申请人来自不同的种族和社会经济背景。在九年的课程中，157名学生中，大多数（85%）能流利地使用第二语言，17%能说第三语言。因此，我们的许多学生带来了特殊的语言和文化技能，这对项目的成功至关重要。此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 我们的大多数实地项目服务于低工资和移民工人群体。每个OHIP团队在他们为期9周的项目中完成三个“交付物”：（1）可供其主办组织（工会，社区组织，机构等）使用的教育材料。（2）在夏季结束时通过视频会议链接以PowerPoint格式提交其调查结果摘要;以及（3）关于项目目标、方法、结果和建议的书面摘要报告。来自全国各地的OHIP项目人员和导师，每个人都有相当多的健康和安全经验，他们努力确保实习取得成功。这包括在全国范围内广泛招募申请人，精心挑选学生项目，进行为期三天的全国定向培训，以及整个夏季的有效指导和监督。暑期后与学员的交流加强了他们对职业健康的兴趣。一个由全国公认的教育工作者和科学家组成的国家咨询委员会继续在监督该方案方面发挥关键作用。