OAI, Inc. Hazardous Waste Worker Training (HWWT) Consortium

HWWT -概要/摘要：总部位于芝加哥的OAI公司，唯一一个基于社区的 NIEHS HWWT获奖者中的一个组织，建议扩大其健康和安全培训计划， 针对三个代表性不足的工人群体：1）农村劳动力和志愿者 部门缺乏资源和设备进行适当培训的应对者 临时工，其中许多人是高中辍学者或在毕业后重新进入劳动力市场 监禁或无家可归，以及3）非工会工人，包括西班牙裔环境清理 路易斯安那州的工人和五个州的越南美甲沙龙工人。由Principal领导的OAI联盟 自1995年以来，研究员Tipawan Reed由代表19个州目标人群的合作伙伴组成。 重要性：拟议的预防性干预措施的中心是为儿童提供培训和保护， 上述工人群体的健康和安全受到不成比例的影响， 职业危害 方法：联合会的方法是基于实施成功的培训战略， 在过去的19年里不断发展和完善。培训员培训（TtT）的部署是一项关键战略 这有以下多重好处：1）通过乘数效应扩大培训范围2） 在联盟合作伙伴中建立当地培训能力，以及3）实现培训计划的可持续性。 OAI的TtT方法论课程整合了创新的组成部分，包括行为健康和复原力， 文化能力和社会生态模型（SEM）的应用，以及3R（减少，再利用， 回收），以加强有效利用资源的好处。通过成功的实践证明， 通过YouthBuild USA在肯塔基州和全国范围内建立伙伴关系，发展当地培训 能力培养了一批同侪培训员，他们具有文化能力，熟悉各自领域的资源， 并能够定制培训和传达关键的健康和安全信息给他们的观众。 创新：审调处将继续应用社会生态模型作为创新性评价 一种方法，不仅审查培训对参与者工作活动的影响， 在工作场所之外。一项新的创新研究将评估培训的经济效益， 接受培训者提供的关于审调处培训如何提高其以下可能性的信息：1）避免工伤， 危险暴露和2）对实际工作场所紧急情况作出有效反应。 环境：OAI WTP成功地建立了有利于其财团之间合作的环境 通过持续的技术援助、资源利用和能力建设努力，向成员国提供援助。程序 已经投资于课堂和实践培训设施以及一系列教学资源，这些资源可以 在整个五年赠款期内供联合体培训员和工作人员使用。

HWWT - PROGRAM SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Chicago-based OAI, inc., the only community-based organization among NIEHS HWWT awardees, proposes to expand its health and safety training program which targets three underrepresented worker populations: 1) Largely rural and volunteer Emergency First Responders whose departments lack resources and equipment for adequate training 2) Transitional and Temporary Workers, many of whom are high-school dropouts or re-entering the workforce following incarceration or homelessness, and 3) Non-Union Workers, including Hispanic environmental cleanup workers in Louisiana and Vietnamese nail salon workers in five states. The OAI Consortium, led by Principal Investigator Tipawan Reed since 1995, comprises partners representing target populations in 19 states. Significance: The proposed preventative interventions center on providing training to and protecting the health and safety of the above worker populations that are disproportionately affected by exposures to occupational hazards. Approach: The Consortium’s approach is based on implementation of successful training strategies that have been developed and refined over the past 19 years. Deployment of the Train-the-Trainer (TtT) is a key strategy that has the following multiple benefits: 1) extending the reach of training through the multiplier effect 2) building local training capacity among Consortium partners, and 3) achieving training program sustainability. OAI’s TtT Methodology course integrates innovative components including Behavioral Health & Resiliency, Cultural Competency and application of the Social Ecological Model (SEM), and the 3Rs (reduction, reuse, and recycling) to reinforce the benefits of using resources efficiently. As demonstrated through successful partnerships in the state of Kentucky and nationwide through YouthBuild USA, developing local training capacity generates cohorts of peer trainers who are culturally competent, familiar with resources in their areas, and capable of customizing training and conveying critical health and safety information to their audience. Innovation: OAI will continue to apply the Social Ecological Model (SEM) as an innovative evaluation approach which examines the impact of training not only on participants’ work activities, but also on activities outside the workplace. A new innovative study will assess economic benefits of the training by eliciting information from trainees on how OAI training increased their likelihood of 1) avoiding workplace injuries or hazardous exposures and 2) reacting effectively to an actual workplace emergency. Environment: OAI WTP has successfully built an environment conducive to cooperation among its consortia members through ongoing technical assistance, resource leveraging, and capacity building efforts. The program has invested in classroom and hands-on training facilities and an array of instructional resources, which can be accessed by consortium trainers and personnel throughout the five-year grant period.