Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grant in Industrial Hygiene

工业卫生职业安全健康培训计划资助

• 批准号: 10683778
• 负责人: Leshan J Kimbrough
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10683778
• 关键词: Occupational; Safety; Health; Training; Project

PROJECT SUMMARY The University of North Alabama (UNA) Occupational Health Science (OHS) Program (formerly called Industrial Hygiene) is one of four baccalaureate programs in the United States accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC) of ABET. The program, which requires a major in OHS and chemistry minor, has earned a reputation for graduating a pool of qualified industrial hygienists who provide valuable services to workers and employers in this geographical region and beyond. Enrollment in the program remains sufficient, necessitating consistent offerings of OHS courses and yielding viable graduation outputs. The continuation of the NIOSH Training Project Grant (TPG) is essential to remain effective in recruiting and retaining students with good scholastic merits, to maintain the current expectations of academic quality, and to expand into new and promising foreseeable opportunities. The objectives of this proposal for the continuation of the NIOSH-TPG are threefold: (i) to promote and further the recruitment of qualified students in the OHS field; (ii) to support and strengthen continuous academic improvement; and (iii) to expand and develop the educational opportunities and services of the OHS Program. Recruitment will be promoted by academic scholarships (NIOSH TPG and departmental) and strategic recruitment and retention efforts involving on-campus events to promote retention of current majors and target undecided majors; off-campus events focused on area high schools identified as feeder schools and schools with underrepresented populations; and an enhanced social media campaign utilizing custom made videos highlighting the OHS major. Continuous improvement will be approached by periodic evaluations of educational objectives, annual evaluations of student outcomes, and timely correction of shortcomings. Expanded educational opportunities will include an initiative to develop international collaborations for this degree program and an evaluation of the potential and opportunity to add a related master’s program. The NIOSH TPG has been pivotal in supporting this baccalaureate program in OHS housed at a regional university. From dismal enrollment figures that threatened its viability, the UNA OHS program blossomed into a successful academic program that is often highlighted as exemplary by UNA administrators and noticed by stakeholders as an effective contributor to the advancement of OHS. The discontinuation of this grant may certainly halt the continuous path of success and affect our ability to recruit students, particularly those academically gifted students whom we have seen populating our program over the years.

项目总结 北阿拉巴马大学(UNA)职业健康科学(OHS)计划(以前称为 工业卫生)是美国应用和卫生委员会认可的四个学士学位课程之一 教唆自然科学认证委员会(ANSAC)。该项目需要OHS专业的学生 辅修化学，因毕业于一批合格的工业卫生员而闻名 为本地区及其他地区的工人和雇主提供有价值的服务。报名参加 计划仍然足够，需要持续提供OHS课程并产生可行的毕业 产出。NIOSH培训项目补助金(TPG)的继续对在#年保持有效至关重要 招收和留住学业成绩好的学生，保持目前对学业的期望 质量，并扩展到新的和有前途的可预见的机会。这项提案的目标是 NIOSH-TPG的延续有三个方面：(I)促进和进一步招收符合条件的学生 (Ii)支持和加强学术上的持续改进；及(Iii)扩展和 发展OHS计划的教育机会和服务。 将通过学术奖学金(NIOSH、TPG和部门)和战略奖学金来促进招聘 涉及校园活动的招聘和留住努力，以促进现有专业和目标的留住 尚未确定的专业；校外活动集中在被确定为支线学校和学校的地区高中 人口代表性不足；以及利用定制视频加强社交媒体宣传活动 突出OHS专业。将通过定期评估来实现持续改进 教育目标，对学生成绩的年度评估，以及及时纠正缺点。 扩大的教育机会将包括为此开展国际合作的倡议。 学位课程和对增加相关硕士课程的潜力和机会的评估。 NIOSH TPG在支持OHS的学士学位课程方面发挥了关键作用，该课程设在一个地区性的 上大学。从威胁其生存能力的惨淡注册数字，UNA OHS计划发展成为一个 成功的学术项目，经常被UNA管理者强调为模范，并受到 将利益攸关方作为推进职业健康和健康制度的有效贡献者。本授权书的终止可 当然，停止连续的成功之路，影响我们招收学生的能力，特别是那些 多年来，我们在我们的项目中看到了学业上有天赋的学生。