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.

项目摘要 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）是美国认可的美国四个学士学位计划之一 Abet的自然科学认证委员会（ANSAC）。该计划需要OHS专业 化学小调，因毕业的合格工业卫生学家而赢得了声誉 为这个地理区域及其他地区的工人和员工提供宝贵的服务。入学 计划仍然足够，必要的OHS课程提供并实现可行的毕业 输出。 NIOSH培训项目赠款（TPG）的延续对于保持有效至关重要 具有良好学术优点的招募和留住学生，以保持学术的当前期望 质量，并扩展到可预见的新机会。此提案的目标 NIOSH-TPG的延续是三倍：（i）促进并进一步招募合格的学生 OHS领域； （ii）支持和加强持续的学术改进； （iii）扩展和 开发OHS计划的教育机会和服务。 招聘将由学术科学（NIOSH TPG和部门）和战略促进 涉及校园活动的招聘和保留工作，以促进当前专业的保留和目标 非关注专业；校外活动的重点是确定为饲养学校和学校的地区高中 人口不足；并使用定制的视频进行了增强的社交媒体活动 突出显示OHS专业。持续改进将通过定期评估来实现 教育目标，学生成果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发国际合作的倡议 学位课程以及对添加相关硕士课程的潜在和机会的评估。 NIOSH TPG在支持该地区的OHS外壳方面支持该学士学位 大学。从威胁其可行性的惨淡的入学数字中，Una OHS计划盛开 成功的学术课程通常被UNA管理员强调为模范，并注意到 利益相关者是OHS进步的有效贡献者。该赠款的中止 当然会阻止成功的持续道路，并影响我们招募学生的能力，尤其是那些 多年来，我们已经看到我们已经在填充了我们的计划的学生。