Central Appalachain Region Educational Research Center

描述(由申请人提供)：阿巴拉契亚中部地区教育和研究中心(CARERC)将为职业安全和健康专业人员提供为期3年的研究生和继续教育，为期3年，2012年7月至2015年6月。具体地说，我们的目标是(1)为研究生和职业医学住院医生提供跨学科的职业安全和健康教育；(2)提高学生和教师在目标学科的研究技能；(3)鼓励和开展各种职业病和伤害的跨学科研究；(4)提供持续教育、咨询和外展服务，以解决环境和职业安全与健康方面的问题；以及(5)将研究转化为预防实践。CARERC的范围包括肯塔基州东部、北卡罗来纳州西部、田纳西州东部、弗吉尼亚州西部和西弗吉尼亚州南部的县，这些县的职业伤害和死亡率居高不下，特别是在生产、农业、林业、采矿和运输业。CARERC结合了肯塔基大学公共卫生学院(职业医学住院医师、职业流行病学和伤害公共卫生硕士、公共卫生公共卫生硕士)、英国护理学院(职业护理学博士)、英国工程学院(矿山安全与健康硕士和博士)和东肯塔基大学司法与安全学院(职业安全硕士)的资源。CARERC将与其他地区机构以及行业、劳工和政府合作，在其试点研究计划(PRP)、外联计划和继续教育计划(CE)中合作，以提高研究能力并催化将研究转化为实践。我们计划每年支持以下数量的实习生：3名职业医学实习生；6名博士生，6英里/小时和8名核心项目的硕士研究生。在我们现有优势和地位的基础上，CARERC将成为职业安全和健康跨学科研究的催化剂，并成为创新教育和培训的集中资源中心。 与公共健康相关：在我们现有研究计划优势的基础上，并响应阿巴拉契亚中部对创新、协调的职业安全和健康培训的需求，拟建的阿巴拉契亚中部地区教育和研究中心(CARERC)将提供前所未有的有针对性的指导、培训和应用研究，同时作为公认的知识和专业知识来源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center (CARERC) will provide graduate and continuing education for occupational safety and health professionals for the 3-year period July 2012-June 2015. Specifically, we aim to (1) provide interdisciplinary occupational safety and health education for graduate students and occupational medicine residents; (2) enhance the research skills of students and faculty in the targeted disciplines; (3) encourage and conduct interdisciplinary research on a variety of occupational diseases and injuries; (4) deliver continuing education, consultation and outreach to address environmental and occupational safety and health concerns; and (5) translate research into prevention practice. CARERC's scope includes counties in eastern Kentucky, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, and southern West Virginia, where elevated rates of occupational injuries and fatalities persist, particularly in production agriculture, forestry, mining, and transportation. CARERC combines the resources of the University of Kentucky College of Public Health (Occupational Medicine Residency, MPH and PhD in Occupational Epidemiology and Injury, and MPH in Agricultural Safety and Health); the UK College of Nursing (PhD In Occupational Nursing); the UK College of Engineering (MS and PhD in Mine Safety & Health), and the Eastern Kentucky University College of Justice & Safety (MS in Occupational Safety). CARERC will collaborate with other regional institutions as well as industry, labor, and government in its Pilot Research Program (PRP), Outreach, and Continuing Education (CE) programs to enhance research capacity and catalyze the translation of research to practice. We plan to support the following number of trainees each year: 3 occupational medicine residents; 6 doctoral students, 6 MPH and 8 MS students across the core programs. Building on our existing strengths and stature, CARERC will serve as a catalyst for interdisciplinary research in occupational safety and health and a centralized resource center for innovative education and training. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Building on the strengths of our existing research programs and responding to the need for innovative, coordinated occupational safety and health training in central Appalachia, the proposed Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center (CARERC) will provide unprecedented levels of targeted instruction, training, and applied research while serving as a recognized source of knowledge and expertise.