Deep South Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center

描述（由申请人提供）：通过满足其使命的发展专业人员谁保护和促进工人的健康和安全，通过跨学科的教育，研究和推广计划，深南中心一直是职业安全和健康资源，自1982年以来的东南部。该中心的行政核心设在伯明翰（UAB）公共卫生学院的亚拉巴马大学，并包括一个执行委员会，顾问委员会，外展，多样性，诺拉和试点项目研究培训计划和跨学科协调。该中心提供了在工业卫生（IH）和有害物质学术培训（HSAT）在公共卫生，职业健康护理（OHN）在护理，职业安全和人体工程学（OSE）的UAB学校专业领域的硕士和博士学术研究的机会和职业伤害预防研究培训（OPIRT）在工程的奥本大学学院，和农业安全和健康（AgSH）在亚拉巴马大学社区健康科学学院。我们正在请求支持IH的七名全日制学生，HSAT的三名，OHN的九名，OSE的五名，OPIRT的三名和AgSH的七名。我们建议在采矿、建筑和公共管理部门进行诺拉研究，并在此申请中提出了一个试点项目研究培训计划。我们的继续教育和有害物质培训计划也位于UAB公共卫生学院，预计在项目期间每年为约900名与会者提供60多门课程。我们完善的学术课程，由国家认可的教师授课，灌输给我们的学生对职业安全和健康专业的跨学科性质的欣赏。这些计划的生产力是由我们的毕业生的80%仍然在职业安全和健康专业执业表示，约65%位于美国东南部我们参与适用于我们地区的行业研究，我们的继续教育和推广计划通过相关和有效的培训课程和研讨会提高了从业人员的知识和技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): By meeting its mission of developing professionals who protect and promote the health and safety of workers through interdisciplinary education, research, and outreach programs, the Deep South Center has been an occupational safety and health resource to the southeast since 1982. The Center Administrative Core is housed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health, and includes an Executive Committee, Board of Advisors, Outreach, Diversity, NORA and Pilot Project Research Training programs and interdisciplinary coordination. The Center provides opportunities for masters and doctoral academic studies in the fields of industrial hygiene (IH) and a specialty in hazardous substances academic training (HSAT) at the UAB School of Public Health, occupational health nursing (OHN) at the UAB School of Nursing, occupational safety and ergonomics (OSE) and a specialty in occupational injury prevention research training (OPIRT) at the Auburn University College of Engineering, and agricultural safety and health (AgSH) at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. We are requesting support for seven full time students in IH, three in HSAT, nine in OHN, five in OSE, three in OPIRT, and seven in AgSH. We are proposing to conduct NORA research the mining, construction and public administration sectors, and a pilot projects research training program is also proposed in this application. Our Continuing Education and Hazardous Substance Training programs, also located in the UAB School of Public Health, anticipate offering over 60 courses to about 900 attendees in each year of the project period. Our well established academic programs, taught by nationally-recognized faculty members, instill in our students an appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the occupational safety and health professions. The productivity of these programs is indicated by 80% of our graduates still practicing in the occupational safety and health professions, and about 65% are located in the southeast U.S. We are involved in research applicable to the industries in our region, and our continuing education and outreach programs have enhanced the knowledge and skills of practitioners through relevant and effective training courses and seminars.