Central Appalachian Region Educational Research Center

中央阿巴拉契亚地区教育和研究中心（CARERC）为职业，安全和健康专业人员提供研究生和继续教育，为期5年，2014年7月至2019年6月。具体而言，我们（1）为研究生提供跨学科的职业安全与健康教育;（2）提高学生和教师在目标学科的研究技能;（3）鼓励并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，以解决环境和职业安全与健康问题;（5）为研究生提供职业安全与健康教育。（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持续上升，特别是在农业、林业、采矿和运输业。CARERC结合了肯塔基州大学公共卫生学院（职业流行病学和伤害硕士和博士，农业安全与健康硕士）的资源;英国护理学院（职业护理博士）;英国工程学院（矿山安全与健康硕士和博士），以及东部肯塔基州大学司法与安全学院（职业安全硕士）。CARERC与其他区域机构以及行业，劳工和政府在其试点研究计划（PRP），推广和继续教育（CE）计划合作，以提高研究能力，促进研究转化为实践。我们计划每年支持以下数量的学员：9名博士生，7名MPH和BMS学生。在我们的优势和地位的基础上，经过一年的NIOSH资助，CARERC将继续作为职业安全和健康跨学科研究的催化剂，以及创新教育和培训的集中资源中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Central Appalachian Regional Education and Research Center (CARERC) provides graduate and continuing education for occupational, safety and health professionals for the 5-year period July 2014-June 2019. Specifically, we (1) provide interdisciplinary occupational safety and health education for graduate students; (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 (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 collaborates 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: 9 doctoral students, 7 MPH and BMS students across the core programs. Building on our strengths and stature after only one year of NIOSH funding, CARERC will continue to serve as a catalyst for interdisciplinary research in occupational safety and health and a centralized resource center for innovative education and training.