Agricultural Safety and Health Training for Public Health Graduate Students

描述(由申请者提供)：我们建议为正在攻读公共卫生硕士(MPH)或公共卫生博士(DrPH)学位的学生开发和提供以农业健康和安全为重点的培训项目补助金(TPG)。该项目将由NIOSH资助的肯塔基大学公共卫生学院东南农业健康和伤害预防中心管理。拟议的农业人口健康(HAP)TPG将把农业安全和健康培训应用于传统的公共卫生课程、研究培训和实地经验。HAP-TPG将把农业职业安全和健康的交叉能力添加到四个公共卫生学科中，特别是卫生服务管理、健康行为、流行病学和环境健康。HAP-TPG在2001年通过东南中心资助的一个成功的小规模公共卫生和公共卫生政策农业健康课程上进行了扩展。目前提供的农业卫生课程序列不是TPG，它只提供部分学费和研究支持，没有津贴。截至2005年8月，2名博士研究生和2名时速2英里的学生获得了HAP重点领域称号，9名学生(时速8英里和1英里/小时)目前进入了HAP课程。我们预计在2005年秋季学期开始时，还会有6名学生加入这个项目。在拟议的HAP-TPG中，公共卫生硕士学生将需要41-44个学期的学时才能毕业，其中20个学期的学时将直接与农业健康、安全和伤害研究有关。博士研究生在建议的HAP-TPG将需要完成74-78个学期的学时才能毕业，其中23-29个学期的学时将与HAP-TPG相关。在2006至2011年间，预计至少有16英里/小时和4名博士研究生毕业于TPG。计划实施强有力的评价和多样化的招聘战略。肯塔基大学承诺每年为注册该TPG的学生支付58,128美元的学费。新的TPG计划与公共卫生高度相关，因为它将增加公共卫生从业人员和研究人员的数量，他们通过预防、干预、实践和研究来解决农业职业问题。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): We propose to develop and offer a training project grant (TPG) focused on agricultural health and safety for students seeking a Master of Public Health (MPH) or Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree. The program will be administered by the NIOSH-funded Southeast Center for Agricultural Health & Injury Prevention at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health. The proposed Health of Agricultural Populations (HAP) TPG will apply agricultural safety and health training across traditional public health coursework, research training and field experiences. The HAP-TPG will add cross-cutting competencies for occupational safety and health in agriculture into four public health disciplines, specifically health services management, health behavior, epidemiology, and environmental health. The HAP-TPG expands on a successful small-scale MPH and DrPH agricultural health curriculum funded in 2001 via the Southeast Center. The currently offered agricultural health curriculum sequence is not a TPG, and it provides only fractional tuition and research support without stipends. As of August 2005, 2 DrPH students and 2 MPH students have graduated with a HAP Emphasis Area designation, and 9 students (8 MPH and 1 DrPH) are currently enrolled in the HAP curriculum. We anticipate 6 additional students will join the program when fall semester 2005 classes begin. MPH students in the proposed HAP-TPG will require 41-44 semester hours to graduate, of which 20 semester hours will be directly related to agricultural health and safety and injury research. DrPH students in the proposed HAP-TPG will need to complete 74-78 semester hours to graduate, of which 23-29 semester hours will be HAP-TPG related. Between 2006 and 2011, at least 16 MPH and 4 DrPH graduates of the TPG are expected. Strong evaluation and diversity recruitment strategies are planned. The University of Kentucky is committing $58,128 per year for tuition for students enrolled in this TPG. The new TPG program is highly relevant to public health because it will increase the number of public health practitioners and researchers who address agricultural occupational problems through prevention, intervention, practice and research.