Central Appalachain Region Educational Research Center

描述（由申请人提供）：中央阿巴拉契亚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研究生和继续教育，为期3年，2012年7月至2015年6月。具体而言，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）鼓励和开展对各种职业病和伤害的跨学科研究;（4）加强对职业病和伤害的研究。（4）提供持续教育、谘询和外展服务，以解决环境和职业安全及健康问题;及（5）将研究转化为预防措施。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的资源（职业医学住院医师，职业流行病学和伤害硕士和博士，农业安全与健康硕士）;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），以及东肯塔基州大学司法与安全学院（职业安全硕士）。CARERC将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，以提高研究能力并促进研究转化为实践。我们计划每年支持以下数量的学员：3名职业医学居民; 6名博士生，6名MPH和8名MS学生。在我们现有的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，以及创新教育和培训的集中资源中心。 公共卫生相关性：建立在我们现有的研究计划的优势，并响应创新，协调的职业安全和健康培训的需要在中央阿巴拉契亚，拟议中的中央阿巴拉契亚地区教育和研究中心（CARERC）将提供有针对性的教学，培训和应用研究的前所未有的水平，同时作为知识和专业知识的公认来源。

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.