Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center

描述（由申请人提供）：科罗拉多州、新墨西哥州、亚利桑那州、怀俄明州、蒙大拿州、北达科他州和南达科他州的山区和平原州都有一系列共同的问题，这些问题超出了现有的职业健康资源：人口增长、大量得不到服务的美洲原住民和拉丁裔工人、特定地区的工作相关健康问题（如采矿、能源、农业），以及与职业健康卓越教育中心的地理距离。山与平原教育与研究中心（MAP ERC）成立于2007年，旨在将来自五所高等院校的教师和学生纳入一个综合的多学科中心，以改善工人的健康。maperc的目标是帮助促进跨学科的职业卫生研究生教育；在服务不足的地区提供基于需求的继续教育和外展服务；支持推进国家职业研究议程的试点研究项目；改善在职业健康相关领域招聘和保留少数族裔人员的情况，特别强调土著美洲人和拉丁裔群体。MAP ERC包括科罗拉多大学丹佛分校、科罗拉多州立大学和国家犹太人健康中心的五个培训项目。核心课程包括工业卫生和职业医学住院医师。三个联合的职业健康项目提供健康物理学、人体工程学和职业健康心理学的研究生培训。都提供研究生（硕士或博士）或博士后/住院医师水平的培训。所有课程都致力于提供高度跨学科的教育体验。提出了一项新的针对性研究培训计划，以促进教师和学生的整合和转化“R2P”研究，服务于社区需求。继续教育，特别强调最先进的在线课程，每年将为1400多名从业人员提供培训。由社区伙伴关系/继续教育咨询委员会协助的外展计划汇集了许多区域专业组织，为解决工作场所的挑战创造了机会。外展方案还强调与美洲土著和拉丁裔职业卫生组织开展具有文化敏感性的合作。MAP ERC将与大学和社区组织合作，继续解决在职业保健专业中增加少数群体多样性和包容性的需要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mountain and plains states of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota share a common set of problems that outstrip existing occupational health resources: rising population, large groups of underserved Native American and Latino workers, region-specific work-related health issues (e.g. mining, energy, agriculture), and geographic distance from educational centers of excellence in occupational health. The Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC) was founded in 2007 to incorporate faculty and students from five institutions of higher learning into an integrated, multidisciplinary Center, to improve worker health. The objectives of the MAP ERC are to help promote interdisciplinary graduate education in occupational health; to provide needs-based continuing education and outreach in an underserved region; to support pilot research projects that advance the National Occupational Research Agenda; and to improve minority recruitment and retention in the allied fields of occupational health, with particular emphasis on Native Americans and Latino groups. The MAP ERC incorporates five training programs of the University of Colorado Denver, Colorado State University and National Jewish Health. Core programs include Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine Residency. Three allied occupational health programs offer graduate training in Health Physics, Ergonomics, and Occupational Health Psychology. All provide either graduate (masters or doctoral) or post-doctoral/residency level training. All programs are committed to providing a highly interdisciplinary educational experience. A new Targeted Research Training Program is proposed, to promote faculty and student integration and translational "R2P" research that serve community needs. Continuing Education, with particular emphasis on state-of-the-art online courses will provide training for over 1400 practitioners annually. The Outreach Program, assisted by the Community Partnership/Continuing Education Advisory Committee brings together many regional professional organizations and creates opportunities for addressing workplace challenges. The Outreach program also emphasizes the culturally sensitive collaboration with Native American and Latino occupational health organizations. Working in concert with university and community organizations, the MAP ERC will continue to address the need for greater diversity and inclusion of minorities in occupational health professions. RELEVANCE: The Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center fills a regional need to improve worker health in a seven state region by training more occupational health professionals, conducting relevant occupational health research, and offering needs-based continuing educational opportunities. The long term goal is to improve worker health and safety and develop a more racially and ethnically diverse occupational health workforce to serve their communities.