Occupational Safety and Health Training Project Grant in Industrial Hygiene

工业卫生职业安全健康培训计划资助

• 批准号: 10534424
• 负责人: Leshan J Kimbrough
• 金额: $ 4.15万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10534424
• 关键词: Occupational; Safety; Health; Training; Project

PROJECT SUMMARY The University of North Alabama (UNA) Occupational Health Science (OHS) Program (formerly called Industrial Hygiene) is one of four baccalaureate programs in the United States accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC) of ABET. The program, which requires a major in OHS and chemistry minor, has earned a reputation for graduating a pool of qualified industrial hygienists who provide valuable services to workers and employers in this geographical region and beyond. Enrollment in the program remains sufficient, necessitating consistent offerings of OHS courses and yielding viable graduation outputs. The continuation of the NIOSH Training Project Grant (TPG) is essential to remain effective in recruiting and retaining students with good scholastic merits, to maintain the current expectations of academic quality, and to expand into new and promising foreseeable opportunities. The objectives of this proposal for the continuation of the NIOSH-TPG are threefold: (i) to promote and further the recruitment of qualified students in the OHS field; (ii) to support and strengthen continuous academic improvement; and (iii) to expand and develop the educational opportunities and services of the OHS Program. Recruitment will be promoted by academic scholarships (NIOSH TPG and departmental) and strategic recruitment and retention efforts involving on-campus events to promote retention of current majors and target undecided majors; off-campus events focused on area high schools identified as feeder schools and schools with underrepresented populations; and an enhanced social media campaign utilizing custom made videos highlighting the OHS major. Continuous improvement will be approached by periodic evaluations of educational objectives, annual evaluations of student outcomes, and timely correction of shortcomings. Expanded educational opportunities will include an initiative to develop international collaborations for this degree program and an evaluation of the potential and opportunity to add a related master’s program. The NIOSH TPG has been pivotal in supporting this baccalaureate program in OHS housed at a regional university. From dismal enrollment figures that threatened its viability, the UNA OHS program blossomed into a successful academic program that is often highlighted as exemplary by UNA administrators and noticed by stakeholders as an effective contributor to the advancement of OHS. The discontinuation of this grant may certainly halt the continuous path of success and affect our ability to recruit students, particularly those academically gifted students whom we have seen populating our program over the years.

项目概要 北阿拉巴马大学 (UNA) 职业健康科学 (OHS) 项目（以前称为 工业卫生学）是美国应用与卫生学院认可的四个学士学位课程之一。 ABET 自然科学认证委员会 (ANSAC) 该项目需要 OHS 专业。 并辅修化学，因培养了一批合格的工业卫生学家而赢得了声誉，他们 为该地理区域及其他地区的工人和雇主提供有价值的服务。 计划仍然足够，需要持续提供 OHS 课程并产生可行的毕业 继续提供 NIOSH 培训项目补助金 (TPG) 对于保持有效的产出至关重要。 招收和留住具有良好学业成绩的学生，以维持当前的学术期望 质量，并拓展新的、有前途的可预见的机会。 NIOSH-TPG 的延续有三个方面：(i) 促进和进一步招募合格的学生 OHS 领域；(ii) 支持和加强持续的学术进步；以及 (iii) 扩大和 开发 OHS 计划的教育机会和服务。 将通过学术奖学金（NIOSH TPG 和部门奖学金）和战略奖学金来促进招聘 涉及校园活动的招聘和保留工作，以促进当前专业和目标的保留 未确定的专业；集中于被确定为支线学校和学校的地区高中的校外活动 针对代表性不足的人群；以及利用定制视频加强社交媒体宣传活动 将通过定期评估来实现职业健康与安全专业的持续改进。 教育目标，年度评价学生成绩，及时纠正不足。 扩大教育机会将包括为此开展国际合作的倡议 学位课程以及对添加相关硕士课程的潜力和机会的评估。 NIOSH TPG 在支持该地区 OHS 学士学位项目方面发挥了关键作用。 惨淡的入学人数威胁到了其生存能力，UNA OHS 项目逐渐发展成为一个 成功的学术项目经常被UNA管理人员强调为典范，并受到人们的关注 利益相关者作为职业健康与安全进步的有效贡献者可能会终止这项赠款。 肯定会阻碍我们持续成功的道路，并影响我们招收学生的能力，特别是那些 多年来我们看到有学术天赋的学生在我们的项目中不断涌现。