Biosafety and Infectious Disease Training Initiative (BIDTI), a National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Training Program (WTP), Including Emergency Health Services

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• Personal Author:
  Beam E ; Biddinger P ; Emery R ; Gibbs S ; Le A ; Lowe J-M ; Patlovich S ; Rios J ; Wright B
• Description:
  Background: As of June 1, 2016, the Biosafety and Infectious Disease Training Initiative (BIDTI) is a recently funded National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Worker Training Program. BIDTI's mission is to positively and meaningfully impact the health of communities by providing practical hands-on health and safety training to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases of public health significance. Recent literature has underscored best practices on how workers within clinical settings can mitigate and manage the risks of highly infectious diseases (HIDs), but our target audiences seek to be inclusive of all industries including emergency medical technicians, emergency managers, the death care sector, waste handlers, transit workers, and the general public. Methods: Nationwide trainings will aim to increase population health and safety, through education on infectious diseases at: (1) Community level - brief modules with basic information about communicable diseases, (2) Awareness level - full day courses with direct training and train-the-trainer models for workers with elevated exposure risks, and (3) Operations level - multi-day courses aimed at workers with a great likelihood of exposure to serious communicable diseases. Results: It is our intent to reach thousands of workers and conduct over 6,000 person-hours of training over the next three years. Conclusions: Long term, we seek to prepare workers for the actual risks associated with infectious diseases of public health significance so that they may protect themselves, their colleagues, and their environment from these exposures using sound scientific methods and to promote the health, resiliency and financial stability of workers and their communities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Occupational Health Public Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Training Biosafety Disease Transmission Infectious Diseases Occupational Health And Safety Public Health Training
• Publisher:
  American Public Health Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Indiana ; Louisiana ; Massachusetts ; Nebraska ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066103
• Citation:
  Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health: APHA 144th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 29 - November 2, 2016, Denver, Colorado. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2016 Oct; :368327
• Contact Point Address:
  Aurora Le, MPH, CPH, ASP, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health: APHA 144th Annual Meeting and Exposition, October 29 - November 2, 2016, Denver, Colorado
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212619/cdc_212619_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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