Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center

Details

• Personal Author:
  Newman, Lee S.
• Description:
  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 resources: rising population; large groups of underserved and minority workers; region-specific work-related health issues such as mining, energy, and agriculture; and geographic distance from educational centers of excellence in occupational safety and health. The Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC) was founded in 2007 to incorporate faculty and trainees from two institutions of higher learning into an integrated, multidisciplinary Center, to improve worker health, safety and well-being. The objectives of the MAP ERC are to promote interdisciplinary graduate and post-graduate (residency) education in occupational safety, health and well-being; to provide needs-based continuing education and outreach in an underserved region; to support pilot research projects that advance the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA); and to improve minority recruitment and retention in the core and allied fields of occupational safety and health. The MAP ERC incorporates five training programs from the University of Colorado and Colorado State University. Core programs include Industrial Hygiene and Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency. Three allied programs offer graduate training in Health Physics, Occupational Ergonomics, and Occupational Health Psychology. All five programs provide graduate or postdoctoral/ residency level training. All programs are committed to providing a highly interdisciplinary educational experience through shared courses, field experiences, research collaboration, and conferences. A vigorous evaluation program included the development of logic models for all components of the Centerwide Activities, as well as each training program. These logic models are reviewed periodically and used for programmatic decision making. Over the past five years, the MAP ERC has trained 68 individuals across the five disciplines. Of the 46 graduates the MAP ERC has produced over the past five years, over 90% are employed in occupational safety and health and the majority are in the western United States. MAP ERC alumni report being highly satisfied with the education they received as ERC trainees, with many citing the interdisciplinary nature of their training as an important component of their success. The diversity of our trainees is important, with 56% female trainees over the five years and 15% diversity, as measured by not only racial and ethnic diversity, but also diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, rural residents, and/or disabilities. The Continuing Education program has consistently exceeded NIOSH requirements of training 600 individuals per year. In the last year of the MAP ERC grant period, the CE program reached 1,814 individuals across 42 trainings, bringing the five year total to 10,359 individuals trained and 142 trainings. The Pilot Projects program has awarded nearly $350,000 over the five year period to 26 individuals to further their research in occupational safety and health. Resulting products have included 32 professional presentations and 19 peer-reviewed publications to date. Outreach is embedded in all parts of the MAP ERC, bringing together many regional professional organizations and creating collaborative opportunities for addressing workplace challenges, including outreach to hundreds of regional enterprises, agencies, non-profits, and professional societies. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Education Ergonomics Mental Health Mining Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Education And Research Centers ERCs Health Effects Industrial Hygiene Programs Mining Industry Models Psychology Safety Measures Safety Programs Socioeconomics Training Work Environment Worker Health Workers

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-56
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048980
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2017-101001
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, T42-OH-009229, 2015 Sep; :1-56
• Contact Point Address:
  Lee S. Newman, MD, MA, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045
• Email:
  lee.newman@ucdenver.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado, Denver
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20070701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d3a8f1049062832c2fcfb465b8f8ae255108624e9c670caab32757a28f757ae3992c07bf2dba70d870ad01830bc3a23564fba7d5c10611c1e6ee59cf9ec6ff2d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218654/cdc_218654_DS1.pdf
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