The University of Iowa Heartland Center for Occupational Health & Safety, Final Progress Report, July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2014

Details

• Personal Author:
  O'Shaughnessy PT
• Description:
  The Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety, based at the University of Iowa (UI), has served Federal Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska) since 2000 as a center of excellence in interdisciplinary training, education and research. Region VII is characterized by higher-than-national-average rates of occupational illness and injury and lower-than-national-average rates of trained OSH professionals. Since its inception to June 2014, the Heartland Center grew from 3 academic training programs and a continuing education/outreach program to 7 nationally recognized academic training programs, a strong administrative structure, and dynamic regional continuing education and outreach programs. The Center's work was supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); the University of Iowa, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC); and the Deere Foundation. During the 6-year funding period (5 years plus a 1-year cost extension), the Heartland Center offered training: a) at the master's and doctoral levels in an ABET-accredited Industrial Hygiene program, b) at the master's level in Occupational Health Nursing, c) at the master's and doctoral levels in Agricultural Safety and Health, Ergonomics, and Occupational Epidemiology, d) at the doctoral level in Occupational Injury Prevention research training, and e) at the post-doctoral level in an ACGME-accredited Occupational Medicine Residency program. Highlights of the Center's regional and national impact during the funding period include: 1. Over 90% of program graduates are currently active in occupational health and safety, either in industry and clinical practice settings that serve thousands of workers or in more advanced training. 2. Annual Center trainee enrollment remained between 45 - 55 during the funding period. 3. Our underrepresented minorities remained between 13% - 18% of all US trainees during the funding period, which compares to an average of 16% across Region VII and an average of 13% for the University of Iowa. 4. Continuing Education (CE) offerings grew from 35 (2008-09) to 59 (2013-14) reaching a total of 8622 CE trainees during the 6-year funding period; the number of CE trainees increased 73% from 1310 in 2008-09 to 2270 in 2013-14. 5. OSH information was disseminated through a "Health and Safety Bulletin" with an estimated readership of 12,000 employers who employ 400,000 workers, 6. 25 pilot projects were funded through the Center's Pilot/Small Projects Program resulting in 20 peer-reviewed publications to date. During this funding period, the Heartland Center completed the NIOSH competitive renewal process for the Center as a whole and was awarded 5 years (2014-19) of additional funding for all program areas except Occupational Health Nursing, which did not recompete. The primary reviewer's summary noted that, "the ERC provides a high quality training environment with excellent training programs for practitioners and researchers in occupational health and safety; the trainees are very productive, and there is a strong publication record for faculty and graduate trainees." [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Ergonomics Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Education And Research Centers ERCs Industrial Hygiene Injury Prevention Occupational Health Programs Occupational Safety Programs Safety Research Training
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  1-52
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061856
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2022-100389
• 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-008491, 2014 Sep; :1-52
• Contact Point Address:
  Patrick T. O'Shaughnessy, PhD, Center Director, Department of Occupational & Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-5000
• Email:
  patrick-oshaughnessy@uiowa.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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