University of Puerto Rico Training Program Grant

Details

• Personal Author:
  Caporali Filho SA
• Description:
  From 07/13 through 06/19 UPR-TPG provided funding for the post-graduate education in IH of a total of 61 students, 54 full-time and 7 part-time students, all of whom from underrepresented minority. During this project period, UPR-TPG graduated 44 funded students, have funded 11 students through their first year who are expected to graduate by 05/20 and 1 part time student through her first year who is expected to graduate in 05/21. During this project period, a total of 5 out of the 61 students did not to finish our educational program, 4 students due to personal reasons, and 1 due to Hurricane Maria in 2017. From a total of 52 funded students, 42 benefited from attending the AIHCe during their permanence in the program. Attendance to this conference provided a variety of opportunities to students, such as networking with future peers, attending research presentations, interacting with sampling equipment manufacturers, comparing and valuing their academic training, and meeting with our alumni and hearing from their experience in the field. In 2016 UPR-TPG faculty, with the assistance of NIOSH TPG Program Coordinator, were able to take 9 students to visit NIOSH Laboratories in Pittsburgh, where they attended presentations on NIOSH current research on noise control, respiratory protection, and mine safety. After Hurricane Maria in 09/17, all our students were heavily engaged in gathering, organizing and distributing hurricane relief goods to very hard to reach underprivileged communities. Our program assumed a leadership role in training community members in the proper use of PPE for hurricane recovery activities, in infectious disease prevention, in collecting and treating water for human consumption, in recognizing and controlling physical and chemical hazards after a hurricane. Our students were actually engaged in mold sampling and remediation with faculty, were they learned all aspects of respiratory protection while conducting mold evaluation, remediation and control. During this project period, UPR-TPG underwent a complete curricular revision, taking into account input received from all its stakeholders. This curricular revision significantly increased IH credit hour offerings yet not reducing the offerings in other public health related courses. Beginning in 2017, all our students are required to take training in HIPPA law, research subject protection and responsible conduct of research. Several revised courses include applied research projects as part of their projects or assignments, in the areas of ergonomics, industrial ventilation and noise. This experience allow students to assume different positions within the research study, from study participants, to co-investigators and research assistants. Moreover, new and more real-life laboratory practices have been implemented where students conduct ergonomics evaluations, full shift air and noise monitoring, industrial ventilation systems' assessments as well as emergency plans and evacuation procedures. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Curriculum Development Industrial Hygiene Programs Occupational Health Programs Occupational Safety Programs Training Grants
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 2 ; Puerto Rico
• 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:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064083
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2022-100440
• 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, T03-OH-008619, 2019 Sep; :1-13
• Contact Point Address:
  Sergio A. Caporali Filho, University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20240630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ab10c62a1212e369553256b4ddca74c9d6d7bc24c5e50b220cd6d8490f0abcc7209c7636ef07dd847e4e9645798d929255c2e8fae24ce95531626507da9c00b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219089/cdc_219089_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 431.02 KB ]