Occupational Safety and Health Training and Education Grant

Details

• Personal Author:
  Rando RJ ; Wilson MJ
• Description:
  A significant shortage of occupational health and safety professionals, including industrial hygienists, is projected because of an imbalance between the supply and demand of suitably trained and educated professionals. Additionally, there is a disparity in the numbers of under-represented minority professionals in the occupational safety and health fields. The Tulane University industrial hygiene training program has addressed these issues through its goal of providing support for industrial hygiene graduate students in the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine MSPH-IH degree program. The MSPH industrial hygiene program began in 1980, a distance learning option was added in the early 1990s, and the program has been ABET accredited since 1996 including both the traditional on-campus and the distance learning options. The Industrial Hygiene graduate program curriculum is comprehensive and includes core courses from various public health disciplines, specialty courses in industrial hygiene, and applied research and practice experience. During the training program period of July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2021, 18 students graduated with the MSPH-IH degree and 5 of these were underrepresented minorities. Eight of the graduates have already obtained professional board certification (8 CIH, 1 CSP, 1 ROH including multiple certifications). Six of the graduates and 9 continuing students during the grant period were appointed as trainees and received financial support through the training grant program for partial tuition reimbursement and/or stipend. Six of the trainee students are still currently in the program working towards completion of their degree requirements. Support for attendance at professional conferences was also provided to select trainees. Of the 15 trainees, 4 were on-campus students and 11 were in distance learning. Seven of the 15 trainees were underrepresented minorities. Of the 6 trainees who graduated, 5 are currently employed as occupational health and safety professionals in industry, consulting, or government and one is pursuing the PhD degree in industrial hygiene. The NIOSH training grant program has significantly contributed to the recruitment, retention, and graduation of students in the Tulane MSPH-IH degree program and has supported our program goal of providing graduate-level training of underrepresented and midcareer students in industrial hygiene. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Public Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Industrial Hygiene Industrial Hygiene Programs Public Health 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:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064166
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2022-100436
• 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-008629, 2021 Sep; :1-11
• Contact Point Address:
  Roy J. Rando, MSPH, ScD, CIH, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  Tulane University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20030701
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ca3b0e4766a7a035240a0df1a790d07a23fa181f3db13b1b6f09e04b5378e2939ae6985b1913ad1b85d64b02d80e58cadbfa1b2df1fff51e8b3a330540646dbf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219090/cdc_219090_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 225.49 KB ]