Sunshine Education and Research Center

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• Personal Author:
  Bernard, Thomas E.
• Description:
  The Sunshine ERC at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida established a distinguished reputation in Florida, Region IV and nationally; it served as a regional resource for industry, labor, government and the public. The Sunshine ERC continued to follow its goal of promoting workplace safety, health and well-being through formal academic education, continuing education and outreach along with focused research. Its programs include (1) industrial hygiene (renamed Occupational Exposure Sciences); (2) Occupational Health Nursing; (3) Occupational Health Psychology; (4) Occupational Medicine Residency; (5) Occupational Safety; (6) Continuing Education; and (7) Pilot Project Research Training. Five strategic initiatives are (1) Research experiences to improve the training of our students; (2) Interdisciplinary activities to enhance the interaction of the disciplines; (3) Student recruitment to be more competitive in the national market for students; (4) Diversity recruitment to bring a broader cultural perspective to the professions in OS&H; and (5) Greater involvement of training programs in our region through outreach and collaboration. The Sunshine ERC graduated 78 trainees at the masters level and 16 at the doctoral level. There was strong interdisciplinary coordination and integration with outreach activities. Partnerships included the USF OSHA 21d consultation program, USF OSHA Training Institute Education Center, other ERCs and NIOSH. For the funding cycle 2014-2019, USF continued to cultivate partnerships and collaborative relationships with nearby TPGs and other OS&H programs; advance the needs of OS&H practitioners in the state and region; and continue to champion continuing education, outreach, training and research strategies that impacted the practitioner's environment and met their OS&H needs. A notable interdisciplinary and outreach activity over the last three years with the collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico and examining resilience among disaster recovery workers and hospitality workers after devasting storms. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Personnel Health Promotion Mental Health Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Education And Research Centers ERCs Hazards Health Programs Health Protection Industrial Hygiene Nursing Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Nursing Occupational Medicine Occupational Psychology Occupational Safety Physicians Preventive Medicine Psychology Safety Measures Safety Programs Training Worker Safety

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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:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• 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:
  1-69
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064566
• 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-008438, 2019 Sep; :1-69
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas E. Bernard, University of South Florida College of Public Health, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612
• Email:
  tbernard@health.usf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• 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
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:58797e19b326d3f3d88fcdfa880a3ea1ca20a3b247329ad2b147a1e59307c353972de2d1136488118bc1cdc878dc09eb711c814d4d907509356a4b922a15a3b7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219101/cdc_219101_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.13 MB ]