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9 Summary of Findings and Recommendations
Pages 207-212

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From page 207...
... Indeed, labor unions themselves are struggling to survive in sectors of the economy where employment is increasingly transient. The end result is that the evolving circumstances of employment are increasingly placing responsibility for occupational illness and injury prevention on the individual worker.
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From page 208...
... NIOSH should develop a new training initiative focused on the prevention of occupational injuries, with special attention to the development of graduate-level faculty to teach and conduct research in this area. Possible approaches would include regional Occupational Injury Research, Prevention, and Control Centers as an entirely new program or by modification of the existing NIOSH training programs or collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
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From page 209...
... Restricting support to students in Education and Research Centers or Training Project Grants-affiliated departments or disciplines deprives the OSH field of individuals who may have innovative responses to changing circumstances. To address the lack of formal training among OSH professionals: Recommendation 3: Encourage distance learning and other alternatives to traditional education and training programs.
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From page 210...
... Recommendation 7: Solicit demonstration projects to create model worker training programs for occupational safety and health trainers. NIOSH, in collaboration with OSHA, should fund demonstration project grants that target specific employment sectors as an incentive to develop model training programs for another category of health and safety personnel OSH trainers.
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From page 211...
... Boards and other groups that accredit academic programs in the OSH professions, in conjunction with appropriate professional organizations, should carefully examine their current accreditation criteria and standards, paying special attention to the needs of students in the areas of behavioral health, work organization, communication (especially risk communication) , management, team learning, workforce diversity, information systems, prevention interventions, healthcare delivery, and evaluation methods.
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