Professor Angelo Moretto, International Centre for Pesticide Health and Risk Prevention (ICPS).
Angelo.moretto@icps.it
Partners (of the CC Network)
WHO, Geneva
WHO, ECEH-Rome
Other partners
WHO, Geneva; WHO, ECEH-Rome; EFSA, Parma; EC-Joint Research Centre, Ispra; National Public Health Institute of Finland; University of Milan-Bicocca – Italy; University of Insubria – Italy; University Hospital “L. Sacco”, Milan – Italy; University Hospital “S. Paolo”, Milan - Italy
Funding
The participating Universities and partners
Objective of the
project
To provide a qualification in human and environmental risk assessment and risk analysis of chemicals, in particular pesticides, biocides, persistent toxicants and other substances representing a risk for workers, the food chain, the consumers, and the environment in general.
Project outcome(s)
and deadline(s) for completion of the
project
Graduate and post-graduate training of risk assessors Development of a risk assessment curriculum at European level.
Involvement and networking of European Universities, and International Organizations (WHO, IPCS, EFSA) and private companies.
Development of learning/technical materials (presentations, lectures, articles, case-studies, supplementary study material, reference-books, textbooks).
Share and provision of e-learning and distant-learning materials.
October 2006- December 2006: lessons
January 2007- June 2007: practical training in national/international organisations both public and private (JRC, WHO ECEH, ICPS, Hospital L. Sacco, University of Insubria, National Public Health Institute of Finland; Bayer)
People with a degree in medicine, chemistry, physics, engineering, biology
Summary of the project
The Master aimed to provide a qualification in human and environmental risk assessment and risk analysis of chemicals, in particular pesticides, biocides, persistent toxicants and other substances representing a risk for workers, the food chain, the consumers, and the environment in general.
The educational curriculum was the following: basic sciences, toxicology, ecotoxicology, bio-statistics and epidemiology, human risk assessment of chemicals, environmental risk assessment of chemicals, biological risk assessment, physical risk assessment, risk management and communication.
Special focus was to the applications of Risk Assessment and Risk Management to: occupational exposure, indoor and outdoor pollutants, water and soil pollutants, pesticides and biocides, food additives and contaminants, chemicals in consumer products, emergent biological hazards, genetically modified organisms.
Dissemination
Dissemination and adaptation of the educational and training programs and the technical materials (UE legislation, WHO documents, national documents, etc.) will be developed at regional level throughout collaboration with WHO CCs
Impact: global/regional
European-Global
Progress on project
A practical training (March - July 2007) took place in national/international organizations both public and private.
A thesis was prepared in collaboration with the Master partner during the practical training and was finally defended in July 2007.
The Master created technicians with a broad expertise in risk assessment. Many of them are now employed in national and international organizations involved in the frame of risk assessment and Risk management.
This will enforce risk assessment activities both at the national (Italian) and International level (UE).
Outcomes include so far a website dedicated and a detailed report of the second edition as well as the written thesis.
List of major outcomes already achieved by this project
A risk assessment curriculum at European level has been developed.
Graduate and post-graduate training of risk assessors has been carried out.
European Universities, International Organizations, and private companies have been involved and a network has been built.
Learning/technical materials (presentations, lectures, articles, case-studies, supplementary study material, reference-books, textbooks) are now electronically available.
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012
Share and provision of e-learning and distant-learning materials. Integration in the European system of training of risk assessors. Run another edition of the master every year from 2009
Completion date
November 2009- March 2010: lessons
March 2010- July 2010: practical training in national/international organizations both public and private (Agrifutur, University of Milan, Alterra (Wageningen, the Netherlands), JRC Mario Negri (Milan, Italy); FOS ( Geneva, Switzerland)
July 2010: Final exam
Outcomes (ie: materials developed, delivered/disseminated, audience, number trained/disseminated)
Graduate and post-graduate training of risk assessors has been carried out
A practical training (March-July 2010) in national/international organizations both public and private is now on track.
A thesis will be prepared in collaboration with the Master partner during the practical training and will be finally defended in July 2010.
European Universities, International Organizations, and private companies have been involved and a network has been built.
Learning/technical materials (presentations, lectures, articles, case-studies, supplementary study material, reference-books, textbooks) will be electronically available soon.
Impact (policy change, programs sustained, reduction in injuries or illnesses)
The impact is foreseen to be European/ global
As for the previous editions one of the goal is the sharing and provision of e-learning and distant-learning materials.
The project include so far a website dedicated and a detailed report of the third edition as well as the written thesis.
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
3.17b
Formerly AA4:CE3h
GPA Objective
Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
CC or NGO Name
CC URESTE/LUSTE University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin)
Project title
Human resource development in occupational health and safety project: training of nurses specialized in occupational health and safety in Benin Republic and African francophone countries
Keywords
Formation à distance, Infirmier,Santé et sécurité au travail
Project leader
Email address
Fayomi, Benjamin Professeur
Unité de Recherches et d’Enseignement en Santé au Travail et environnement/LUSTE ; Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université d’Abomey-Calavi Bénin bfayomi@ntnet.bj
Partners (of the CC Network)
Droz, Pierre-Olivier PhD, PD
Institut universitaire romand de Santé au Travail Suisse
Other partners
1-Jean-Sylvain BONNY, Dr en Médecine, Professeur de médecine du trail, UFR/Santé au travail, Université d’Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire
Funding
Objective of the project
Promouvoir la sécurité et la santé des travailleurs dans toutes les branches de l’activité économique
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project
Le renforcement des capacités des infirmiers intervenant en milieu de travail, aboutira à la formation de 180 infirmiers spécialistes en sécurité et santé au travail sur une période de cinq ans à raison de 20 infirmiers par an à partir de la fin de la deuxième année après le début de la formation. La capacité annuelle de recrutement est de 20 infirmiers.
Deadline : Mars 2006
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Infirmiers du Bénin, de la Cote d’Ivoire et du Togo
Summary of the project
Dans le souci de lutter efficacement contre la pauvreté, Le Bénin a opté pour une agriculture intensive et à une industrie moderne en vue d’accroître les revenus. De ce fait il aspire à une croissance économique rapide.
La protection de la santé des travailleurs, principaux acteurs de développement constitue aujourd’hui une préoccupation majeure de l’Etat qui depuis les années 90 est en train de consentir d’innombrables efforts pour la promotion de la sécurité et de la santé au travail. Son champ d’application ne concerne pas encore tous les travailleurs.
Ainsi, les actions de sécurité et de santé au travail s’étendront-elles à tous ces acteurs de la vie économique nationale qui sont exposés à d’innombrables facteurs de nuisances. Ce qui accroît aujourd’hui l’importance des conséquences des risques professionnelles.
Les multiples actions en SST ont eu un impact limité sur la promotion de la sécurité et santé au travail, en raison de l’insuffisance de formations spécialisées en matière de sécurité et santé au travail et du nombre limité de spécialistes en sécurité et santé au travail. A ce titre, le Bénin compte au 30 novembre 2005 dix huit (18) médecins du travail et six infirmiers spécialistes en santé au travail.
C’est pour ces raisons et pour mieux assurer la prise en charge de la santé des travailleurs que le présent projet de mettre en place un programme national de formation des Infirmiers spécialistes en sécurité et santé au travail a été initié.
Dissemination
Bien être des travailleurs
Impact (global or regional)
Le renforcement des capacités des infirmiers intervenant en milieu de travail, aboutira à la formation de 180 infirmiers spécialistes en sécurité et santé au travail sur une période de cinq ans à raison de 20 infirmiers par an à partir de la fin de la deuxième année après le début de la formation. La capacité annuelle de recrutement est de 20 infirmiers.
GPA3.17b
Formerly AA4:CE3h
GPA Objective
Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
CC or NGO Name
CC URESTE/LUSTE University of Abomey-Calavi (Benin)
Project title
Human resource development in occupational health and safety project: training of nurses specialized in occupational health and safety in Benin Republic and African francophone countries
Keywords
Distance learning, nurse, occupational health and safety workers
Project leader
Email address
Fayomi, Benjamin, Professeur, Unité de Recherches et d’Enseignement en Santé au Travail et environnement/LUSTE ; Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université d’Abomey-Calavi Bénin
bfayomi@ntnet.bj
Partners (of the CC Network)
Droz, Pierre-Olivier, PhD, PD, Institut universitaire romand de Santé au Travail, Suisse
Other partners
1-Jean-Sylvain BONNY, Dr en Médecine, Professeur de médecine du trail, UFR/Santé au travail, Université d’Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire
Funding
Objective of the project
Promote workers health and safety in all the sectors of economic activities
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project
20 nurses will be trained per year starting from the second year after the beginning of the program.
Deadline : Mars 2006
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Nurses from Benin, Ivory Coast and Togo
Summary of the project
To efficiently fight poverty and increases resources, Benin has turned an intensive agriculture and a modern industry. The country expects a rapid economic growth.
The protection of the worker’s health is nowadays a major issue for the government. Indeed, since they are the major actors of the country’s development, the government is promoting occupational health and safety. Unfortunately, the scope of action has not reached all the workers.
The question is to know whether occupational health and safety actions will extend to all the actors of the national economic exposed to many factors.
This increases the importance of the professional risks impact.
The numerous SST actions have had a limited impact on the promotion of occupational health and safety because of the limited of number of specialists and specialized training on the topic. Indeed as at 2005, only 18 occupational health specialists and 6 nurses were employed in Benin.
For above reasons and to better take care of the health of workers, a national occupational health and safety training for nurses has been initiated.
Dissemination
Workers well being
Impact (global or regional)
To reinforce the capacity of the nurses in work environment, 180 nurses specialized in occupational health and safety will be trained over 5 years. 20 nurses will be trained per year starting from the second year after the beginning of the program.
Progress (maximum 100 words)
1. We have started a training of 12 nurses, specialized in occupational are 11 Benines and 1 Togolese
International Training of Occupational and Environmental Health Experts
GPA Objective and Action
3: Improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
Priority Initiative
3: Adapt and disseminate curricula, training materials and training for international capacity building in occupational health, including development of model courses for basic occupational health services and introduction of occupational health into professional education (Action 3.18)
Responsible CC or NGO Name
Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences (IIES), UOEH, Japan
Project leader
Ken Takahashi, ktaka@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
Network partners
National University of Singapore, Director of WHOCC for Occupational Health (Dr. Sin Eng Chia, cofcse@nus.edu.sg)
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan); Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project
Summary of the project
This ODA group training course, with a track record of 24 yr implementation, is currently held under the title of “Occupational and Environmental Health Management for Sustainable Development.” It has trained over 250 participants from 55 developing countries: practitioners, administrators and researchers in the field of occupational and environmental health. Although primarily a university effort, it has recently added a new component to collaborate with other WHOCCs (eg, NUS) in its implementation by inviting external lecturers. It also has a series of tele-conference lecture connecting with overseas institutes.
Plan to invite external lecturers to take charge of workplace assessment in an international context
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)
Within the ODA project framework, 6-7 participants from developing countries will be trained every year
Indicators of achievement (impact)
Training of professionals in developing countries in the field of OEH
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)
Training of professionals in developing countries in the field of OEH
Public health impact
Training of professionals in developing countries in the field of OEH
Funding source(s)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Dissemination
Outcomes (ie: materials developed, delivered/disseminated, audience, number trained/disseminated)
Within the ODA project framework and under the said title and objective of the training course, training (both didactic and practical) will be provided to the participants (6-7 participants from developing countries every year) lasting for a 3.5 month period (in-house training). Training materials in English are provided to the participants.
Impact (policy change, programs sustained, reduction in injuries or illnesses)
Training of professionals in developing countries in the field of OH.
Barriers to completion
Sustainability beyond 2012
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
3.18g
Formerly AA4:CE3n
GPA Objective
Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
CC or NGO Name
SESI- Industrial Social Service National Department, Brasilia
Project title
Professional Capacity Building in Occupational Health and Safety
Keywords
Occupational Safety, training, distance education
Project Leader
Email Address
Dr. Vitor Gomes Pinto (55.61.33688106) vitor.gomes@sesi.org.br
Dr. Fernando Coelho Neto (55.61.33179478) fcoelho@sesi.org.br
Prof. Vilma Oliveira (55.61.33179308) voliveira@sesi.org.br
Dr. Antonino Germano – (55.51.33478586) agermano@sesirs.org.br
Partners (Of the CC Network)
Centre for Research and Teaching in Occupational Ergonomics, Health & Safety, La Trobe University, Australia; Senac (National Service for Commercial Education) Jabaquara Training Unit – São Paulo.
Other Partners
Confederação Nacional das Indústrias (National Industry Confederation) - CNI/UNISESI; Universidade Federal da Bahia - UFBA
Funding
SESI – Industrial Social Service – National Department
Objective of the project
Develop competences that enable the professionals who work with Health and Occupational Safety (SST) to improve the management, programming, execution and evaluation of the SST processes.
Provide the basic understanding of the issues which involve SST.
Enable them to understand the SST processes in general, especially those that involve the characteristics of a globalized world.
Provide a modern view of people management and business competitivity.
Project Outcome(s)
And deadline(s) for completion of the project
To increase the quality in the development of SST processes, considering the globalized world and business competitivity.
To offer courses, seminars, workshops, video conferences etc. to Latin America, Caribe and other Portuguese-speaking countries, in order to promote the improvement of quality in the SST processes.
2010
Target Group and/or beneficiaries
Professionals who work with SST (physicians, engineers, phonoaudiologists, chemists, social assistants, psychologists, dentists, nutritionists, nurses, among other professions), in institutions and in companies of the industrial sector.
Summary of the project
To specialize professionals in a new professional profile in the health and occupational safety area, developing an integrated management based on evidences, information production, communication and negotiation, legislation and, when necessary, systems of SST certification.
Dissemination
Didactic material electronically available and publications to be accessed on the Internet, assistance to institutions in order to share knowledge.
Impact (global or regional)
Global.
Progress on Project
OHS Specialization Course to 60 trainees (150 enrolled)
Extension courses (10 courses attended by 382 of the 857 trainees enrolled)
Regular training to professionals from six Brazilian states, developed in Canada as part of the Project on OHS Strengthening in the Brazilian Industry, supported by the Canadian government, CIDA and Ryerson University of Toronto.
Training to six SESI’s professionals in Spain, at the Master Course on Social Services and OHS Management of the Organización Iberoamericana de Seguridad Social – OISS in 2007.
As future scenarios of work by the end of 2007 and in 2008-2010, the project intends to keep and enhance the existing work lines; deliver new courses to professionals from Brazil, Portuguese-speaking African countries and Latin American countries; new courses and seminars or short- and medium-term modular knowledge. To achieve that, the project foresees new agreements with the Federal University of Bahia, OISS and the WHO Collaborating center (in designation) of Senac Sao Paulo.
Update June 2010 Datailed report sent. Human resource development included promotion and prevention in OHS –in 2009 SESI produced 14 development and launch of 14 free, self-instructional, distance education courses about OHS that are avaialbe to all industries in Brazil.
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
GPA3.18h
AA 4:CE3o
GPA Objective
Objective 3: To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
CC or NGO Name
Great Lakes Centers for Occupational and Environmental Health University of Illinois at Chicago
Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute,
Chennai, India
Other partners
Nayati International, India
Funding
NIOH, Nayati International
Objective of the project
This project advances WHO’s efforts to increase capacity to anticipate, recognize, control and prevent workplace hazards
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project
Between 2006-2010 the following outcomes are planned:
WHO Modules will be adapted to address mining, chemical and petroleum industries.
Course will be offered for public health sector, mining, and others in South Africa September 2009
Course was offered in Hyderabad, India February 2008
Course will be adapted and offered as a train the trainer course in 2010
All adapted curricula will be entered into the GeoLibrary
Target group and/or beneficiaries
The WHO Modules in occupational health, hygiene and safety are designed to provide education for those who are charged with the responsibility of protecting the health of workers: public health officers, physicians, nurses, policy makers, labor inspectors, and worker health and safety advocates.
Summary of the project
The materials are organized into three 16-hour, case based modules for a multidisciplinary audience, by economic sector: agriculture, manufacturing, and service. Occupational health encompasses many disciplines-- toxicology, epidemiology, industrial hygiene, and safety. It employs the methods of hazard/risk identification, characterization, and evaluation and touches on issues related to policy and ethics. We have used the "economic sector" as an organizing format; classroom exercises are built around cases related to each sector and cover each of the occupational health disciplines in one classroom. The instructor may choose to re-organize the content to fit a different student group. For example, the hygiene-related exercises may be pulled out and re-assembled to educate a group of physicians in exposure assessment.
Dissemination
Partners have organized venue and preliminary agenda. GLC is applying for a translation research grant in 2010 to support evaluating the impact of the program. Materials will be housed on the GeoLibrary and information about the course will be disseminated at conferences.
Impact (global or regional)
India, South Africa
Progress on Project
Course has been scheduled in India for February 2008 and in South Africa in September 2009. A second advanced version of the course is planned for India February 2010. Impact evaluation grant applied for and was not funded. Reapplication due in February 2010.
List of major outcomes already achieved by this project
Courses offered in Hyderabad, India (60 participants)
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012
Course offered in Johannesburg, South Africa September 2009, Hyderabad, India February 2010
Train the trainer course for 20 participants (2010)
Impact evaluation of 2 India courses and 1 South Africa course (2011)
Adapted courses available through GeoLibrary
Translated components of curricula through the Learning Repository Process (2011)
Outcomes
One train the trainer course was held for 90 participants in Johannesburg September 2009. 10 additional courses were offered for more than 400 participants. Project is now in evaluation phase.
Impact
Part of national strategy for training “implementers” in government departments and compliments national strategy for increasing workplace health and safety in government agencies.
Barriers
Conent area expertise available at the state level.
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
3.18s
New Project
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title
Work plan project number
Organizing and conducting courses for health workers, technicians and public health workers on assessment and management of occupational risks in Vietnam
GPA Objective and Action
GPA Objective 3 :Improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
Action 3.16
Priority Initiative
Responsible CC or NGO Name
WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health in Vietnam, National Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health (NIOEH)
Project leader
Dr. Nguyen Duy Bao, Director, National Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health (NIOEH), 1B Yecxanh Str., Hanoi, Vietnam
Email address: baovsld@yahoo.com
Network partners
WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health in Kytakyushu; University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
Southeast Asia Pacific
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
Ministry of Health in Vietnam
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project
Summary of the project
Develop and disseminate curricula, training materials and trainings for national and international capacity building in occupational health, including development of model courses for basic occupational health services and introduction of occupational health into professional education. Project includes technical assistance to organizing and conducting national and international courses, trainer courses for experts and training providers for implementing courses on assessment and management of occupational risks at different levels
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Occupational health and safety practitioners, health workers at enterprise
Events-opportunities for furthering the project
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)
Training models at different levels for OSH practitioners will be developed and implemented
Training curricula and training materials will be developed and disseminated
National and international courses, trainer courses for experts and training providers for implementing courses on assessment and management of occupational risks at different levels will be conducted
Indicators of achievement (impact)
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)
Public health impact
Workers’ health will be improved
Funding source(s)
Vietnamese Government
Dissemination
National policy, studies, workshop, training materials, WHO documents
List of major outcomes already achieved by this project
Training materials and program on OSH management in general including occupational risk assessment and management and workers’ health surveillance for OH staffs at different levels and health workers at enterprises have been developed and several training courses for trainers have been conducted
Training materials on OSH management and occupational disease prevention in health care facilities were already developed and trainings for trainers have been just conducted for OH staffs over the country. In addition, training program for health care workers was also developed and disseminated for provincial trainers. These materials will be printed and distributed to different OSH organizations and health care facilities in Vietnam
Training materials on working environment monitoring and workers’ health surveillance for asbestos exposure have been developed. Several practical training courses will be conducted in September 2009 for OH staffs at provincial level over the country
BOSH training materials and curriculum are on process developed in this year. Two pilot training courses have been conducted.
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012
Training materials and curriculum for OH staffs at different levels and health workers at enterprises on assessment and management of occupational risks in Vietnam will accomplish and disseminate
Some specific training materials and curriculum such as on BOSH, OSH management in health care facilities and for asbestos exposure will also accomplish and disseminate
Different TOT training courses will be conducted
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
3.18x
Formerly AA4:TT3a
GPA Objective
Objective 5: To incorporate workers' health in to other policies
CC or NGO Name
National Institute of Health, Porto
High Institute for Education and Science / Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências (in Portuguese) – ISEC
To translate and update an existing respected Distance Learning program from English into Portuguese for use in Africa
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project
Formalise the agreement between the IEA and both universities by December 2005.
Complete the first draft of the translation into Portuguese by September 2006.
Pilot the program in Mozambique or Angola by April 2007.
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Worker representatives, students and supervisors
Summary of the project
The development of a basic introductory training program in ergonomics is not available in Portuguese suitable for developing countries. The University of Nottingham has developed and offered a distance learning course which they have offered for translation. This will then enable countries in Africa to utilise the course. An expectation exists that a proportion of the students would continue with further studies leading to formal qualifications
Dissemination
National Institute of Health, Porto
High Institute for Education and Science / Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências
Impact (global or regional)
Africa
Progress on Project
The agreement with the University of Nottingham to translate the manual of Ergonomics for distance learning education involves 3 partners: ISEC, the University of Nottingham and the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). The IEA promoted the project and the relevant actions to get the signature of the different partners. After the IEA Council meeting on July 2005, the agreement was accepted and was finalized in early 2006.
After the signature, the manual was received in Portugal to be translated. This action required a first lecture of the manual and the identification of missing contents and update needs. As the first edition of the manual was issued in 1997, those needs were reported to the IEA President and an agreement for the necessary adjustments was obtained. Then, a new table of contents composed of 14 chapters was defined. A team of seven experts was selected to carry out the work.
At this stage, the first draft of the manual is expected to be delivered on December 2007 to be submitted to the IEA Standing Committee on International Development. After the approval by the IEA board, the manual will be edited, the relevant training materials will be developed and the contacts with Mozambique will be carried out to allow the pilot test for the project evaluation and validation of the training program, which is expected to be running during the second semester of 2008.
So far, the following units of the manual’s table of contents have been written and will be ready very soon for final review:
Introduction to Ergonomics
Anthropometrics
Workstations design
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
Manual materials handling
Work and ageing
Environmental factors
Human error
The missing 6 chapters will be finalised until the end of 2009.
List of major outcomes already achieved by this project
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012
It is expected that the manual will be edited in 2010 together with the corresponding learning materials. Then, the course will be ready to be disseminated.
It is expected as well that the target population will be reached so that the distance learning course will start no later than 2011.
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
3.19n
Ongoing Project
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title
Work plan project number (to be added by WHO)
"International Program in Occupational Health Practice" Certificate Online Program
GPA Objective and Action
GPA Objective 3 :Improve the performance of and access to occupational health services
Priority Initiative
Priority 3: … training for international capacity building in occupational health
Responsible CC or NGO Name
Great Lakes Centres for Occupational &
Environmental Safety and Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
Project leader
(contact name and email address)
Norbert Wagner , NLWagner@uic.edu
Network partners (CC name, country, email)
FIOH, Finland, Kaj Husman, kaj.husman@ttl.fi
IOHA, David Zalk, zalk1@llnl.gov
WHO Regions involved (contact name and email)
Global
Country ministries involved (contact name and email)
none
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project
Danielle Landis, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, dlandis@health.usf.edu
Summary of the project (max 100 words)
Goals: The program focuses on teaching skills and competencies, which are necessary and useful for medical personnel of Occupational Health services in a company. It teaches practical, company-level skills to provide preventive occupational health services to the workforce and to participate in company management activities (e.g. health risk assessments, implementation of integrated HSE management systems).
Delivery mode: 100% online, asynchronous, instructor-led. Around 350 hours of learning, delivered over nine months. First cohort started in August 2009.
Structure: Three courses:
Foundations of Occupational Health Practice
Clinical Occupational Medicine and Medical Surveillance
This program is specifically designed for company doctors, occupational health nurses, medical technicians and managers of occupational health programs who do not have a sufficient opportunity to get advanced education in Medical Occupational Health in their countries
We hope to receive scholarships for participants from trade unions, NGOs and governments in low-resource countries
Events-opportunities for furthering the project
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)
Course program is developed and starts in Aug 2009 (achieved)
Expected by summer 2012
3 fundamental courses for a total 40 participants
3 management courses for a total of 30 participants
3 occupational disease courses for a total of 30 participants
Evaluation report on successes and barriers to implementation
Indicators of achievement (impact)
- Number of successful participants
- Impact assessment by participants
- Improvement of skills documented in self- and external assessments
- Indirect: reports of quality of preventive services in companies are improved
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)
Program developed and uploaded July 2009
Program started in August 2009 and cohort will successfully pass in May 2010
Second cohort enrolled and started in Aug 2010, and in each consecutive year
Public health impact
Quality of preventive services in companies are improved
Single, qualified individuals are trained, some of them in multiplier positions such as governments, trade unions
Funding source(s)
Tuition fees from participants, often sponsored by companies
Scholarships for NGO or government participants provided by UIC, School of Public Health
Scholarships provided by institutions and companies (in future)
Received requests for scholarships from around the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America)
UPDATE as of June 2010:
Twenty Participants from 16 countries
Twelve scholarships for government, trade union and other NGO participants
Seventeen participants finished successfully
List of additional major outcomes expected from this project by 2012
(see Milestones above)
Program started in August 2009 and cohort will successfully pass in May 2010
Second cohort enrolled and started in Aug 2010, and in each consecutive year
Expansion of program and addition of more specialized online training courses (e.g. in surveillance techniques such as audiometry, spirometry or emergency preparedness)
Reception of scholarships from industry and institutions to support participants without financial means
Outcomes (ie: materials developed, delivered/disseminated, audience, number trained/disseminated)
Expected by summer 2012
3 fundamental courses for a total 40 participants
3 management courses for a total of 30 participants
3 occupational disease courses for a total of 30 participants
Evaluation report on successes and barriers to implementation
Impact (policy change, programs sustained, reduction in injuries or illnesses)
Quality of preventive services in companies are improved
Single, qualified individuals are trained, some of them in multiplier positions such as governments, trade unions
Some policy changes, procedure changes and teaching activities of participants reported
Barriers to completion
Funding is always critical
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
3.19r
New Project
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title
Work plan project number
Translate portable digital course modules in OEH from English into both Spanish and Portuguese and secure mechanisms for delivery of modules to resource limited academic institutions in Latin America.
GPA Objective and Action
These capacity building activities directly respond to Objective 3 of the Global Plan of Action for Workers Health: “adapt and disseminate curricula, training materials and training for international capacity building in occupational health, including development of model courses for basic occupational health services and introduction of occupational health into professional education (Action 3.18)”.
Priority Initiative
Priority 3: Adapt and disseminate curricula, training materials and training for international capacity building in occupational health, including development of model courses for basic occupational health services and introduction of occupational health into professional education (Action 3.18). Projects include technical assistance to countries, organizing and conducting international courses and on-line training, and establishment of national training programmes in low and medium income countries.
Responsible CC or NGO Name
University of Michigan
Project leader
Dr. Thomas Robins
trobins@umich.edu
Network partners
University of Cape Town, National Institute for Occupational Health in Johannesburg, South Africa.
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
PAHO, Dr. Maritza Tennassee, tennassm@paho.org AFRO, Thebe Pule, pulet@afro.who.int
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
None at this moment
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project
University of Texas School of Public Health, Professor Sarah Felknor
Sara.a.felknor@uth.tmc.edu
Summary of the project
Working closely with Sarah Felknor at the University of Texas, the 8 OEH modules (roughly 2/3 of a masters degree) which already exist in English, together with the addition of modules to be developed in English during current cycle of Fogarty grant will be translated into both Spanish and Portuguese. Subsequently they will be distributed and used widely in Latin America.
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Individuals in Latin America who are seeking to complete a Masters of Public Health degree in occupational and environmental health through a long distance learning program.
Events-opportunities for furthering the project
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Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)
Before being put into final format, modules will be tested to ensure that they are culturally appropriate, use language familiar to the target audiences and address the key Occupational Health issues relevant to the region. At the point translations are completed, it is expected that the University of Texas will take the lead responsibilities for dissemination of the materials to appropriate audiences and venues. The portable materials and distance learning methods developed under auspices of the UM grant to date clearly indicate that this modality teaching and training is strongly accepted by both teaching faculty and trainees. This strongly suggests that either the use of the portable materials itself or the distance learning methods could be used to address the graduate training challenges faced in Latin America. We expect that the delivery of these modules within existing or newly established degree program in resource limited academic institutions in selected Latin American countries will greatly assist in establishing the infrastructure necessary for successful full degree programs or specialist stream MPH programs in OEH.
Indicators of achievement (impact)
Level of use of modules in Latin America in degree programs and other venues; evaluation of usefulness by instructors and students.
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)
By January 2011, modules will have been used in at least 4 venues in 2 countries in Latin America.
Public health impact
Strengthen capacity in OH by strengthening quality of masters degree and other programs through increased access to appropriate didactic materials.
Funding source(s)
Support for this project will come from the Fogarty International Centre grant with additional support from Jonathan Myers on-going work at the University of Cape Town and Rajen Naidoo at the University of Kwa Zulu Natal.
Dissemination
The results of the translated electronic materials use and success will be presented in annual reports to the Fogarty International Centre and in presentations at the Biennial UM/IFC. Similar venues and methods will be used under the University of Texas leadership in Latin America to disseminate results. These materials are available at no cost to non-profit organizations and institutions with the proviso that they not be used for commercial or profit-making purposes. With this proviso, the materials will be shared globally via the WHO Global Environmental and Occupational Library.
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
3.18y
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title
Work plan project number
Basic Occupational Health Services in Afghanistan
GPA Objective and Action
Improve the Performance of and Access to Occupational Health Services
Priority Initiative
Priority 3: Adapt and disseminate curricula, training materials and training for international capacity building in occupational health, including development of model courses for basic occupational health services (BOHS) and introduction of occupational health into professional education (Action 3.18).
Responsible CC or NGO Name
NIOSH
Project leader
Margaret Kitt, HHS/OGHA (ajy8@cdc.gov)
Maria Lioce-Mata, HHS/CDC/NIOSH (cru6@cdc.gov)
Network partners
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
WHO Afghanistan Office
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project
Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (MOPH)/Afghanistan Public Health Institute (APHI)
Kabul Medical University
Institute for Health Sciences
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Potential)
American College of Occupational Health Nursing (Potential)
Summary of the project
Building on established relationships with the MOPH, this project advances the WHO effort to build capacity in occupational health in Afghanistan. The project will aim at developing in-country expertise in occupational health in medicine and nursing;
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Primary care physicians and nurses and future occupational safety and health professionals
Events-opportunities for furthering the project
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)
Development of in-country expertise by training Occupational Health Officers within APHI that will work with Kabul Medical University, Institute of Health Sciences, and the veterinary community to build occupational safety and health capacity in Afghanistan.
Indicators of achievement (impact)
Number of primary healthcare providers trained in BOHS principles.
Number of medical, nursing, and ancillary service students trained in BOHS.
Number of healthcare professionals with additional training in occupational safety and health
Number of personnel trained in industrial hygiene and safety engineering
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)
Development of short course to teach occupational safety and health to primary care nurses and doctors (train the trainer course) (Aug 2009)
Selection and training of healthcare professionals for additional training (November 2009)
Development of occupational health officers (2) within APHI (Mar 2010)
Public health impact
Capacity building in occupational safety and health to protect and care for the Afghanistan workforce
Funding source(s)
Funds are being requested through HHS/OGHA as part of HHS’ more comprehensive programs in the health sector in Afghanistan
Dissemination
WHO Best Practices Example; Peer-reviewed publication with Afghan co-authors
Barriers
2010 delayed due to hiring barriers,visa issues, and security .
