249636 Building community resiliency and environmental justice through health and safety training

Monday, October 31, 2011: 10:30 AM

Sharon D. Beard, MS/IH , Worker Education and Training Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC
     
Insights into the development of an effective health and safety training program over the past 15 years to assist communities to achieve environmental justice and build healthy communities will be described during this session. Specifically, a brief background of the different components of the NIEHS Worker Education and Training Program will be provided as well as other contributions of Federal job training programs and the their impact on community resiliency.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Environmental health sciences
Occupational health and safety
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Explain how hazardous waste worker training programs can promote healthy communities by empowering residents of environmental justice communities to get involved in the cleanup and redevelopment efforts within their communities. Describe how worker training programs are essential to adequately prepare workers for a career in environmental cleanup or construction, but also to address the critical components of environmental justice, including, but not limited to, public health, social issues, economic issues, and employment opportunities. Demonstrate through real-life examples the benefits of federal hazardous waste worker training programs in promoting healthy communities by being better informed and aware of the hazards in their communities. Define the components of a successful training program.

Keywords: Hazardous Waste Workers, Training

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I oversee programs in occupational health and safety training education and have experience in industrial hygiene, environmental health and sciences as well as hazardous waste training programs.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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