305.615.81
Occupation injury Prevention and Safety Policy and Practice
Location
Internet
Term
4th Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Bruce Lippy
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduction to Online Learning and at least one occupational health or injury prevention course.
Provides a link between the public health approach to injury prevention, the traditions of safety science and engineering, and their relationship with ergonomics and biomechanics. Topics covered include identifying the injury problem; using surveillance and record-keeping systems; preventing injuries by government, unions, health departments, and industry; and comparing safety sciences and a public health approach to injury prevention.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Develop strategies for preventing occupational injuries based on the scientific literature
- Describe a public health approach to occupational injury prevention
- Describe the roles of industry, government, public health professionals, labor unions, consensus organizations and the media in preventing occupational injuries
- Apply the hierarchy of controls to develop intervention strategies for occupational injury prevention
- Explain and apply several hazard assessment tools used by safety professionals to prevent injuries
- Review the literature on a specific hazard for a target population and propose research to measure the impact of a public health intervention
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduate students are not permitted in this course