305.615.01
Occupation Injury Prevention and Safety Practice
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Thursday, 3:30 - 5:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Jim Weeks
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Other Year
Resources
Prerequisite
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
- evaluate the roles of industry, government, public health professionals, labor unions, and the media in preventing occupational injuries
- identify fundamental elements for evaluating interventions to prevent occupational injuries
- provide a critique of the occupational injury prevention literature
Enrollment Restriction
undergraduate students are not permitted in this course