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305.615.01 OCCUPATION INJURY PREVENTION AND SAFETY PRACTICE

Term: 3rd term
Credits: (2 credits)
Contact: James Weeks
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Course Instructor:
  • Jim Weeks
Description:

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.
Student Evaluation: Student evaluation is based on presentations and critiques of papers in the peer-reviewed public health literature concerning the above topics.
Learning Objective:

At the completion of 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
Location: Baltimore
Class Times:
  • Thursday 3:30 - 5:20
Enrollment Minimum: 8
Enrollment Restriction: undergraduate students are not permitted in this course
Instructor Consent: No consent required
For consent, contact: jweeks@jhsph.edu
Prerequisite:

At least one occupational health or injury prevention course.
Auditors Allowed: Yes, with instructor consent
Grading Restriction: Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
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Frequency Schedule: Every Other Year
Next Offered: 2014-2015