AIHA + Coloradostrength through alignment and engagement

Steven E. Lacey, PhD, CIH, CSP

AIHA President-Elect

September 2015

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• Introduce self

• AIHA leaders in CO

• Pike’s Peak NF

• Montana summer trip

• FSPH …if anyone needs a school of public health…; Undergrad & Grad; CEPH accred

• Product Stewardship Program

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1. AIHA is working to evolve its role

2. Align priorities & opportunities in Colorado

3. An opportunity to partner

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Priorities

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1. AIHA is working to evolve its role

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AIHA Envisioned Future

What will allow AIHA to fulfill its mission to

protect worker health while ensuring a

sustainable stream of resources for doing so?

Right-sized

AIHA is focused on:

• Cultivating a community of IH

professionals

• Intentionally translating/repackaging and exporting

IH knowledge to other allied professionals engaged

in protecting worker health

Focused Collaborations/Alliances

Creating a coalition of like-minded organizations

committed to protecting worker health in order to:

• Unify diverse specialized

associations

• Combine forces to achieve

better results

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Research Agenda

Program of Work

Content Development

Strategic Focus Areas

• Organization-driven content strategy

• Science collaborations to produce new content

• Convene scientific summit

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Organization-Driven Content Strategy

• Develop organization-wide program of work that

provides guidance in focusing volunteer, staff, and

financial resources

• Develop a research framework to inform the

program of work

• Future product and service development better

aligned with needs of profession

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Approved Content Priorities

Ranked High to Low

1. Exposure Banding/OEL Process

2. Sensor Technologies

3. Emerging Markets/Global IH Standard of Care

4. IH Value Strategy/Business Case Development

5. Changing Workforce Demographics/Environment

6. Big Data, Data Management and Interpretation

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Research Projects

• Sensor Technologies

• Changing Workforce

• Big Data

• Global IH/OH Standard of Care

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Strategic Focus Areas

• Organization-driven content strategy

• Science collaborations to produce new content

• Convene scientific summit

• Align resources to support career stages

• Local Section support system

• Create personalized premium member benefits14

Body of Knowledge (BoK)

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Currently, AIHA BoKs consists of the following, with more in

development:

Body of Knowledge (BoK)

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A Body of Knowledge (BoK) outlines the knowledge and skills a

competent person should possess and be able to demonstrate in

a specific topic or specialty.

Body of Knowledge (BoK)

Projects

• Exposure Banding/OEL Process

• Business Case Development

- Reworked/Rebranded IH Value Strategy

Beyond the BoK

• Education Mapping

• Partnerships

• Needs Assessment

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Opportunities

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Events and Education

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Events and Education

AIHceFall

Conference

Future Leaders Institute

Leadership Workshop

Body of Knowledge

(BoK)

China-U.S. Occupational

HealthSymposia

E-Learning

Road Courses

IOHA 2018

Face-to-Face Training

Advocacy and Influence

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Protect and Promote the Profession

Title Protection Laws

Professional Recognition Laws

Be a Player inOHS Issues

Keep the Profession at Forefront of OHS

Monitor State and Federal Issues

Comment on Issues

How and Why AIHA Influences Government

Advocacy and Influence

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Educate Policymakerson Issues

Be Proactive – Reactive when Necessary

Visit with Policymakers

Ask Member to “Get Involved”

Liaison with Like-MinedOrganizations

Increased Numbers Increases Power

Position AIHA as a Leader

Community Engagement

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Committees

Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Working Groups

Local Sections

Building the Next Generation

• American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF)

• Students and Early Career Professionals Committee

• Student Local Sections

• Mentoring

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2. Align priorities & opportunities in Colorado

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• Knowing the content priorities, what is most important…to you ?

• Knowing the volunteer opportunities, how might you engage as an individual ? As a Local Section ??

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3. An opportunity to partner

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Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Working Youth at Higher Risk

In the United States:

• In 2013, workers < 24 years old made up

13% of the workforce (18.1 million people)

• A young worker is injured on the job every

minute

• Youth age 15–24 years are injured at work

at twice the rate of adults

• Job injuries for youth (up to age 19) have

an annual cost of $5 billion

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Partnership to Protect Young Workers

Objective: Equip young people with the skills

and knowledge they need to participate in safe

and healthy work environments throughout

their working lives

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

OSH Competencies for

Young Workers• All workers can be hurt or killed on the job

• Work injuries are predictable and preventable

• Employers are responsible for, and workers have the right to, safe

and healthy work

• Youth need to know how to: identify hazards at work; prevent job

injury and illness; identify and address emergencies at work;

communicate with people in authority when feeling unsafe or

threatened

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

AIHA + NIOSH Partnership

What can AIHA members do?

• Bring the NIOSH Talking

Safety curriculum into local

school districts

• Volunteer to bring

AIHA/NIOSH Safety Matters

training to schools

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Safety Matters is…

• 1-hour module and presentation

for students in grades 7-12

• Available from the NIOSH

website (coming soon)

• For use by AIHA members to

teach students critical OSH

competencies

The I

mpact of W

ork

Inju

ries

Examples of Teen Work Injuries

� Why do you think this happened?

� What could have prevented Jack

from getting hurt?

� How might this injury impact Jack’s

daily life?

Job:Job:Job:Job: Fast food worker

Hazard:Hazard:Hazard:Hazard: Greasy, slippery floors

Injury:Injury:Injury:Injury: Injured tailbone

Jack’s StoryJack’s StoryJack’s StoryJack’s Story

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Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Skills for Career ReadinessHard / Basic Skills (The Three Rs +) Soft / Life / Applied Skills

Reading

Writing

Arithmetic

Government/Economics

Science

Humanities/Arts

Foreign Language

History/Geography

Critical thinking/problem solving

Oral and written communication

Teamwork / collaboration

Diversity

IT application

Leadership

Creativity / innovation

Lifelong learning /self direction

Professionalism / work ethic

Ethics / accountability/social

responsibility

Flexibility / adaptability

Appropriate health & wellness choices

→Skills/knowledge to contribute to a safe

and healthy workplace? Missing!

Sources: Conference Board; 21st Century Skills Framework

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AIHA + Coloradostrength through alignment and engagement

Steven E. Lacey, PhD, CIH, CSP

AIHA President-Elect

September 2015

selacey@iu.edu

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