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We study the impact of our surroundings, both natural and built, on health.
The field of environmental and occupational health covers everything from the air we breathe and the water we drink to the injuries and mental health challenges we may face at work. We strive to improve health by promoting practices and policies that reduce harmful exposures and protect vulnerable populations. From improving worker health and safety, to promoting healthy housing, to creating new tools to monitor air and water quality, we work to make our homes, our workplaces, and our communities healthier places for all.
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A graduate degree in environmental & occupational health prepares you to think critically about complex challenges and to design solutions that improve public health. When you leave one of our programs, you’ll be ready to address emerging environmental and workplace issues in a way that builds on science while prioritizing real people. Our graduates work in environmental health and safety, emergency management, environmental epidemiology, and workplace safety and health in private, nonprofit, and government organizations.
Our center is consistently looking for ways to spread Total Worker Health® knowledge to working professionals. These individuals are the “boots on the ground” practitioners responsible for creating and establishing employee health, safety and well-being programs. This audience was the genesis for creating our Total Worker Health Professional Program (TWH PRO) – we wanted to provide quality TWH education for working professionals in a flexible, self-paced online environment.
Our center released the course six months ago and have since wondered, what has been the impact of this course? How are our learners using their knowledge to create change in the workplace?
We spoke with learners about their recent experience. Read on to understand what skills and understanding are available to you through the TWH PRO.
I am the safety program manager for a local department of local services and have been in the safety profession for the past 34 years. – Aaron L.
I am the director of program management and engagement for a corporate health and fitness company. – Leah F.
I had read about TWH in the Synergist & Professional Safety in recent times. My experience is that in many cases, safety and health is siloed into being managed via isolation. My impression from my limited reading (which was confirmed after completing the program) is that it is a vehicle that can destroy such silos and infuse safety and health into more of an enterprise-wide dynamic. That is what I’m looking to achieve in our organization’s future. – Aaron L.
I am a lifelong learner! I try to set a continuing education goal every year to focus on a new certification or course that can help me continue to learn and grow as a health educator and worksite wellness professional. – Leah. F.
I thought the real-life scenarios were most beneficial. – Aaron L.
The case studies were great examples of the key aspects of TWH and how they can be applied in real practice in a worksite setting. – Leah F.
I have addressed my leadership team that TWH is worth our time investment and is a viable means to elevate what we hope to achieve as an organization in safety from a holistic perspective. Slowly segments of the organization that were not including safety in their routine mindsets are now interfacing me, to which I steer them in the mindset of TWH. I intend to make a wholesale change / incorporation across the Division in the next 2-4 years. – Aaron L.
The coursework was a great overview of TWH and has refreshed my focus to prioritize collaboration and integration with the employers I talk to everyday as they work on evolving their employee wellbeing programs. – Leah F.
I did recommend this course to a colleague. I strongly recommend this course, as it lays a great framework for addressing safety and health from a holistic view now and in the foreseeable future. I fully expect TWH to be an emerging topic at future national safety and health and industrial hygiene PDCs. – Aaron L.
I would recommend the course to other consultants and professionals who are focused on supporting employee wellbeing in their roles. – Leah F.
Written by Laura Veith, communications and media program manager at the Center for Health, Work & Environment at the ColoradoSPH.
Total Worker Health® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Participation by the Center for Health, Work & Environment does not imply endorsement by HHS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.