NIOSH Program Portfolio

Communication and Information Dissemination

Inputs: Partners

Partnerships

Partnerships are integral to the NIOSH Communication and Dissemination Cross-Sector Portfolio Program. Input from customers and stakeholder groups help in setting research priorities, conducting research and implementing interventions. Partners also add expertise or specialized experience to the research team, which benefits the research, analysis, interpretation, and communication of the results.

Our partners include:

Academia

• Education and Resource Centers (ERCs)
• NIOSH Agricultural Centers

Government

• CDC National Center for Health Marketing
• CDC Communication
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
  External link: http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/

Public Partnerships

• NORA Town Hall Meetings
• Center to Protect Workers’ Rights
  External link: http://www.cpwr.com/
• Laborers

International Collaborations

The NIOSH Communications Program is linked with the NIOSH Global Collaborations Program and the two programs are housed in the same office. The NIOSH Global Collaborations Program works with international partners in organizations on research, training, documents, and technical assistance to benefit workers everywhere.

• Communications tools of the Global Collaborations Program:
  • World Health Organization Collaborating Centre Connection newsletter.
  • The GeoLibrary, an online library for occupational safety and health training materials and practices tools in five languages.
    External link: http://www.geolibrary.org/

Professional and Trade Associations

Partnership Database

The Partnership Database is being developed to catalog information on NIOSH partners and their interactions with NIOSH. It will include research partners, both intramural and extramural, standard setting bodies and formal partnership agreements, such as Memoranda of Understanding, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, and CDC Foundation Agreements.

Partnering with Other Portfolio Program Areas

The Communication Portfolio alignment with NIOSH’s research to practice (r2p) activity provides an opportunity to collaborate with all NORA sectors and cross-sector programs.

Stakeholders and Customers

The NIOSH program for the Communication and Dissemination Cross-Sector Portfolio collaborates and works closely with a broad spectrum of the community. The stakeholder and customer list includes:

• Industry groups
• Labor organizations
• Academia
• Government agencies
• Nongovernmental organizations
• Professional organizations  

These organizations may be research partners, end-users of our technology and scientific findings, peer reviewers, recipients of research grants and contracts, or sources of equipment, technology, or knowledge for advancing research in the community.

 

NIOSH Program:

Communication and Information Dissemination

Program Description
Inputs
• National Research Agenda (NORA)
• NIOSH Strategic Goals
• Emerging Issues
• Partners
• NIOSH Contacts
Activities
• Consultation Services
• NIOSH Research Projects
• NIOSH Funded Research Grants
Outputs
• Publications
• Topic Pages
• Products
• Research to Practice
• Conferences
Outcomes
Tools and Resources
Review & Evaluation
• Program Review
• National Academies Evaluation