The Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, and Safety Professionals: Making the Connection with Health Promotion - the Healthy Worker Module provides CP-12 careerists with valuable skills that can be incorporated directly to their job responsibilities.

This online module is provided using Blackboard and is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary to assist in developing and implementing health promotion activities in order to eliminate or mitigate health risks in the workplace and to ensure that worker exposures documented by the IH are not unknowingly affected by confounders that may be potentiated. This module is designed for industrial hygiene, occupational health and safety professionals.

Objectives: (TLOs)

Upon completion of this program, the participant will be able to:

1. Define the terms health and health promotion

2. Explain the relationship between worker health and health promotion and wellness

3. List the benefits of merging health promotion and occupational health and safety (OHS) programs

4. Describe the stages of change that impact worker health

5. Discuss unhealthy behaviors that are the confounders which potentiate worker exposure in the workplace

6. Demonstrate the use of health promotion and wellness activities or exercises that support worker health

7. State how to access health education and wellness materials and resources available though the Army or DoD community.

Because the instructor is an Army Civilian, the students have reach back should they encounter questions or concerns.

Students are administered pre- and post-assessments as a module evaluation tool. Pre & Post Assessments will be administered through a web-based program. Students will have the advertised date ranges to complete the web-based final assessment. Certificates are issued to students who achieve at least a 70% on the final assessment.

Please make note that this online module will be available for the entire month, registrants will be able to access the module in Blackboard during the advertised date ranges, and reminder notifications will not be sent to registrants.

ABIH provides CM points for this module to those who are eligible. CEUs are issued by Career Program 12 for this module to those who meet all passing requirements.

Certificates are issued to students who achieve at least a 70% on the final assessment. Attendance of all online module sections is required in order to receive a certificate for the module.

CLASS MATERIALS: You will need speakers or headphones to hear the audio. Slide Deck notes pages will be available on Blackboard. You may wish to print these and have them available during the videos. Bring materials to take notes (pens, pencils, highlighter, self stick tabs, etc.) A scientific calculator is required.

Make sure you have taken the following steps PRIOR TO APPLYING TO THIS MODULE:

Step #1

PRIOR TO APPLYING TO THIS MODULE, go to DCO website

https://www.dco.dod.mil/public/dsp/documentation.cfm

Step #2

PRIOR TO APPLYING TO THIS MODULE register for a DCO account or update your current password. Passwords expire every 30- 60 days in DCO. You may be able to gain access with your CAC but not be allowed to view the recording because your password has expired. Please make sure to update your password under your profile before the module. You will be required to have your CAC and provide a valid pin.

Step #3

Save the dates on your calendar.

Step #4

PRIOR TO APPLYING TO THIS MODULE go to the following link, log in and out with your CAC to register your username. https://amedd.ellc.learn.army.mil. (Blackboard site)

If the above steps are not completed PRIOR to application, you will not be eligible for enrollment.

The module will not be held in DCO. To enter the module, visit the Blackboard site and look under “modules”.

The pre-assessment, post-assessment and module survey are mandatory. You must complete all required portions of the module or no certificate will be issued.

!!ATTENTION!!

With the recent Blackboard upgrade, students may experience problems if they are using Internet Explorer (IE) 7. To help alleviate browser issues students can use IE 8 or Mozilla Firefox browsers. Students can still access the module with IE7, but please delete any internet browsing history and cookies prior to viewing this module by clicking the "Tools" menu, "Internet Options", and selecting delete. Fewer issues are encountered by students who have deleted these.

Students may need to download the most current version of ADOBE Connect and Flashplayer if working from a computer not regularly updated.