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AUGUST 19,1998
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H ealth & Science
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Money Available to de­
velop safety and health
training programs
T he d e a d lin e is a p p ro a c h ­
ing fo r tra d e and la b o r a s ­
s o c ia tio n s , e m p lo y e r c o n ­
s o r tiu m s , a n d o th e r n o n ­
p r o fit g ro u p s to a p p ly fo r
g ra n ts o f up to $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 to
d e v e lo p s a fe ty and h e a lth
tra in in g p ro g ra m s and m a­
te r ia ls .
T he S a fe ty , H e a lth E d u ­
c a tio n and T ra in in g G ra n t
P ro g ra m , w as c r e a te d by
le g is la tio n c o -s p o n s o re d by
th e A F L -C IO and A s s o c i­
a te d O r e g o n I n d u s t r i e s .
The p r o g ra m ’s g o al is to e n ­
c o u ra g e th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f
o c c u p a tio n a l s a fe ty and
h e a lth tra in in g and m a te r i­
als d if f e r e n t from th o se a l ­
rea d y in e x is te n c e . A c c o rd ­
in g to P h y l l i s S t r a i g h t -
M illa n , m an a g e r o f th e E d u ­
c a tio n S e c tio n o f O re g o n
O S H A , “ I f you can id e n tify
an o c c u p a tio n a l s a fe ty and
h e a lth c o n c e rn fo r w h ic h
th e re a re no c u rr e n tly e x ­
is tin g t r a i n in g p r o g r a m s ,
you can a p p ly fo r a g ra n t to
p ro d u c e o n e .”
A few e x a m p le s o f p r o ­
g ram s th a t h av e b een d e ­
v e lo p e d in c lu d e : p i c t o ­
g ram s fo r tra in in g m e n ta lly
c h a lle n g e d in d iv id u a ls on
h a z a rd s in th e w o rk p la c e ; a
d a iry f a r m e r ’s c h e c k lis t and
v id e o ; a hom e b u ild e r ’ s
m an u al and v id e o s in R u s ­
s ia n , S p a n is h , a n d E n g lis h ;
and a CD ROM in te r a c tiv e
tr a in in g p ro g ra m on p r e ­
v e n tin g a tta c k s by v ic io u s
d o g s.
S in c e its i n c e p t i o n in
1 9 9 0 , th e p r o g r a m h a s
a w a rd e d 47 g ra n ts to ta lin g
$1.3 m illio n .
“ T he fin is h e d p ro d u c t is
o f c o u r s e th e s p o n s o r ’ s
p r o d u c t to u s e , ” s a id
S t r a i g h t - M i l l a n , “ B u t it
a lso goes in th e O R -O SH A
r e s o u r c e lib r a r y w h e re it
can be c h e c k e d out and used
by a n y o n e in th e s ta te o f
O r e g o n .”
T r a in in g and e d u c a tio n
g ra n ts a re a w a rd e d tw ice a
y e a r. To m eet th e d e a d lin e
f o r th e O c t o b e r g r a n t
a w a rd s, you m ust su b m it a
c o m p le te d a p p li c a t i o n to
th e D e p a r tm e n t o f C o n ­
s u m e r a n d B u s in e s s S e r ­
v ic e s O reg o n O c c u p a tio n a l
S a fe ty and H e a lth D iv isio n
(O R -O S H A ) no la te r than
S e p te m b e r 10.
A p p r o x i­
m a te ly $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 re m a in s in
th e g ra n t fund fo r th is b ie n ­
n iu m .
More inform ation about this
program is available through
Thom as Schw abe, OR-OSHA
training specialist, at 1-503-
947-7436. To receive a grant
application packet, call V ir­
ginia Y onkers at 1-503-947-
7437 or (toll free in O regon)
1-800-922-2689. Inform ation
is also available on our web
site ed .w eb @ state.o r.u s.
Kaiser Permanente Selects Three For
Minority Internship Program
Three Portland college students
from minority backgrounds are
spending their summer participat­
ing in health research as part o f a
three-month internship program
sponsored by Kaiser Permanente’s
Center for Health Research (CHR)
in north Portland. This is the fourth
summer the Center has provided
minority college students the op­
portunity to work and leam in re­
search setting.
“The goal o f the program is to
attract minority students to careers
in health research, a field which has
few researchers from minority back­
grounds,” says Mary Durham, PhD,
director o f the Center.
The three are Ifeom a Egbo,
Alena M arshall, and Elizabeth
Rodriques. Bom in Nigeria, Egbo
is a junior at Portland State Univer­
sity where she is majoring in a pre­
physical therapy program. She stud­
ied banking and finance as well as
educational management and eco­
nomics in Nigeria. Egbo says she
came to the United States because
she “always wanted to be involved
in health care” and because there is
no degree program in physical
therapy in Nigeria.
Marshall, who is a Portland na­
tive, graduated from Wilson high
School and is finishing her fresh­
man year at Portland Community
College. To help pay for college
and “to get my exercise,” she also
works in the evenings at United
Time For Back-To-School
younger children whose learn­
ing skills—such as reading and
writing—and self-esteem in
the classroom depend on good
vision and healthy eyes.
Screenings are also available
for our schools, businesses and
com m unity o rg an izatio n s
through P acific’s o ff-site
screening program.
In addition to free screen­
ings w hich are av ailab le
throughout the year, Pacific’s
Vision Centers are providing
$25 fee reductions on vision
examinations and 25% savings
on most eye wear. Free reduc­
tions are valid from now
through October.
Pacific University’s Vision
C enters offer w eekday,
evening and weekend hours,
with locations throughout
FREE
SCREENINGS
FOR VISION
AND SCHOOL
Alena Marshall, a freshman at Portland Community College, is
working at Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research this
summer as a minority student intern.
Oregon and W ashington. The af­
filiation also created the largest
health services research enterprise
in the United States, bringing to­
gether Kaiser Perm anente’s Center
for Health Research in Portland
and Group health cooperative's
Center for Health Studies in Se­
attle. Their combined annual bud­
gets approach $25 million and sup­
port more than different research
projects.
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Free Vision Screenings Offered In
The Pacific University Col­
lege of Optometry Vision Cen­
ters are again providing a pro­
gram of free back-to-school vi­
sion screenings for all ages
in cluding
in fa n ts, p re ­
schoolers, school age children
and adults.
According to eye doctors,
vision screenings are espe­
cially beneficial in assuring
proper development of learn­
ing skills for infants and chil­
dren if they are received prior
to or early in the school year.
Screenings take about 30 min­
utes and provide important in­
formation about clarity of vi­
sion, eye health, and eye coor­
dination—factors that are es­
sential for good vision and
healthy eyes. Screenings are
e sp e c ially b en eficia l for
Parcel service loading trailers. After
completing her basic courses at PCC,
she plans to transfer to Arizona State
University to major in pharmacy.
Rodrigues, who is also a Portland
native, graduated from St. Mary’s
Academy and is a sophomore at the
University o f Oregon where she is
majoring in biology. She has spent
past summers working as an intern in
biomedical research. She says she
“has always loved science and biol­
ogy” and would like to become a
research scientist because she wants
“to have an impact on people’s lives
and health.”
The three students are working 40
hours per week. Each is assigned to
a mentor to leam abut the research
process and enhance their skills. If
their progress is satisfactory this year,
they will be invited to return each
summer until graduation.
"This program was designed to
increase the entry o f minorities into
health research occupations. It is
exciting to provide an opportunity
like this to students o f color,” says
Cheryl Johnson, the Center’s coordi­
nator for the student intern program.
Kaiser Perm anente’s Center for
Health Research, founded in 1964,
is a not-for-profit research institute
that conducts health research in the
public domain. Kaiser Permanente
and Group Health formed an affili­
ation in 1997. Together, the orga­
nizations provide health care to
more than one million people in
Portland including downtown,
southeast and northeast Port­
land; Forest Grove, Cornelius
and McMinnville. For more
information and to schedule a
screening at the Pacific Uni­
versity Vision Center near you,
please call 357-5800.
Children depend on a healthy visual system and good eye health.
As a community service, the Pacific University College ot Op­
tometry Northeast Eye Center is again offering free vision screenings
for infants, pre-schoolers, school-age children, and adults— just in
time for the school year.
Screenings provide information that is important in evaluating
visual clarity, eye health, and eye coordination. Eye doctors stress
the importance of regular vision care for children prior to or early in
the school year.
Screenings take about 30 minutes and are offered during week­
ends, evenings and regular business hours.
As a special service, from now through October community mem­
bers may receive a $25 fee reduction on vision examinations and 25
percent off most eyewear in our Optical Shop.
TO SCHEDULE FREE SCREENING S AND
FO R IN F O R M A T IO N , P L E A S E C A L L
248-3821
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
NORTHEAST EYE CENTER
5329 N.E. MLK Jr. Blvd., Portland
(Comer of MLK Jr. Blvd. and NE Klllingsworth)
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