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
• Florida Prevention Research Center
• CDC Centers for Excellence in Health Marketing and Communication
  • Southern Center for Communication, Health and Poverty
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Washington Health Marketing Research Center

Government

• CDC National Center for Health Marketing
• CDC Communication
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center
  • International Training and Research Program in Environmental and Occupational Health (ITREOH) grantees and partner institutions in less developed nations
• National Cancer Institute

State and Local

• Los Angeles County Health Department

Public Partnerships

• NORA Town Hall Meetings
• Center to Protect Workers’ Rights

International Collaborations

• The Cochrane Collaboration
• International Commission on Occupational Health
• International Occupational Hygiene Association
• Information Systems Security Association
• World Bank
• World Health Organization

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.

Professional and Trade Associations

• American Society of Safety Engineers
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
• Laborers International Union
• American Industrial Hygienist Association
• National Safety Council
• The Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics
• American Association of Occupational Health Nurses

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.

Partnership Database

The Partnership Database catalogs information on NIOSH partners and their interactions with NIOSH. It includes research partners, both intramural and extramural, standard setting bodies and formal partnerships.

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.

For information about partnering with the NIOSH Communication and Information Dissemination Program, contact, Max Lum. For general information about partnerships with NIOSH, contact the NIOSH Office of Research and Technology Transfer .