Health Equity in Health Workforce Education and Training Sample Clauses

Health Equity in Health Workforce Education and Training. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine define health equity as “[T]he state in which everyone has the opportunity to attain full health potential, and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or any other socially defined circumstance.”1 To achieve and support this vision, the National Academies stress the need for health workforce education and training to evolve in ways that not only incorporate a more robust “understanding of the social determinants of health across the learning continuum” but also encourage sustained partnerships among academic institutions, communities, and organizations.2 These broad themes are the focus of programs associated with the authorizing legislation for the HWRC Cooperative Agreement Program, including: • Providing educational assistance in health professions for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (42 USC §293c.). • Supporting health workforce research related to the development, evaluation, and dissemination of curricula and other tools to increase cultural competency in the health workforce and strengthen the workforce’s ability to address health disparities (42 USC §293e(a)(1)). • Providing continuing education to the health workforce, including to providers in underserved communities (42 USC §294b). • Conducting studies to better understand the distribution of the health workforce and factors that determine the ability of the health workforce to serve minority groups (42 USC §295k(b)(2)). The successful applicant in this topic area will conduct research to examine a range of issues related to health equity in health workforce education and training. The encompassing goal of this Center’s research will be to strengthen the evidence base for effective education and training programs that can enable and empower a health workforce capable of fostering health equity. Examples of research areas related to this topic include: • Looking across a range of health care professions and providers to develop a comprehensive picture of how current health workforce education and training 1 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Communities in action: Pathways to health equity (Page 1). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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  • Education and Training The foundation of this Program is education and voluntary compliance. It is recognized that alcohol and chemical dependency may make voluntary cessation of use difficult, and one of the Program’s principal aims is to make voluntary steps toward ending substance abuse easily available. The outside contractor shall review and develop on-going educational and training information on the adverse consequences of substance abuse and the responsibility to avoid being under the influence of alcohol or chemicals at work. Certain training required by the DOT Regulations shall be the responsibility of the Substance Abuse Program.

  • Employment and Training Administration The ratio of trainees to journeymen on the job site shall not be greater than permitted under the plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration. Every trainee must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the approved program for the trainee's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Trainees shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the trainee program. If the trainee program does not mention fringe benefits, trainees shall be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division determines that there is an apprenticeship program associated with the corresponding journeyman wage rate on the wage determination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for apprentices. Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee rate who is not registered and participating in a training plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed. In addition, any trainee performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed. In the event the Employment and Training Administration withdraws approval of a training program, the contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize trainees at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable program is approved.

  • Health Promotion and Health Education Both parties to this Agreement recognize the value and importance of health promotion and health education programs. Such programs can assist employees and their dependents to maintain and enhance their health, and to make appropriate use of the health care system. To work toward these goals:

  • Orientation and Training A transferring employee will be orientated separately to both or their new home in accordance with Article 20 the collective agreement of the designated employer.

  • Department of Health and Human Services An employee notified of a positive controlled substance or alcohol test result may request an independent test of their split sample at the employee’s expense. If the test result is negative, the Employer will reimburse the employee for the cost of the split sample test. An employee who has a positive alcohol test and/or a positive controlled substance test may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal, based on the incident that prompted the testing, including a violation of the drug and alcohol free work place rules.

  • EDUCATION AND TRAINING FUND 22.01 i) The Employer shall contribute to the Union the sum of Five cents ($.05) per hour per full- time employee for each hour worked for education and training of Union members.

  • Health and Safety Training Regular employees and auxiliary employees in posted positions shall participate in a Health and Safety Training session once in a calendar year. The training program offered by the Employer must be approved by the joint Health and Safety Committee prior to such training commencing. Training will be provided during normal work hours and employees shall suffer no loss of pay or benefits.

  • Industrial Relations Training Leave 53.1 Union Delegate/Employee Representative shall have access to industrial relations training in accordance with Appendix E hereof.

  • Professional Development and Training 4.1 The purpose of professional development and training requirements for interpreters is to maintain the skill levels interpreters possess at the time they pass their interpreter certification examination, and to further enhance their skills and knowledge. Both the State and the Union encourage interpreters to complete training and continuing education activities.

  • TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL TIME 12.01 The Employer will provide transportation to and from jobs from the Employer’s shop. If an employee’s car is used for such transportation, the owner shall be paid fifty cents (50¢) per kilometre for such use.

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