2.6.2. TWH Training and Certificate Programs

During the 1st International Symposium to Advance *Total Worker Health*® [11], a plenary session consisting of research and training experts from the NIOSH-funded Centers of Excellence for TWH, NIOSH-funded Education Research Centers (ERCs), and NIOSH TWH Affiliates covered current training initiatives, plans to formally solicit external input and engage key stakeholders, curricular reform, and integration of TWH into NIOSH-funded ERCs. During this session, speakers and participants confirmed a growing need to increase the knowledge and skills of researchers and practitioners to implement an integrated TWH approach through interdisciplinary education of the existing and future workforce. Currently, a number of differing types of continuing education and certificate programs are available or in development; such programs could include TWH approaches in already existent OSH or health promotion programs, or create new ones altogether. These include the University of Colorado [41]; the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill; Oregon and Portland State Universities in collaboration with SAIF; Northern Kentucky University; and Western Kentucky University.
