Occupational Health Psychology (OHP):
Funding for Development of Graduate Training Programs
Occupational health psychology (OHP) is an emerging specialty area within psychology. In the broadest terms, OHP refers to the application of psychology to protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of workers, and to improving the quality of work life. Funds provided by a five-year cooperative agreement between NIOSH and the APA have enabled several universities to initiate the development of curriculum in OHP. Examples of training activities developed under this program include:
- Expansion of curriculum in organizational psychology to provide a focus on organizational risk factors for stress, illness and injury at work, and on intervention strategies;
- Expansion of curriculum and practica in clinical psychology to improve the recognition of job stress and its organizational sources;
- Expansion of curriculum in human factors engineering to provide more of an exclusive focus on occupational health and safety; and
- Increased exposure of behavioral scientists to research methods and practice in public/occupational health and epidemiology.
University programs are at various stages in the development and implementation of their course offerings. Interested students should contact the primary faculty of the universities for additional information.
Please visit the NIOSH OHP web site for general information about occupational health psychology, links to the funded university programs, and joining the OHP listserv.
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