Training/Education
Safety and Health of Forestry Services Workers in the Pacific Northwest
The forest service workforce in the Pacific Northwest is largely immigrant, low-literate, and Spanish-speaking with unique vulnerabilities due to a lack of skills and safety training, occupational immobility, remote work locations, and small contractor employment.
Hands on the Land Project: Resource Clearinghouse for Forestry Services Workers
With this 5-year award to Oregon State Forestry Extension, PNASH joins as a partner in Hands on the Land, a collaborative program to enhance the equity of the forest workforce in the Pacific Northwest. We focus on labor-intensive forest workers including forestry services contract crews, incarcerated workers, and volunteer workforces.
Hands on the Land re-envisions our forest workforce with:
Celebrating our student partnerships
2025 Graduates
Autumn Dennistoun, DNP
Population Health and Systems Leadership, School of Nursing
Autumn's research explored substance use among commercial fishermen in Washington State. She developed a training module and hands on method to educate about naloxone administration. Learn more about her project.
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Heat-Related Illness Policy Implementation to Inform Practical Solutions for Farmworkers
The objective of this project is to conduct a timely evaluation of a new updated State occupational heat policy for agriculture (Ag) to inform practical implementation solutions. In the Pacific Northwest, there is a substantial burden of heat-related illness (HRI) among outdoor Ag workers, who are largely foreign-born and Spanish-speaking. While State and Federal policies have the potential to reduce inequities in occupational heat health effects for Ag workers, heat rules may be variably implemented in different local contexts, leading to variable impacts.