AIHA Releases 2011-2015 Strategic Plan
New mission statement prepares the organization for the future of Industrial Hygiene
Fairfax, VA - The American Industrial Hygiene Association? (AIHA) has announced the release of the 2011-2015 strategic plan. The AIHA Board of Directors developed a new strategic plan to reflect the organization's new mission statement, "Creating Knowledge to Protect Worker Health". The Academy of Industrial Hygiene, the American Industrial Hygiene Foundation, AIHA Local Sections and the American Board of Industrial Hygiene were included throughout the process, making for a cohesive and inclusive plan.
The 2011-2015 Strategic Plan reflects the consensus that industrial hygiene is an exposure risk assessment and management discipline under the umbrella of public health. Aligning with this understanding, core values were revised and project teams were developed to address organizational priorities. A newly generated vision statement, "Elimination of Workplace Illnesses", guides the organization's mission and culture into the future.
The outlined priorities are comprised of redefined core competencies, redeveloped membership and local section structures, broadened international outreach and diversified knowledge-based products and services.
"I argue that whether we practice as specialists, generalists, or versatilists, each of us should be considered an industrial hygienist and find our professional futures captured in AIHA's newly completed 2011-2015 strategic plan" states Michael Brandt, DrPH, CIH, PMP, AIHA President. "During strategic planning we used our general understanding of IH as an exposure risk assessment and management discipline to guide project teams. Each of these groups will begin to transform AIHA so that we can continue to achieve our mission of protecting worker health in the 21st century and beyond."
For more information regarding the 2011-2015 Strategic Plan, please contact Vicky Yobp at (703) 846-0769 or vyobp@aiha.org. To read the plan in its entirety, please visit http://www.aiha.org/aboutaiha/Pages/StrategicPlan.aspx.
SOURCE: The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)