Degree of integration between occupational safety and health programs and wellness programs: first year results from an insurer-sponsored wellness grant for smaller employers

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Meyers, Alysha R. ; Al-Tarawneh, Ibraheem S. ; Bushnell, P. Timothy ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J. ; Lampl, Michael P. ; Tseng, Chih-Yu ; Turner, Dayona M. ; Morrison, Carol A.
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  Describe levels of integration between occupational safety and health (OSH) and workplace wellness programs/practices/policies (“programs”) among participants in an insurer-sponsored wellness grant program.
  
  Methods:
  
  We analyzed survey responses about year one of an insurer-sponsored grant to start a wellness program from 220 small- and medium-sized employers. Responses yielded 25 indicators of OSH-wellness integration, and 10 additional indicators to summarize multiple responses.
  
  Results:
  
  At least half of employers (N=220) reported some level of integration within five of seven categories of OSH-wellness integration. Employers sometimes considered ergonomics, safety, or substance exposure hazards while designing their wellness program (15%) or reduced such hazards to support their wellness program (24%). Few meaningful differences were observed by employer size.
  
  Conclusion:
  
  While high levels of integration were unusual, some degree of integration was common for most indicator categories.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cross-Sectional Studies Financing, Organized Health Promotion Humans Insurance Carriers Occupational Health Surveys And Questionnaires
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 61(9):704-717
• Pubmed ID:
  31205207
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8886670
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:af15c24fd0d5f1c2e8626b5e8b21efe1c0e7bd3191bb495c71c26e76d7d96419
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114979/cdc_114979_DS1.pdf
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