Examining the value of integrating occupational health and safety and health promotion programs in the workplace.

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• Personal Author:
  Goetzel RZ
• Description:
  This paper examines the role of worker health as a key contributing factor to increases in workplace productivity, and the emergence of organizational practices that support the integration of occupational health, safety and productivity management programs. We explore answers to the following questions: 1. What is the context for examining the relationship between worker health, safety, and productivity gains? 2. Can a business case be developed for introducing and maintaining an integrated model of health, safety, and productivity management? Is it feasible to advocate for a coordinated approach to worker health at a time when the overall business imperative is focused on cost-cutting? 3. What have employers done to advance employee health, safety, and productivity efforts? 4. What methods are used to measure and monitor health, safety and productivity outcomes in the workplace? 5. Is there evidence that improvements in the health and well being of workers can achieve economic benefits? 6. What can be learned from successful efforts at integrating health, safety, and productivity management initiatives in American businesses? 7. What is needed to promote research and fill critical knowledge gaps, to disseminate information about what is already known in this field, and to identify and reinforce successful practices?
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Staff Development Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Disease-prevention Employee-health Health-programs Health-protection Injury-prevention Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs Occupations Safety-programs Safety-research Total-Worker-Health Worker-health

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Other
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-61
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041167
• Citation:
  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Contract 211-2004-M-09393, 2005 Jan; :1-61
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a22af5c781dd53c5406e2daa1917bf8495ed0f09d88a9fb1e26a274e651c256034a657af5f4f0389ef62f86db7df66ce18ba69dc0c65d1662e823bd56e10623a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181614/cdc_181614_DS1.pdf
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