Workplace Health Protection and Promotion Through Participatory Ergonomics: An Integrated Approach

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• Personal Author:
  Cherniack, Martin G. ; Faghri P ; Henning R ; Robertson M ; Warren N
• Description:
  A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) developed an evidence-based approach to address three recognized challenges to workplace programs designed to improve employee health: establishing employee ownership, integrating with work organization, and sustainability. The two main innovations being introduced in combination were (1) integrating traditional workplace health protection (e.g., ergonomics, industrial hygiene) with health promotion (e.g., assisting workers in improving health behaviors) and (2) introducing a bottom-up participatory model for engaging employees in innovative iterative design efforts to enhance both components of this integrated program. In the program, which was modeled after participatory ergonomics programs, teams of workers engage in the iterative design of workplace interventions to address their prioritized health concerns with the support of a multilevel steering committee. The integrated approach being tested can complement existing worksite safety and health initiatives and promote organizational learning, with expected synergistic effects. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Total Worker Health Work Environment Worker Health Worker Motivation Work Organization Workplace Studies Work Practices
• ISSN:
  0033-3549
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  26-35
• Volume:
  124
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035707
• Citation:
  Public Health Rep 2009 Jul-Aug; 124(Suppl 1):26-35
• Contact Point Address:
  Robert Henning, PhD, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, Psychology Department, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Rd., Storrs, CT 06269-1020
• Email:
  robert.henning@uconn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Public Health Reports
• Supplement:
  1
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2c0731114d3ea80ba88755bd21942f569af99fe0012102e102b819903352ce636adffdaab1376f84aa786ac8a35dbb62f63486bfe4a1839c95c9cea043fca9af
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187482/cdc_187482_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 235.77 KB ]