A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Workplace Health Promotion and Occupational Ergonomics Programs

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• Personal Author:
  Cherniack, Martin G. ; Faghri P ; Henning R ; Morse T ; Punnett, Laura
• Description:
  Musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and mental health are all associated with the physical and psychosocial conditions of work, as well as with individual health behaviors. An integrated approach to workplace health-promotion programs should include attention to the work environment, especially in light of recent findings that work organization influences so-called lifestyle or health behaviors. Macroergonomics provides a framework to improve both physical and organizational features of work and, in the process, to empower individual workers. The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) is a research-to-practice effort examining the effectiveness of worksite programs that combine occupational safety and health--especially ergonomics--with health promotion, emphasizing the contribution of work organization to both. Two intervention studies are underway in three different sectors: health care, corrections, and manufacturing. Each study features participatory structures to facilitate employee input into health goal-setting, program design and development, and evaluation, with the goal of enhanced effectiveness and longer-term sustainability. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Promotion Mental Health Musculoskeletal System Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Job Stress Mental Health Musculoskeletal System Occupational Psychology Total Worker Health Work Environment Worker Motivation Work Organization
• 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:
  16-25
• Volume:
  124
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035715
• Citation:
  Public Health Rep 2009 Jul-Aug; 124(Suppl 1):16-25
• Contact Point Address:
  Laura Punnett, ScD, Department of Work Environment, One University Avenue, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854
• Email:
  Laura_Punnett@uml.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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187484/cdc_187484_DS1.pdf
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