Engaging workers in health promotion and health protection efforts: a participatory approach for innovation and sustainability at two worksites

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• Personal Author:
  Flum M ; Henning R ; Nobrega S ; Punnett, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  University of Massachusetts. CPH-NEW Research Team
• Description:
  An evidence-based approach to achieve more sustainable and effective workplace health promotion and protection programs is currently being tested by the Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW; http://www.uml.edu/centers/CPH-NEW). Modeled after participatory ergonomics programs, small "design teams" of employees engage in iterative design of interventions to address their prioritized health concerns. An opportunity for employees to become stakeholders in these interventions is considered a key design factor for program success and sustainability. Program start-up depends on gaining both administrative and union support, assessing organizational readiness for participatory efforts, and creating meaningful support roles for supervisors. A multi-level steering committee with union and management representation is charged with supporting design team activities. Design teams initially focus on the health priorities revealed in survey responses to open-ended questions about work and non-work factors affecting health, and revealed in employee focus groups. Design team members receive training on teamwork skills and on basic principles of ergonomics and health promotion tailored to employee-selected health priorities. Ergonomic and health promotion professionals provide assistance as needed, such as helping make the business case for an intervention. The proposed integrated approach is expected to complement existing programs in ergonomics, health promotion, safety, and total quality management (TQM), and to support organizational change and innovation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Health Promotion Men Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health-programs Humans Models Protective-measures Questionnaires Safety-measures Safety-programs Total-Worker-Health Work-environment Worker-health Workers

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• ISBN:
  9782763794952
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  199-208
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044199
• Citation:
  Different perspectives on work changes: papers from the Second International Workshop on Work and Intervention Practices, August 27-29, 2008, Québec, Canada. Pelletier J, Vaudreuil F, Morel S, Lapointe P-A, eds. Quebec, Que: Universite Laval, Faculte des Sciences sociales, Departement des Relations Industrielles, 2011 Jan; :199-208
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Engaging workers in health promotion and health protection efforts: a participatory approach for innovation and sustainability at two worksites
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199974/cdc_199974_DS1.pdf
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