Integrating Power into Research, Outreach, and Practice to Make the Most of the Next Decade of the Total Worker Health® Program

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ahonen EQ ; Drews F ; Jones RM ; Reynolds MR ; Schaefer C
• Description:
  The evolution of Total Worker Health® The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) Total Worker Health (TWH) program's vision is "to "protect the safety and health of workers and advance their well-being by creating safer and healthier work." In January 2024, NIOSH personnel Chosewood and colleagues published an editorial in this journal in which they stated "all work should both be safe and enhance the health and well-being of workers." They furthermore highlighted next steps for the TWH program in advancing toward that vision, stating that the program will emphasize "...issues that have previously existed on the periphery of occupational safety and health research, practice, and policy and yet play a significant role in worker well-being. These evolving issues include confronting concerns like the ever-increasing wage gap; gender, racial, and ethnic inequalities; invasive monitoring and AI-related losses of workers' agency and autonomy; employment insecurity; and occupational segregation and oppression, all of which may lead to adverse physical health outcomes as well as raise risks for workplace stress and mental health disorders." [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Total Worker Health TWH Well-being
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Denver Region [OSHA] ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070487
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2025 Feb; :[Epub ahead of print]
• Contact Point Address:
  Emily Q. Ahonen, 303 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108
• Email:
  Emily.Ahonen@utah.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20210901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:66e663578a16fd3ddda089551d6075ab48a8ea959dc1a0650802ea23790fc94c30ccd554ca12fcf44da6b5b137ae27328d054160f4c2cf5146c2b208a0242ba8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208687/cdc_208687_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.18 MB ]