Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health, and Well-Being: The Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Assessment

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• Personal Author:
  Boden LI ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Gundersen D ; Hashimoto D ; Katz JN ; McLellan DL ; Okechukwu CA ; Pronk NP ; Revette A ; Sorensen, Glorian ; Sparer E ; Wagner, Gregory R. ; Williams JAR
• Description:
  Objective: To present a measure of effective workplace organizational policies, programs and practices that focuses on working conditions and organizational facilitators of worker safety, health and well-being: the Workplace Integrated Safety and Health (WISH) Assessment. Methods: Development of this assessment used an iterative process involving a modified Delphi method, extensive literature reviews, and systematic cognitive testing. Results: The assessment measures six core constructs identified as central to best practices for protecting and promoting worker safety, health and well-being: leadership commitment; participation; policies, programs and practices that foster supportive working conditions; comprehensive and collaborative strategies; adherence to federal and state regulations and ethical norms; and data-driven change. Conclusions: The WISH Assessment holds promise as a tool that may inform organizational priority setting and guide research around causal pathways influencing implementation and outcomes related to these approaches. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Total Worker Health Ethics Health Promotion Health Protection Integrated Approaches Measurement Of Best Practices Organizational Assessment Policy Protective Measures Regulations Total Worker Health TWH Work Environment Worker Health Workers Worker Safety Work Organization

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kansas ; Massachusetts ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  430-439
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051097
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2018 May; 60(5):430-439
• Contact Point Address:
  Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
• Email:
  glorian_sorensen@dfci.harvard.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• 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:d0839d6a9a40cbf236e9ea497d5a3a7d7db0407072bee212ef5b48104a5321ec75f444d3a5e487e53a159b54dadf838b3c596318a6fb2798ce83eb014845281a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211223/cdc_211223_DS1.pdf
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