Integration of Health Protection and Promotion

Details

• Personal Author:
  Aufsesser K ; Chang CC ; Sherwood J
• Description:
  Integrating the protection of worker safety and health with evidence-based health promotion is a strategic approach enhancing the safety, health, and well-being of the employee population and reducing costs for the organization. An integrate approach can reduce injuries; improve health; lower health claims, absenteeism, and workers compensation claims; and enhance overall wellbeing of the workforce and company. Total Worker Health-A Best Practice Approach: In most organizations, there are many different departments addressing varying aspects of employee safety and health, including environmental health, workers compensation, disability management, risk management, safety management, facilities management, employee assistance programs, health benefits, occupational health, worksite health education/promotion, and wellness. These functions have overlapping missions, but often have little communication with each other and compete for resources. Total Worker Health is a strategy integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion to prevent worker injury and illness and to advance health and well-being (NIOSH). It brings all of the related puzzle pieces together to form a holistic framework for enhancing the safety and health of the workforce population. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Health Promotion Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Environmental Health Health Care Health Programs Health Promotion Health Protection Injuries Injury-prevention Protective Measures Risk Management Safety-climate Safety-practices Safety-research Total Worker Health Training TWH Work Environment Worker Health Workers Worker Safety Workers Compensation

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• Publisher:
  American Society of Safety Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052694
• Citation:
  Safety 2015: Proceedings of the 2015 ASSE Professional Development Conference, June 7-10, 2015, Dallas, Texas. Des Plaines, IL: American Society of Safety Engineers, ASSE-15-662, 2015 Jun; :538
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Safety 2015: Proceedings of the 2015 ASSE Professional Development Conference, June 7-10, 2015, Dallas, Texas
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8938d6c4ab440d0bcbb1f641d5444385c4ed1ed8dc4ef3607b1d9b27a3529e391472e4df7db292c2cfaccd665cc65c2da91f7f0f85e49310fb83f5625d3bdfb8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212190/cdc_212190_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 320.86 KB ]