Health Links(TM) Assessment of Total Worker Health® Practices as Indicators of Organizational Behavior in Small Business

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• Personal Author:
  Dally M ; Fan W ; Haan M ; Newman M ; Newman, Lee S. ; Rivera K ; Scott J ; Tenney L
• Description:
  Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a cross-sectional assessment of the adoption of Total Worker Health (TWH) policies and practices by business size and evaluate extent and alignment of their safety and health. Methods: We conducted an analysis of 382 businesses that completed the Health Links Assessment. We measured organizational adoption of TWH across six benchmarks: organizational supports, workplace assessments, health policies and programs, safety, engagement, and evaluation. Results: Benchmark scores were significantly associated with business size. Larger businesses were more likely to score higher across each benchmark. Conclusion: Small businesses are implementing TWH in a variety of ways and the level of implementation differs by business size. Practical interventions as well as dissemination and implementation research should take business size into account to ensure that TWH is both effective and sustainable in meeting the needs of employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Safety Intervention Effectiveness Organizational Behavior Small Business Small Businesses Total Worker Health TWH Worker Safety Work Organization Workplace Health
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056763
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2019 Aug; 61(8):623-634
• Contact Point Address:
  Liliana Tenney, MPH, 13001 E. 17th Place, Mail Stop B119 HSC, Aurora, CO 80045
• Email:
  liliana.tenney@ucdenver.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado Denver, Aurora
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20160901
• 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:e9c80b95f87922d71eff00a485a04b137ef2032f940e3a1a43892d2cafdce744f2481d1e51d5056989ee51f8e68f0bbb40dac4f5385d6d6661c155adefb2bb0b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214303/cdc_214303_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 379.00 KB ]