Oregon Healthy Workforce Center: A NIOSH Total Worker Health(TM) Center of Excellence

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• Personal Author:
  Anger WK ; Evans K ; Hammer L ; Hecker S ; Kincle L ; Kuehl K ; Montgomery D ; Olson, Ryan ; Rohlman D
• Description:
  The purpose of this poster is to inform conference attendees about the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC). Funded by NIOSH as a Total Worker Health Center of Excellence in 2011, the OHWC is a collaboration between Oregon Health and Science University's Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Portland State University's Occupational Health Psychology program, the Center for Health Research, Oregon State University's College of Public Health and Human Sciences, and the University of Oregon's Labor Education Research Center. The overarching theme of the OHWC is Intervention Effectiveness, focused on team-based and technology-based interventions to promote and protect health among Oregonian workers with an emphasis on translating research to practice. The Center is conducting four research projects and two translational projects, all with the goals of improving employees' lifestyle choices and promoting safer and healthier work practices and better psychological and physical health. Each project utilizes a randomized controlled trial design, integrates health promotion and health protection, and produces scalable products for adoption and external validity. The four research projects combine proven and novel projects intervention methods with a diverse set of workers throughout Oregon, including corrections officers, home care workers, water bureau construction workers, and workers with a disability. Research projects include: DOC HEALTH Department of Corrections: Helping Establish Activities for Lifelong Total Health (Kerry Kuehl, PI); COMPASS: Creating health and safety "Communities of Practice" for home care workers (Ryan Olson, PI); SHIP: Safety and Health Improvement Project for Construction Workers (Leslie Hammer, PI); and Be Active, Work Safe: A Novel Program for People with a Disability (Laurel Kincl, PI). The two translational projects utilize proven intervention methods and make use of training plus social media-supported or behavior tracking intervention packages in young workers and Latino and non-Latino supervisors. Translational projects include: PUSH: Promoting U Through Safety and Health (Diane Rohlman, PI) and Supervisor training to promote health/safety in construction (Latino and non-Latino) (Kent Anger, PI). OHWC's research is complemented by an interactive education program, which has six main goals: 1) to broaden and mature thinking about the overarching theoretical constructs that guide our work (via an annual Summer Institute); 2) to keep abreast of policies and issues surrounding health promotion and health protection, and contribute to their evolution (via mini-symposia); 3) to educate the stakeholder communities on our work and the work of others in health promotion/protection (via seminars, mini-symposia); 4) to inform OHWC PIs and staff about the ongoing work of the Center, and identify potential project problems (via internal chalk-talks); 5) to identify new areas of cross-disciplinary collaboration of Center PIs and staff on all projects; and 6) to develop conceptual knowledge and technical skills in health promotion/protection in top undergraduates to kindle interest in the research questions (via a summer intern program). In addition to the aforementioned projects, the OHWC carries out an extensive Outreach program with the goal of ensuring stakeholder involvement, internal and external information dissemination, and ongoing collaboration. The outreach program provides opportunities for outreach with partner organizations and stakeholders through newsletters, an emerging issues blog (Oregon and the Workplace), as well as an annual Partners' Luncheon. The luncheon provides an opportunity for engagement and networking through 'worktable discussions' of stakeholder topics of interest, and a keynote address (e.g., ROI of workplace wellness programs). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Community Health Health Promotion Intervention Occupational Health Programs Occupational Health Services Occupational Safety And Health Safety Education Total Worker Health TWH
• Publisher:
  American Psychological Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053904
• Citation:
  Work, Stress, and Health 2013: Protecting and Promoting Total Worker Health(TM), The 10th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, May 16-19, 2013, Los Angeles, California. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2013 May; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  W. Kent Anger, PhD, Director Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC): Oregon Health & Science University Center (OHSU) Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET), 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd. L606, Portland, OR 97239
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Work, Stress, and Health 2013: Protecting and Promoting Total Worker Health(TM), The 10th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, May 16-19, 2013, Los Angeles, California
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e6bf0d54f5faf9969c803e0d8b7a836cb7c30d36a1d1a8c3cadb6a11d6040263a7a902c0974130208f65d1afe081a49ffe0d275a8a2d93f9c9404b3c56ca1813
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216576/cdc_216576_DS1.pdf
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