Work, Stress, and Health 2013: Protecting and Promoting Total Worker Health(TM)

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• Personal Author:
  Keita GP
• Description:
  The 2013 Work, Stress, and Health Conference addressed the changing nature of work and the implications of these changes for the health, safety, and well-being of workers. The conference covered numerous topics of interest to labor, management, practitioners, and researchers, such as work and family issues, new forms of work organization, changing worker demographics, and best practices for preventing stress and improving the health of workers and their organizations. The 2013 conference gave special attention to the concept of Total Worker Health(TM). Total Worker Health(TM) is an expression, coined by NIOSH, that describes a new approach to safeguarding the health and safety of workers. This novel approach acknowledges that a) both work-related factors and factors beyond the workplace contribute jointly to many health and safety problems confronting today's workers, and b) control of these problems is best achieved by comprehensive workplace health and safety programs that address both sets of factors in a coordinated fashion. Traditionally, workplace programs to address worker health and safety have been compartmentalized into health promotion programs that deal mainly with lifestyle factors that place workers at risk, and health protection activities to reduce worker exposures to risk factors arising in the work environment. However, there is growing appreciation and evidence that workplace interventions that integrate health protection and health promotion programs are more effective than traditional, fragmented programs. Expert presentations and informal get-togethers with leading scientists and practitioners provided an exciting forum for learning about the latest developments on the conference themes and topics. Researchers, business and organizational representatives, labor leaders, and medical and social science professionals with interests in occupational safety and health presented posters, paper sessions, and symposia that addressed the conference topics. However, there was an emphasis on the presentation of research findings focused on the main conference theme of "Total Worker Health(TM).¨ Specifically, there were numerous poster, paper, and symposia presentations which addressed the following issues: The effects of integrated health protection and health promotion interventions, including both health/safety and organizational (e.g., economic, productivity) outcomes; The joint contribution of occupational and non-occupational factors to health and safety problems facing workers today (e.g., stress and mental health, obesity); Strategies and best practices for implementing and evaluating integrated or holistic prevention programs; Merits, challenges, future directions, etc., relating to integrated prevention strategies; Training needs to advance research and practice relating to Total Worker Health(TM). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Injury Prevention Job Stress Occupational Safety And Health Total Worker Health Training TWH Work Environment Work Practices
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056248
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2019-101123
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R13-OH-010383, 2014 Jun; :1-13
• Contact Point Address:
  Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, PhD, Executive Director for Public Interest, American Psychological Association, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
• Email:
  gkeita@apa.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  American Psychological Association
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20130401
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20140331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218884/cdc_218884_DS1.pdf
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