Center for Health, Work & Environment

Details

• Personal Author:
  Newman, Lee S.
• Description:
  The Center for Health, Work & Environment had high public health impact by meeting Region 8 and national needs for healthy and safe worksites and workers through its program of research, r2p, education/training, partnerships and other dissemination activities. It advanced scientific knowledge by establishing new, innovative worksite programs to benefit both workers and employers, test relevant theoretical models, and emphasize helping those working in small enterprises and in other high-risk industries. Specific outcomes from the five-year grant period include: 1) Hosted meetings of the Internal Steering Committee, External Advisory Committee, NIOSH externally funded centers to advance TWH through sharing of knowledge and expansion of collaborations. 2) Coordinated the workgroup that established TWH core competencies. 3) Over 100 small businesses participated in our study and 60 of their leaders engaged in our TWH leadership development program. Small business leaders who engaged in the TWH leadership development program improved their leadership practices by 10%, on average, but they found it challenging to transfer what they learned in the program to their job sites. 4) We found that employee perceptions of safety and health climates were significantly related to their self-reported well-being during the first wave of COVID-19, even when there were changes to childcare, the ability to work, and limited social contacts. Perceptions of health and safety climates remained stable across all timepoints. However, employee well-being scores declined between the pre-pandemic period and subsequent COVID-19 timepoints. 5) Funded 11 pilot projects ranging up to $25,000 for one year of support for a total of $222,050 over the five-year period. The projects ranged in scope from cross-sectional surveys to pilot intervention studies. The pilot projects program helped to build TWH workforce capacity by advancing the careers of research investigators who are new to TWH and by funding graduate students and other junior investigators who gained valuable experience by working on these projects. 6) Over 1 million unique visits to our websites. 7) 743 organizations participated in Health Links, with 987 advising sessions conducted. 8) 3,244 people attended the Health Links COVID-19 Townhall series. 9) 32 people enrolled in the Total Worker Health Certificate Program, with 16 graduates. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Education Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  COVID-19 Health Promotion Information Dissemination Partnership Public Health R2p Research To Practice Initiative Total Worker Health TWH Work Organization
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  1-58
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065757
• 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, U19-OH-011227, 2022 Mar; :1-58
• Email:
  lee.newman@cuanschutz.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing ; Mining ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado Denver, Aurora
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e7eaf429e90a7c30f93fb0d1a6ae666433aab90d004f84c30fcd403a97492af808e0bb61b3845da2920e8a42c7a20e169cfdf20c10b92bb0bc8399524f3bc71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219121/cdc_219121_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.72 MB ]