Toward an Expanded Focus for Occupational Safety and Health: A Commentary

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• Personal Author:
  Chosewood, L. Casey ; Delclos G ; Felknor, Sarah A. ; Schulte, Paul A.
• Description:
  Powerful and ongoing changes in how people work, the workforce, and the workplace require a more holistic view of each of these. We argue that an expanded focus for occupational safety and health (OSH) is necessary to prepare for and respond rapidly to future changes in the world of work that will certainly challenge traditional OSH systems. The WHO Model for Action, various European efforts at well-being, and the Total Worker Health concept provide a foundation for addressing changes in the world of work. However, a paradigm expansion to include the recognition of worker and workforce well-being as an important outcome of OSH will be needed. It will also be vital to stimulate transdisciplinary efforts and find innovative ways to attract and train students into OSH professions as the paradigm expands. This will require active marketing of the OSH field as vibrant career choice, as a profession filled with meaningful, engaging responsibilities, and as a well-placed investment for industry and society. An expanded paradigm will result in the need for new disciplines and specialties in OSH, which may be useful in new market efforts to attract new professionals. Ultimately, to achieve worker and workforce well-being we must consider how to implement this expanded focus. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Well-being Future Of Work Occupational Safety And Health Systems Thinking Total Worker Health TWH Wellbeing
• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSI - Division of Science Integration ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20058284
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2019 Dec; 16(24):4946
• Contact Point Address:
  Paul A. Schulte, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Email:
  PSchulte@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/221411/cdc_221411_DS1.pdf
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