Intermediary Perspectives on Total Worker Health in Small Businesses

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• Personal Author:
  Cunningham T ; Jacklitsch, Brenda L. ; Richards R
• Description:
  The future of work will include not only more small business employment, but also a need for greater consideration of more holistic approaches to addressing worker well-being. Previous research has suggested smaller firms need external assistance to add new or improve existing workplace health and safety activities. A Total Worker Health(R) (TWH) approach is potentially appealing to small employers as it is intended to identify and support comprehensive practices and policies that take into account the work environment (both physical and organizational) while also addressing the personal health risks of individuals, thus being more effective in preventing disease and promoting health and safety than each approach taken separately. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) researchers applied the NIOSH Small Business Intervention Diffusion Model to conduct parallel community-based TWH activities in two geographically distinct communities in a large metropolitan area. Data were collected from intermediary organizations that work with or serve small businesses about their perceptions of the TWH approach as a potential service for them to offer small firms. Intermediary organizations engaged in implementation of TWH approaches with small businesses in the respective geographic areas for approximately one year. Results indicated intermediary organizations find value in providing TWH assistance to small employers, but several challenges for intermediaries implementing TWH among small employers remain. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Small Business Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Small Business Injury Prevention Intervention Occupational Safety And Health Safety And Health Small Businesses Total Worker Health TWH Work Environment
• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063752
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Oct; 18(19):10398
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas Cunningham, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Email:
  TCunningham@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e501ca34a66010534454d467497e35607f9bf633ae22b16c86be16e18d0d07a76b7c481f20ae5682ae3d11821fff8f25ee69728bb9da6848e5768db363dc88c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222308/cdc_222308_DS1.pdf
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