Promising Occupational Safety, Health, and Well-Being Approaches to Explore the Future of Work in the USA: An Editorial

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• Personal Author:
  Chosewood, L. Casey ; Streit, Jessica M. K. ; Tamers, Sara L.
• Description:
  1. Introduction. The future of work continues to undergo profound and fundamental changes in response to shifting social, technological, economic, environmental, and political contexts. These shifts have led to further developments in the workplace and work, with implica tions for the safety, health, and well-being of the workforce. As a result, experts have called for innovative and responsive occupational safety and health (OSH) approaches to better understand burgeoning future of work issues, help harness presented opportunities, and address exhibited challenges. One such approach is the Total Worker Health(R) (TWH) framework, which recognizes work as a social determinant of health and prioritizes the principles of healthy work design to protect and promote worker well-being both on- and off-the-job. Such holistic OSH strategies can improve our capacity to confront anticipated and unanticipated hazards and exposures likely to meet tomorrow's workforce, thereby advancing worker well-being, overall. Consequently, workers and employers will be more likely to thrive and productively contribute to their communities and the Nation. 2. Objective of the Special Issue. The collection of articles, reviews, and commentaries from the USA presented in this special issue add to the worker safety, health, and well-being literature by focusing on existing or expected future of workplace and work factors, their implications for the fu ture workforce, and expanded OSH strategies and methods to address them. 3. The Papers. A total of 29 papers that underwent the IJERPH peer review process were accepted for publication in this special issue, based on scientific quality and methodological soundness. These papers cover a far-reaching range of workplace settings; work functions; worker populations; OSH risks, hazards, and exposures; safety, health, and well-being issues and outcomes; research methods, strategies, interventions, and practical applications; and tools, metrics, guidelines, and other resources. In this editorial, the guest editors offer an introduction to each, organized by type (research, review, and other), as ordered on the corresponding IJERPH special issue webpage. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Future Of Work Health Promotion Occupational Safety And Health Total Worker Health TWH Wellbeing Work-life Balance Worker Safety
• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  19
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064510
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Feb; 19(3):1745
• Contact Point Address:
  Sara L. Tamers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20201, USA
• Email:
  stamers@cdc.gov
• Editor(s):
  Tamers SL; Streit JMK; Chosewood LC
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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