Leveraging an Implementation Science Framework to Measure the Impact of Efforts to Scale Out a Total Worker Health® Intervention to Employers

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• Personal Author:
  Brown CE ; Huebschmann AG ; Newman, Lee S. ; Schwatka, Natalie V. ; Tenney L
• Description:
  The role of dissemination and implementation (D&I) science is critical to the translation of Total Worker Health(R) into practice and to the success of interventions in addressing current and future implications for worker safety, health, and well-being. D&I frameworks can guide researchers to design Total Worker Health ("TWH") delivery approaches that use flexible implementation strategies to implement the core components of programs for employers with varying contextual factors, including small/mid/large-sized businesses and different industry types. To date, there have been very few examples of applying implementation frameworks for the translation and delivery of interventions into organizational settings that require adoption and implementation at the business level to benefit the working individuals. We present a TWH case study, Health Links(TM), to illustrate an approach to applying an existing implementation framework, RE-AIM, to plan, design, build, and then evaluate TWH implementation strategies. Our case study also highlights key concepts for scaling-out TWH evidence-based interventions where they are implemented in new workplace settings, new delivery systems, or both. Our example provides strong support of key implementation planning constructs including early and consistent stakeholder engagement, tailored messaging and marketing, flexibility, and adaptations in implementation strategies to maximize adoption, implementation, and maintenance among participating businesses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Total Worker Health Consulting Dissemination And Implementation Health Promotion Information Dissemination Occupational Safety And Health RE-AIM Safety And Health Small Business Small Businesses Total Worker Health Translational Research TWH

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• ISSN:
  1660-4601
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064514
• Citation:
  Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Feb; 19(3):1372
• Contact Point Address:
  Liliana Tenney, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13001 E. 17th Pl., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop B119, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
• Email:
  liliana.tenney@cuanschutz.edu
• Editor(s):
  Tamers SL; Streit JMK; Chosewood LC
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado Denver, Aurora
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7cb161d496b6c40ff62c04bb90aa61b23abcab885afe72b238ecd8b6570cb270d8b08f87016911764a046e6b5830fddfbe1e1c1d056e59b0903e3cd8bfdef9a9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222963/cdc_222963_DS1.pdf
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