SafeWell Practice Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Worker Health – Version 2.0

Details

• Personal Author:
  Harden E ; Markkanen, Pia ; McLellan D ; Sorensen, Glorian
• Description:
  The purpose of the SafeWell Practice Guidelines is to provide a model and resources for comprehensive approaches to worker health that integrate and coordinate efforts to promote healthy behaviors, ensure a safe and healthy work environment, and provide resources for balancing work and life. Integrated approaches to workplace health have been shown to: Improve health behaviors including smoking cessation Improve employee participation in occupational safety and health (OSH) and health promotion programs Reduce occupational injury rates Reduce health care costs, administrative costs, and costs resulting from lost productivity or increases in work absenteeism The goal of the Guidelines is to provide organizations with a framework for implementing a comprehensive worker health program, along with specific strategies pertaining to the details of implementation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Education Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Total Worker Health Training TWH Work-life Balance Work Environment Worker Safety Work Organization
• Publisher:
  Harvard School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Well-being
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-170
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061435
• Citation:
  Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Well-being, 2012 Sep; :1-170
• Contact Point Address:
  Harvard School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Well-being, c/o Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave., LW715, Boston, MA 02215
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance ; Construction
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  SafeWell practice guidelines: an integrated approach to worker health - version 2.0
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:765d5e836d7c799f1557971b8d02c3f239fbd1ea035039265eeb2c6298ee2c5de762ea591735e0fefc41505aea13e80e6507b21037407972c63fde786781a1a3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224968/cdc_224968_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.06 MB ]