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Implementing an Integrated Approach: Weaving Worker Health, Safety, and Well-Being into the Fabric of Your Organization – Executive Summary



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    An emphasis on worker health is an emphasis on business health. While many organizations realize this, it's not always clear how to simultaneously create positive outcomes for both. That's where an integrated approach comes in. It views work and the workplace as having tremendous potential to improve employee safety, health, and well-being. It empowers your organization to address deeper, systemic issues, and in the process, weave together your safety, health, and organizational goals. The purpose of this guide is to demonstrate how to implement an integrated approach to worker safety, health, and well-being at your workplace. The first chapter covers the essentials of the approach: what it is, what makes it different, and why it's valuable. The second chapter examines how to build support for an integrated initiative among leadership and throughout your organization. The final three chapters walk through how to plan, implement, and evaluate an integrated approach. Throughout the guide, you'll find real-world examples from various organizations that exemplify the concepts and processes presented. This guide shows you how to: Inspire key worksite stakeholders to support and participate in an integrated approach; Identify goals and objectives for an integrated initiative; Target your efforts on working conditions; Implement policies and practices that create and sustain positive working conditions; Evaluate and continually improve your efforts to enhance worker safety, health, and well-being. We summarize the contents of each chapter below. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Well-being
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Abstract or Summary
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    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-10
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20061474
  • Citation:
    Boston, MA: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Well-being, 2017 Aug; :1-10
  • Contact Point Address:
    Harvard T.H. Chan 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, LW717, Boston, MA 02215
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2017
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    Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Start Date:
    20070901
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    Implementing an integrated approach: weaving worker health, safety, and well-being into the fabric of your organization - executive summary
  • End Date:
    20260831
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