Advancing the Well-Being of Workers: An Introduction to Total Worker Health(R) Approaches

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• Personal Author:
  Chosewood, L. Casey ; Tamers, Sara L.
• Description:
  Total Worker Health(R) (TWH) is defined as policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with promotion of injury and illness prevention efforts to advance worker well-being. The TWH approach is a holistic one that advocates for the integration of all organizational efforts that contribute to worker safety, health, and well-being, by targeting the conditions of work. Scientific evidence supports that workplace risk factors contribute to safety and health issues previously considered unrelated to work. Employers influence their workers' safety, health, and well-being and can significantly impact both on-the-job risks and off-the-job experiences. TWH efforts offer promising practices and evidence to help employers create and maintain a safer, healthier, and more productive workforce and industrial hygienists can be a part of these efforts. This chapter provides insights into TWH approaches, details issues relevant to advancing worker well-being, and offers guidance to industrial hygiene professionals seeking to implement a TWH program or expand an existing workplace health promotion program. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Health Promotion Information Dissemination Injury Prevention Occupational Safety And Health Total Worker Health TWH Work Organization
• ISBN:
  9781119438021
• Publisher:
  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  297-310
• Volume:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063256
• Citation:
  Patty's industrial hygiene, seventh edition. Volume 4: program management and specialty areas of practice. Part VIII: specialty areas. Cohrssen B ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021 Apr; 4(Pt 8):297-310
• Editor(s):
  Cohrssen B
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Part Number:
  8
• Source Full Name:
  Patty's industrial hygiene, seventh edition. Volume 4: program management and specialty areas of practice. Part VIII: specialty areas
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226350/cdc_226350_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.48 MB ]