Total Worker Health® in small employers.

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• Personal Author:
  Campo S ; Kelly KM ; Rohlman D
• Description:
  Statement of the Problem: Most workers are employed in small businesses (Bowen et al., 2009) which tend to have higher rates of occupational injury and illness (Cunningham & Sinclair 2015). Unfortunately, these organizations typically do not have programs addressing worker health promotion (Pronk, 2013). Additionally, small firms are more financially precarious (Antonsson, 1997; Lamm, 1997) and have owners with multiple responsibilities, including safety and health of employees, despite a lack of expertise (Gardner et al., 1999; Lamm 1997). We conducted statewide surveys and focus groups of employees and employers to more specifically identify the health and safety practices and needs of workplaces (Merchant et al., 2013, 2014). Although most employers were found to offer worker's compensation insurance to address injuries on the job and promote health protection (95%), fewer employers offer additional health promotion initiatives, including chronic disease management, behavioral health or wellness programs, health screenings/health risk assessments or other programs, particularly small employers. Procedures: Recognizing a need, we conducted 28 site visits with small employers (<250 employees) throughout the Midwest, many of whom had won safety or health awards. Using the Diffusion of Innovations Theory, we wanted to learn from employers who were innovators in adopting these practices how they had overcome challenges and facilitated changes in their workplace. These interviews were then coded using a combination of the NIOSH Essential Elements and supplemented by criteria used to assess best practices and worksite assessments to identify key themes of the site visits. These themes were identified and used in the formation of the Total Worker Health Essentials --a series of eight short videos, in which business industry leaders share their experiences with designing, implementing, and evaluating Total Worker Health programs, practices, and policies. The series is designed to help small businesses utilize innovative techniques to incorporate programs, practices, and policies that can be tailored to their workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Small Business Workplace
• Keywords:
  TWH; Total Worker Health; Health promotion; Small businesses; Worker safety; Workplace studies; Safety programs
• Publisher:
  American Psychological Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065908
• Citation:
  Work, Stress and Health 2017: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities, The 12th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, June 7-10, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2017 Jun; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Shelly Campo, PhD, College of Public Health, 145 N. Riverside Drive, N416 CPHB, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Construction
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20060901
• Source Full Name:
  Work, Stress and Health 2017: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities, The 12th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, June 7-10, 2017, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee9cddb2b8f86f73194d16de3fbab8cd80c8ca40d7deb600cd26cf0e82237f8b792a99b2a70c4377e7c713c647b6529a973af412c739a44c0d2d5744dca2933c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249599/cdc_249599_DS1.pdf
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