Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: History of Total Worker Health; Total Worker Health Defined; Rationale for Total Worker Health; Issues Relevant to Advancing Worker Well-being through Total Worker Health; The Vision for Total Worker Health -- National Occupational Research Agenda: The National Occupational Research Agenda; The National Total Worker Health Agenda -- Goals for the Nation: Research; Practice; Policy; Capacity-Building -- References -- Appendix A: NIOSH Contributors to the National Total Worker Health Agenda -- Appendix B: Centers of Excellence Contributors to the National Total Worker.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces its publication of a National Agenda on Total Worker Health®. This Agenda is meant to stimulate innovative research, practical applications, policy guidance, and capacity-building of Total Worker Health practitioners to improve workplace practices as they relate to Total Worker Health. Total Worker Health 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.

Suggested citation: NIOSH [2015]. National occupational research agenda (NORA)/national Total Worker Health® agenda (2016–2026): A national agenda to advance Total Worker Health® research, practice, policy, and capacity, April 2016. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication 2016–119.

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