Workplace Solutions: Using Total Worker Health® Concepts to Reduce the Health Risks from Sedentary Work

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Afanuh, Susan E. ; Johnson, Antoinette I.
• Description:
  U.S. workplaces have become increasingly sedentary, with resulting negative health effects. Through its Total Worker Health Program, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommends an integrated approach to addressing sedentary work environments. An integrated approach is one that protects workers from work-related injury and illness and helps them advance their overall health and well-being, on and off the job. This document describes organizational practices that can reduce the risk associated with sedentary work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Energy Metabolism Environmental Exposure Health Promotion Motor Activity Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sedentary Lifestyle Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Sedentary lifestyle; Health effects; Workers; Work environment; Exposure levels; Risk factors; Worker health; Physiology; Physiological effects; Obesity; Musculoskeletal system; Musculoskeletal system disorders; MSD; Stress; Muscle tension; Muscle stress; Muscles; Metabolic effects; Total Worker Health; TWH
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2017-131, 2016 Mar; :1-6
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Workplace Solutions
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049481
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7ca623939efe79116eea82d15b0b7e3b12b191c319ab8bd8602df4d836716041b9225708d37a85b809f049834f664d9a6fa10df7008ab437662a276ba083e259
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44547/cdc_44547_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 869.82 KB ]