Measuring best practices for workplace safety, health and wellbeing: The Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Assessment

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Sorensen, Glorian ; Sparer, Emily ; Williams, Jessica A.R. ; Gundersen, Daniel ; Boden, Leslie I. ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Hashimoto, Dean ; Katz, Jeffrey N. ; McLellan, Deborah L. ; Okechukwu, Cassandra A. ; Pronk, Nicolaas P. ; Revette, Anna ; Wagner, Gregory R.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  To present a measure of effective workplace organizational policies, programs and practices that focuses on working conditions and organizational facilitators of worker safety, health and wellbeing: the Workplace Integrated Safety and Health (WISH) Assessment.
  
  Methods
  
  Development of this assessment used an iterative process involving a modified Delphi method, extensive literature reviews, and systematic cognitive testing.
  
  Results
  
  The assessment measures six core constructs identified as central to best practices for protecting and promoting worker safety, health and wellbeing: leadership commitment; participation; policies, programs and practices that foster supportive working conditions; comprehensive and collaborative strategies; adherence to federal and state regulations and ethical norms; and data-driven change.
  
  Conclusions
  
  The WISH Assessment holds promise as a tool that may inform organizational priority setting and guide research around causal pathways influencing implementation and outcomes related to these approaches.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 60(5):430-439
• Pubmed ID:
  29389812
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5943154
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R25 CA057711/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U19 OH008861/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c389ce1214b48dd5e7edfb331495ecf1110050c0f1125b0e3d7d7c10c4fb957a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53984/cdc_53984_DS1.pdf
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