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Work Organization and Stress-Related DisordersInputs: NIOSH Strategic GoalsThe NIOSH Work Organization and Stress-Related Disorders Cross-Sector Program is in the process of developing strategic goals to guide our research and partnership efforts over the next decade. NIOSH Program Portfolio ApproachNIOSH has been organizing research, guidance, information, and service efforts into specific programs that can be readily communicated and strategically governed and evaluated. Eight NORA Sector Programs represent industrial sectors, and twenty-four Cross-sector Programs organized around adverse health outcomes, statutory programs and global efforts. The NORA Sector Programs intersect with Cross-Sector Programs in a matrix-like fashion. For example, an Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Program goal of reducing farm-related deaths and injuries due to tractor rollovers and trucks would likely be a shared goal with the Transportation Program and if appropriate would be adopted by both programs. This approach provides an added advantage and will allow multiple Programs to work towards accomplishment of intersecting goals. Each of the 32 programs in the NIOSH Program Portfolio has a Manager and Coordinator. Each of the 8 NIOSH Sector Programs facilitates the work of a NORA Sector Council to engage external stakeholders in the process of developing sector goals for the nation and methods to measure the short-term, intermediate and long-term outcomes arising from those goals. The NORA goals for the nation will be considered when choosing NIOSH sector program goals. Cross Sector programs have internal Steering Committees that develop program goals and monitor outcome measures. These planning efforts will position NIOSH to align with the most current governmental approaches for evaluating program effectiveness, i.e., the Program Assessment Rating Tool (or PART). PART is a mechanism to hold governmental agencies accountable for accomplishing results. As part of our comprehensive approach to performance measurement, NIOSH has engaged the National Academies to independently evaluate our sector and cross-programs for relevance and impact. Draft Work Organization and Stress-Related Disorders GoalsRecognizing these limitations, the Work Organization and Stress-Related Disorders Cross-Sector Program has formulated the set of starter goals listed below. These goals draw upon research and practice needs articulated in the NIOSH report The Changing Organization of Work and the Safety and Health of Working People that was developed by a multidisciplinary team of NIOSH staff and stakeholders. Additionally, these goals incorporate issues voiced at NORA town hall and program specific meetings, and needs arising from other NIOSH/CDC goal-setting activities. In 2007 the Steering Committee for the Work Organization and Stress-related Disorders Cross-Sector Program will meet with stakeholders to refine the strategic goals described here, and define performance measures and expectations to evaluate progress towards these goals. Overarching Goal: Promote and protect the health and safety of people who work by preventing stress, illness, and injury related to the organization of work.Strategic Goal 1: Improve the health and safety of working people through research to better understand work organization risk and protective factors related to stress, illness, and injury in the workplace. Intermediate goals:
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