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WorkLife InitiativeInput: Economic FactorsMarket forces, structural changes, and emerging threats may affect levels of resources available for occupational safety and health initiatives within the NIOSH Healthy WorkLife Initiative program. Changes in business practices have increased performance demands on businesses:
As the nature of work in the U.S. changes, the limitations of a focus on occupational risks alone have become increasingly apparent. Clearly, the overall health of workers is influenced by factors both inside and outside the workplace: stress at work and home; unhealthful diet and limited exercise; smoking; chronic conditions such as hypertension, asthma, and diabetes, to name a few. The effects of these various factors cannot be artificially divided between “at work” and “non-work.” Just as workplace conditions can affect health and well-being at home and in the community, exposures and activities outside of working hours can substantially determine health, productivity, and well-being during work. ResourcesNIOSH Economics Portfolio Program Page last updated:
November 17, 2008
Page last reviewed: October 28, 2008 Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Respiratory Disease Studies |
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