TOTAL WORKER HEALTH™
Formerly NIOSH WorkLife
Integrating Health Protection and Health Promotion
Spotlights
- New CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard! A tool to assist employers in identifying gaps in health promotion programs, and to prioritize high-impact strategies for health promotion at worksites on a range of health topics such as organizational supports, stress management, depression, and physical activity. http://1.usa.gov/SioG3u
- Learn more about how the Veterans Health Administration is increasing physical activity at work on the NIOSH Science Blog at http://1.usa.gov/Uy9sXN
- Call for Proposals! Work, Stress and Health 2013: Protecting and Promoting Total Worker Health™ will be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles, California, on May 16–19, 2013. Deadline for submissions is October 1. To learn more, visit www.apa.org/wsh
What Is Total Worker Health™?
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The promise of a strong American economy depends upon an able, productive workforce. The health risks and challenges of today’s workers have never been starker. The American workforce is rapidly aging and is increasingly burdened by epidemic levels of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions. Middle-aged and young workers are facing earlier onset of chronic health conditions, such as obesity and diabetes.
NIOSH believes that the safest and healthiest worker only evolves in an atmosphere where management is fully engaged in the wellbeing of its staff, where the environment is hazard-free and supportive, and where workplace policies and interventions encourage healthier choices--simply put, where the total health of the worker, in the broadest possible sense, is optimized.
Total Worker Health™ is a strategy integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion to prevent worker injury and illness and to advance health and well-being.
Key Total Worker Health™ Reports
- The NIOSH Total Worker Health™ Program: Seminal Research Papers 2012
- STEPS to a Healthier Workforce
- Essential Elements of Effective Workplace Programs and Policies
- ACOEM Guidance on Workplace Health Protection and Promotion
- The Whole Worker: Guidelines for Integrating Occupational health and Safety with Workplace Wellness Programs [PDF - 4.9MB]
- Integrating Employee Health: A Model Program for NASA
- Worksite Wellness Programs for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
(Journal of the American Heart Association) published online September 30, 2009 This new policy statement by the American Heart Association reflects a comprehensive integrated approach and incorporates the importance of work and the work environment as components of a Work-Site Wellness Program for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.
NIOSHTIC-2 search results on Total Worker Health
NIOSHTIC-2 is a searchable bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by NIOSH.
If you are a researcher interested in investigating principles, policies, or programs related to Total Worker Health™, please visit NIOSH’s Office of Extramural Programs to learn more about working with NIOSH through grants, cooperative agreements or other mechanisms.
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