Future directions and opportunities for Total Worker Health®.

2019 ◽  
pp. 295-309
Author(s):  
Heidi L. Hudson ◽  
Jeannie A. S. Nigam
Keyword(s):  
Future Directions ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
Total Worker Health

NIOSH total worker health program: Exploring new research horizons for workplace safety and health

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Hudson ◽  
Kellie Pierson ◽  
Chia-Chia Chang ◽  
Steve Sauter ◽  
Jeanie Nigam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Program ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
New Research ◽  
Total Worker Health

Where is work organization in total worker health?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Schnall ◽  
Marnie Dobson ◽  
Paul Landsbergis
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
Total Worker Health

Taking total worker health in new directions - contrasting general versus integrating approaches

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz ◽  
Henna Hasson ◽  
Katrine Skagert ◽  
Region Vastra Gotaland ◽  
Caroline Biron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Worker Health ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Total Worker Health

The social value of Participatory Ergonomics from a practitioner’s perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 919-923
Author(s):  
Kátia M. Costa-Black ◽  
Chris Arteberry
Keyword(s):  
Human Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Participatory Ergonomics ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
Healthy Working ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
Total Worker Health

Ergonomics applies a set of ambitious frameworks and robust body of evidence for integrating different practices to optimize worker health and well-being. One recognized framework is the participatory approach, which delves into sociotechnical workplace actions – developed from the ground up – to achieve improved human performance outcomes and acceptability across the organization. Much of what is known about the value of participatory ergonomics centers on return-on-investment analyses related to injury prevention. Outside this spectrum, little has been discussed. This paper imparts how a participatory approach can lead to various positive impacts beyond financial gains, mainly by focusing on continuous improvements at the management systems level and on proactively motivating people and organizations to embrace healthy working conditions and behaviors. Issues such as the social-ethical value of involving workers in work design and return-to-work solutions are discussed to illustrate the holistic value of participatory ergonomics in the context of Total Worker Health.

Total Worker Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
pp. 616-616
Author(s):  
Nerys Williams
Keyword(s):  
Worker Health ◽  
Total Worker Health

Total Worker Health®

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Sara L. Tamers ◽  
L. Casey Chosewood ◽  
Heidi Hudson ◽  
Chia-Chia Chang
Keyword(s):  
Worker Health ◽  
Total Worker Health

scholarly journals Ethics and Total Worker Health®: Constructs for Ethical Decision-Making and Competencies for Professional Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10030
Author(s):  
Bonnie Rogers ◽  
Anita L. Schill
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
Total Worker Health

Work has become increasingly technologically driven and fast paced, with long work hours, new/emerging hazards, and rising health care costs. Threats to worker safety, health, and well-being including non-traditional work arrangements and practices, precarious work, uncertain hazardous exposures, and work organization issues, such as heavy workloads, design of work, uneven work hours, and difficult interpersonal relationships among workers and managers are apparent. Furthermore, the relationship between personal health risk factors and workplace risks and exposures has drawn increased attention and concern. As employer economic pressures continue to build, it is anticipated that ethical dilemmas for practitioners will become increasingly complex. A review of relevant Total Worker Health (TWH) literature, related ethical constructs and competencies, an examination of codes of ethics for occupational safety and health and health promotion/education disciplines was conducted. A case study for TWH utilizing an ethical decision-making model for the analysis of key ethical issues and solutions was completed. TWH approaches to protecting safety, promoting health, and advancing well-being are increasingly being adopted. These approaches can reveal ethical dilemmas, and ethical constructs are needed to guide decision-making. A core set of proposed ethical competencies for TWH professionals are identified as a transdisciplinary framework to support workplace ethical culture.

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