Total Worker Health ® 2014⁻2018: The Novel Approach to Worker Safety, Health, and Well-Being Evolves

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 16; no. 3; p. 321
• Main Authors: Tamers, Sara L, Chosewood, L Casey, Childress, Adele, Hudson, Heidi, Nigam, Jeannie, Chang, Chia-Chia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 24.01.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Collaboration; Disability management; Disease control; Domains; Employee benefits; Employment; Etiology; Health hazards; Health promotion; Health Promotion - trends; Humans; Illnesses; Injury prevention; Integrated approach; Leadership; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S; Occupational health; Occupational Health - trends; Occupational safety; Organizational aspects; Organizational policy; Prevention; Research methodology; Researchers; Review; Stakeholders; Surveillance; United States; Workers; Workforce; Workplaces; Workshops; United States; United States > US; worker well-being; Total Worker Health; occupational safety and health
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16030321

: The objective of this article is to provide an overview of and update on the Office for (TWH) program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/NIOSH). : This article describes the evolution of the TWH program from 2014 to 2018 and future steps and directions. : The TWH framework is defined as policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with promotion of injury and illness prevention efforts to advance worker well-being. : The CDC/NIOSH TWH program continues to evolve in order to respond to demands for research, practice, policy, and capacity building information and solutions to the safety, health, and well-being challenges that workers and their employers face.