Expanding the Focus of Occupational Safety and Health: Lessons from a Series of Linked Scientific Meetings

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 22; p. 15381
• Main Authors: Schulte, Paul A, Delclos, George L, Felknor, Sarah A, Streit, Jessica M K, McDaniel, Michelle, Chosewood, L Casey, Newman, Lee S, Bhojani, Faiyaz A, Pana-Cryan, Rene, Swanson, Naomi G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.11.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Agreements; Climate change; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Cross cutting; Health care; Health disparities; Health hazards; Humans; Income distribution; Interest groups; International conferences; Meetings; Mental disorders; Mental health; Occupational Health - education; Occupational safety; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Public Health; Review; Safety; United States; Well being; Workers; Workforce; Workplace; United States; United States > US; research methods; transdisciplinary; well-being; training and education; future of work; mental health; socioeconomic; climate; pandemic; expanding occupational safety and health paradigm; inequality; psychosocial; strategic foresight; occupational safety and health

There is widespread recognition that the world of work is changing, and agreement is growing that the occupational safety and health (OSH) field must change to contribute to the protection of workers now and in the future. Discourse on the evolution of OSH has been active for many decades, but forma...