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NIOSH: What is Total Worker Health®?

Year:
2020
Primary Portal / Landing:
https://www.cdc.gov/
URL:
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/twh/
Additional Information:
TWH is a holistic approach to worker well-being. It acknowledges risk factors related to work that contribute to health problems previously considered unrelated to work. The TWH approach seeks to improve well-being in the American workforce for the benefit of workers, employers, and the nation by protecting the safety and enhancing health and productivity.
Other (General Topics):
General Overview
Communication
Frameworks/management systems
Other (Type Of Content):
Online/on-demand informal education
Target Audience:
Other
(Other) Audience:
All TWH Professionals
Affiliation:
NIOSH

Oregon Health Workforce Center

Year:
2020
Primary Portal / Landing:
https://www.ohsu.edu/
URL:
https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-healthy-workforce-center
Additional Information:
There are publications, projects, and outcomes for this specific TWH Center of Excellence.
Other (General Topics):
Other
Other (Type Of Content):
Informal web publication
Target Audience:
Other
(Other) Audience:
resource for all (practitioners and novice)
Affiliation:
OHWC, NIOSH Center of Excellence

Population Health Eye on "Total Worker Health®" in Lincoln, Nebraska

Year:
2011
Primary Portal / Landing:
https://www.improvingpopulationhealth.org/
URL:
https://www.improvingpopulationhealth.org/blog/2011/08/pop_health_eye_lincoln_industries.html
Additional Information:
Summarizes a company successfully implementing (in 2011) TWH concepts. This is an older resource and more of an introduction to the concept.
Other (General Topics):
Program management and policies/program integration
Nonworkplace and community supports/issues
Other (Type Of Content):
Informal web publication
Target Audience:
Executives/C-suite
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin
Author First Name:
Kirstin
Author Last Name:
Siemering

Promising and Best Practices in Total Worker Health®: Workshop Summary

Year:
2014
Primary Portal / Landing:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
URL:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK268668/pdf/Bookshelf_NBK268668.pdf
Other (General Topics):
General worker well-being
Hazard or exposure control methods
Medical assessment and intervention
Other (Type Of Content):
Conference presentation/proceeding
Target Audience:
Occupational health/OHS practitioners
Affiliation:
The National Acdemies
Author First Name:
Linda
Author Last Name:
Hawes Clever

Promising and Best Practices in Total Worker Health®: Workshop Summary 2

Year:
2014
Primary Portal / Landing:
https://www.nap.edu/
URL:
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/18947/promising-and-best-practices-in-total-worker-health-workshop-summary
Additional Information:
This publication is a report/summary of the 2014 workshop conducted by the Institute of Medicine where stakeholders discussed the integration of OSH health protection with health promotion activities.
Other (General Topics):
Program management and policies/program integration
Other
Business case development/budgeting
Other (Type Of Content):
Publication
Target Audience:
TWH program managers
Affiliation:
Institute of Medicine

Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health - proceedings from a workshop

Year:
2018
Primary Portal / Landing:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
URL:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6221402/
Other (General Topics):
General Overview
Program management and policies/program integration
Other (Type Of Content):
Published article or abstract
Target Audience:
TWH program managers
Affiliation:
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Author First Name:
Sara L.
Author Last Name:
Tamers, PhD, MPH

Rethinking Health Promotion in the Workplace: Engaging Employees the Total Worker Health Way

Year:
2021
Primary Portal / Landing:
https://www.healthpromotionconference.com/
URL:
https://www.healthpromotionconference.com/session/rethinking-health-promotion-in-the-workplace-engaging-employees-the-total-worker-health-way/
Other (General Topics):
Other
Other (Type Of Content):
Conference presentation/proceeding
Target Audience:
TWH program managers
Affiliation:
31st Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference
Author First Name:
Ajali
Author Last Name:
Rameshababu, PhD

Small Business Total Worker Health®: a Conceptual and Methodological Approach to Facilitating Organizational Change

Year:
2019
Primary Portal / Landing:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
URL:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363124/#__ffn_sectitle
Other (General Topics):
Communication/awareness/or training
Nonworkplace and community supports/issues
Other (Type Of Content):
Published article or abstract
Target Audience:
TWH program managers
Affiliation:
Occupational Health Science
Author First Name:
Natalie
Author Last Name:
Schwatka, PhD.