Total Worker Health™ & Wellness
Research
Oregon info for Total Worker Health™ & Wellness
Total Worker Health™ & Wellness
Research
| Date Added | Resource | Source |
| May 2013 |
Total Worker Health Symposium Proceedings (Nov. 29, 2012)http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/HWCE/twhsymposium/index.htmlThe 2012 Total Worker Health Symposium featured research presented by each of the four National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Total Worker Health™ Program Centers of Excellence, representatives from NIOSH, several national and state experts, and a panel on providing affordable health care to Iowa employers and employees. |
(University of Iowa) |
| Mar 2013 |
Meaningful work: The key to employee engagementhttp://bizlex.com/2013/03/meaningful-work-the-key-to-employee-engagement/This article was posted on March 12, 2013 in Business Lexington and written by Meredith Wells-Lepley PhD. |
(Business Lexington) |
| Jan 2013 |
E-fact 65: Employers' Motivation to Carry out Workplace Health Promotion: A summary of a literature reviewhttps://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/e-facts/e-fact-65-employers-motivation-to-carry-out-workplace-health-promotion-summary-of-a-literature-reviewThe report that this factsheet summarises presents the findings of a literature review that aims to identify the key reasons, arguments and motivations for employers to carry out workplace health promotion initiatives, and discusses some of the associated challenges and obstacles. |
(European Agency for Safety and Health at Work) |
| Jan 2013 |
E-fact 64: Employees' Motivation to Participate in Workplace Health Promotion: Summary of a literature reviewhttps://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/e-facts/e-fact-64-employees-motivation-to-participate-in-workplace-health-promotion-summary-of-a-literature-reviewThe aim of the report that this factsheet summarizes was to conduct a review of the available literature to identify the motivating factors for employees to participate in WHP. |
(European Agency for Safety and Health at Work) |
| Nov 2012 |
Obesity/Overweight and the Role of Working Conditions: A Qualitative, Participatory Investigation (PDF)http://drupal.masscosh.org/files/Obesity%20and%20Work%20Report,%20Embargoed%20until%2011-13.pdfThis study, performed by the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, investigated whether lower-income workers perceived any factors in the workplace that have an effect on their weight status. |
(UMass Lowell) |
| Nov 2012 |
Whirlpool Adds Onsite Health Teams to Tackle Presenteeismhttp://www.workforce.com/article/20121108/NEWS02/121109968/whirlpool-adds-onsite-health-teams-to-tackle-presenteeism#This article in Workforce illustrates successes of an organization tackling costs related to presenteeism. |
(Workforce) |
| Oct 2012 |
Reducing Occupational Sitting Time and Improving Worker Health: The Take-a-Stand Project, 2011http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2012/11_0323.htm?s_cid=pcd9e154_xProlonged sitting time is a health risk. We describe a practice-based study designed to reduce prolonged sitting time and improve selected health factors among workers with sedentary jobs. |
(NIOSH) |
| Oct 2012 |
Health and productivity as a business strategy: a multiemployer study.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19339899This links to the abstract to this article as published in J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Apr;51(4):411-28. |
(NLM) |
| Sep 2012 |
EH&S Today: Study: Workplace Wellness Programs Cut Costs and Improve Healthhttp://ehstoday.com/health/study-workplace-wellness-programs-cut-costs-and-improve-healthA new study shows that workplace wellness programs may improve employee health, increase worker productivity and cut costs for employers (9/5/2012). |
(EHS Today) |
| Jun 2012 |
Can CEOs Find Relief from Skyrocketing Health Costs?http://chiefexecutive.net/can-ceos-find-relief-from-skyrocketing-health-costsThis article by Darrell Moon summarizes study of wellness programs in four industries and impacts to ROI. |
(ChiefExecutive.net) |
| May 2012 |
The NIOSH Total Worker Health™ Program: Seminal Research Papers 2012http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2012-146/In this paper, we review the scientific evidence for coordinating and integrating worksite health promotion and occupational health and safety as a means of enhancing the effectiveness of efforts to promote and protect worker health. |
(NIOSH) |
| Mar 2012 |
NIOSH Science Blog: Getting Closer to Understanding the Economic Burden of Occupational Injury and Illnesshttp://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2012/03/oshcost/This NIOSH Science blog entry discusses a recently published paper assessing costs of workplace injuries and illnesses. |
(NIOSH) |
| Jan 2012 |
Examining the value of integrating occupational health and safety and health promotion programs in the workplace (PDF)http://ia600304.us.archive.org/10/items/ExaminingTheValueOfIntegratingOccupationalHealthAndSafetyAndHealth/BackgroundPaperGoetzelJan2005.pdfFinal report January 2005 by Ron Goetzel. This paper examines the Role of worker health as a key factor to increases in worker productivity, and the emergence of workplace organizational practices that support the integration of occupational heath, safety and productivity management programs. |
(NIOSH) |
| Jan 2012 |
Energizing Workplace Wellness Programs: The Role of Incentives, Rewards and Recognitionhttp://theirf.org/research/content/6078727/energizing-workplace-wellness-programs-the-role-of-incentives-and-recognition/This July 2011 publication by Allan Schweyer, Center for Human Capital Innovation & Chair, Enterprise Engagement Alliance summarizes the current state of wellness programs and the use of incentives and rewards. |
(IRF) |
| Nov 2011 |
Smoke-Free Workplaces Reduce Heart Attacks, Study Sayshttp://ohsonline.com/articles/2011/11/17/smoke-free-workplaces-reduce-heart-attacks-study-says.aspxMayo Clinic researchers have amassed additional evidence that secondhand smoke kills and smoke-free workplace laws save lives, reports OH&S. |
(OH&S) |
| Nov 2011 |
Research to Realityhttps://researchtoreality.cancer.gov/homeResearch to Reality is an online community of practice designed to bring together cancer control practitioners and researchers to discuss moving evidence-based programs into practice. |
(NCI) |
| Sep 2011 |
Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center (ORhwc)http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/croet/oregon-healthy-workforce-center/The Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center is a NIOSH Center of Excellence and collaboration between CROET,OHSU,PSU Occupational Health Psychology program, Center for Health Research and LERC. |
(CROET) |
| May 2011 |
MMWR: Contribution of Occupational Physical Activity Toward Meeting Recommended Physical Activity Guidelines - United States, 2007http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6020a4.htmThis issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report addresses the portion of occupational physical activity meeting daily physical activity guidelines. |
(CDC) |
| Jan 2011 |
How Obesity Increases the Risk of Disabling Workplace Injuries (PDF)https://www.ncci.com/documents/obesity_research_brief.pdfThis study, provided by NCCI Holdings, Inc., advances previous research by analyzing the differences in outcomes between workplace injuries with ?obese? and ?non-obese claims. |
(NCCI) |
| Dec 2010 |
CDC NIOSH Science Blog: Surgeon General Finds that Cigarette Smoking is Even More Dangerous to Your Healthhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/blog/nsb121010_smoke.htmlThis Science Blog outlines latest key findings from 2010 Surgeon General's Report on cigarette smoking. |
(NIOSH) |
| Jul 2010 |
Ergonomics Today: New Study - Time Spent Sitting Linked to Higher Risk of Deathhttp://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=2482This July 23, 2010 quick news article summarizes study released by the American Cancer Society in the American Journal of Epidemiology. |
(ergoweb) |
| Jun 2010 |
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Fire Fighters and EMS Responders (PDF)http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/progsSleep_SleepDeprivationReport.pdfThis report was supported by a cooperative agreement between the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the United States Fire Administration (USFA), with assistance from the faculty of Or- egon Health & Science University, to examine the issue of sleep dep- rivation and fire fighters and EMS responders. |
(IAFC) |
| Jun 2010 |
PHLAME - Center for Health Promotion Researchhttp://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-medicine/departments/clinical-departments/medicine/divisions/hpsm/research/phlame.cfmIn 1998 the National Institutes of Health funded 14 studies to assess new ways to promote healthy lifestyles. The original PHLAME (Promoting Healthy Living: Assessing More Effects) study was one of those programs, and it examined different ways to promote health among fire fighters. More than 600 fire fighters from Oregon and SW Washington participated. Fire stations were placed in one of three groups: 1) testing and results only, 2) testing and individual health coaching using Motivational Interviewing and 3) testing and a Team program, with each shift at a station being its own team. |
(OHSU) |
| Mar 2010 |
Health Promotion Programs and Unions (PDF)http://www.uoregon.edu/~lerc/public/pdfs/healthpromotion.pdfThe purpose of this project was to gain a better understanding of unions’ perceptions and what research exists on health promotion programs in the workplace. The University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center prepared this report in cooperation with the Oregon Nurses Foundation with funding from Oregon Department of Human Services, Addiction and Mental Health Division. |
(LERC) |
| Feb 2010 |
Reaching for a Healthier Life: Facts on Socioeconomic Status and Health in the U.S. (PDF)http://www.macses.ucsf.edu/downloads/Reaching_for_a_Healthier_Life.pdfThis publication was supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health. |
(UCSF) |
| Apr 2009 |
Midcourse Review - Healthy People 2010http://www.healthypeople.gov/2010/Data/midcourse/Ambitious in scope yet grounded in the reflection of past assessments and the promise of a healthier tomorrow, our vision culminated in Healthy People 2010, which documents and tracks the Nation's disease prevention and health promotion objectives. At this juncture, there is no denying the value of goal-setting, the power of information, the objectivity of data, and the ability of analysis to help us understand and revisit, as necessary, our priorities and actions. With the Midcourse Review of Healthy People 2010, we have the benefit of examining in depth 28 public health focus areas. We have a chance to highlight accomplishments and learn from the inroads our Nation has made, and reflect and redirect attention to our shortcomings. |
(DHHS) |
| Sep 2008 |
Safety & Health Involvement for Truck Drivershttp://ohsushift.comSHIFT is a safety and health program designed especially for commercial truck drivers. The goals of the program are to help drivers: (1) achieve and maintain a healthy body weight and (2) prevent workplace injuries and crashes. In addition to supporting the SHIFT program, this website is meant to help ALL drivers find great safety and health information. |
(OHSU) |