Effectiveness of total worker health interventions.
J Occup Health Psychol
; 20(2): 226-47, 2015 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-25528687
ABSTRACT
Total Worker Health (TWH) was introduced and the term was trademarked in 2011 by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to formally signal the expansion of traditional occupational safety and health (OSH) to include wellness and well-being. We searched PubMed, PsycINFO, and other databases using keywords TWH, health promotion, health protection, and variants for articles meeting the criteria of (a) employing both occupational safety and/or health (OSH, or health protection) and wellness and/or well-being (health promotion, or HP) in the same intervention study, and (b) reporting both OSH and HP outcomes. Only 17 published studies met these criteria. All but 1 of the 17 TWH interventions improved risk factors for injuries and/or chronic illnesses, and 4 improved 10 or more risk factors. Several TWH interventions reported sustained improvements for over a year, although only 1 is readily available for dissemination. These results suggest that TWH interventions that address both injuries and chronic diseases can improve workforce health effectively and more rapidly than the alternative of separately employing more narrowly focused programs to change the same outcomes in serial fashion. These 17 articles provide useful examples of how TWH interventions can be structured. The promise of simultaneous improvements in safety, health, and well-being leads to the call to pursue TWH research to identify and disseminate best practices.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Salud Laboral
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
J Occup Health Psychol
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA OCUPACIONAL
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PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2015
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Article
Pais de publicación:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA