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Community Health Worker Integration with and Effectiveness in Health Care and Public Health in the United States.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 2023
Community health workers (CHWs) have worked in a variety of settings in the United States for more than 70 years and are increasingly recognized as an essential health workforce.
M. Knowles   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Workplace Health Promotion Embedded in Medical Surveillance: The Italian Way to Total Worker Health Program

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023
In 2011, NIOSH launched the Total Worker Health (TWH) strategy based on integrating prevention and health promotion in the workplace. For several years now, in Italy, this integration has led to the creation of workplace health promotion embedded in ...
N. Magnavita
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Community health workers in rural India: analysing the opportunities and challenges Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) face in realising their multiple roles

open access: yesHuman Resources for Health, 2015
BackgroundGlobally, there is increasing interest in community health worker’s (CHW) performance; however, there are gaps in the evidence with respect to CHWs’ role in community participation and empowerment.
L. Saprii   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Effects of a Total Worker Health® Intervention on Workplace Safety: Mediating Effects of Sleep and Supervisor Support for Sleep

open access: yesJournal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2023
We tested the effects of a randomized controlled trial Total Worker Health® intervention on workplace safety outcomes. The intervention targeted employee sleep at both the supervisor-level (e.g., sleep-specific support training) and employee-level (e.g.,
Rebecca M. Brossoit   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Excessive occupational heat exposure: a significant ergonomic challenge and health risk for current and future workers

open access: yesExtreme Physiology and Medicine, 2014
Occupational heat exposure threatens the health of a worker not only when heat illness occurs but also when a worker’s performance and work capacity is impaired.
Rebekah A I Lucas   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

THE HEALTH OF WORKERS

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2003
I was given a copy of the April, 2003 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The cover photo, in addition to being an excellent piece of photography, also accurately depicts the feelings of our membership in regard to health benefits. Your decision to make workers’ health a focal point of the issue was very welcome to us.
openaire   +3 more sources

Telework and Worker Health and Well-Being: A Review and Recommendations for Research and Practice

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Telework (also referred to as telecommuting or remote work), is defined as working outside of the conventional office setting, such as within one’s home or in a remote office location, often using a form of information communication technology to ...
J. Beckel, Gwenith G Fisher
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Work and worker health in the post-pandemic world: a public health perspective

open access: yesLancet Public Health, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of work in shaping population health and wellbeing. This Viewpoint applies a multilevel systems framework to assist in understanding the diverse and complex interactions of forces affecting worker ...
Susan E. Peters   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effect of indoor office environment on the work performance, health and well-being of office workers

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 2014
BackgroundThe effect of indoor environment may have an influence on the performance, productivity health and well-being of office workers.MethodsEnvironmental factors such as indoor temperature and illumination have been investigated at three levels.
K. Vimalanathan, Thangavelu Ramesh Babu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Impacts of Paid Family and Medical Leave on Worker Health, Family Well-Being, and Employer Outcomes.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Public Health, 2022
This article reviews the evidence on the impacts of paid family and medical leave (PFML) policies on workers' health, family well-being, and employer outcomes.
A. Bartel   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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