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A New NIOSH Initiative to Safeguard and Promote the Mental Health of Health Workers

A New NIOSH Initiative to Safeguard and Promote the Mental Health of Health Workers

As part of the American Rescue Plan, CDC/NIOSH received funding to deliver a national education and awareness campaign for the nation?s health employers and nearly 20 million workers in the healthcare sector, as well as emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and public health workers. The goal of this initiative is to protect and improve the mental health and emotional well-being of the nation?s health workers through prevention, awareness, and intervention.

This presentation will describe the five main objectives of this new initiative, which are to: 1) Spotlight the personal, social, and economic burden of poor mental health outcomes; 2) Develop a repository of best practices, resources, and interventions; 3) Inspire, amplify, and support partnership efforts; 4) Improve data, screening tools, trainings, resources, and policies for sustainable change; and 5) Conduct a national, multi-dimensional social marketing campaign.

NIOSH Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Program

NIOSH Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities Program

The TWU program collaborates with partners to identify relevant research and to help disseminate research findings and translate them into practice. The program publishes research in scientific journals and translates findings into materials that can be used by a variety of partners and stakeholders to improve the safety, health, and well-being of TWU workers. Products include scientific journal articles, fact sheets, blogs, infographics, and social media messages.

An exploration of the relationship between legislation on work-related stress and bullying at work, organizational practices and working conditions in European enterprises

An exploration of the relationship between legislation on work-related stress and bullying at work, organizational practices and working conditions in European enterprises

This study explored the relationship between legislation on work-related stress and bullying at work, organizational practices and working conditions in European enterprises. The study was conducted in two stages. The first stage was a review of legislation of EU member states on work-related stress and harassment and bullying at work. The second stage of the study involved a secondary analysis utilizing two datasets representative of the EU population of workers (EWCS, 2015) and enterprises (ESENER, 2014). Multilevel modelling was conducted linking these two datasets in order to explore whether those member states that had specific legislation on work-related stress and on bullying at work reported more organizational practices (i.e. procedures and measures to deal with work-related stress and with harassment/bullying at work) and whether these were related with a more positive psychosocial work environment and less reported work stress and bullying.

A Mid-Decade Expansion to the National Occupational Research Agenda 2012-2026: Report from the Healthy Work Design Council Team Leading the 4th Objective on Chronic Conditions

A Mid-Decade Expansion to the National Occupational Research Agenda 2012-2026: Report from the Healthy Work Design Council Team Leading the 4th Objective on Chronic Conditions

We aim to describe our work on the Healthy Work Design and Well-being (HWD) Cross-Sector Council of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to identify current gaps in the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) pertaining to chronic conditions in the workplace and describe action plans to address these gaps. We focus on five primary areas for expansion. We propose short-term, mid-term and long-term outputs to carry out the expansion process. This works is a timely Mid-Decade Expansion to the National Occupational Research Agenda 2012-2026.

A theoretical framework to bridge the gap between policy and practice in promoting mental health in the workplace.

A theoretical framework to bridge the gap between policy and practice in promoting mental health in the workplace.

Evidence indicates a gap between macro-level initiatives to manage psychosocial risks and their implementation at the organisational level. A literature review across different social sciences disciplines was conducted, evidencing the need to integrate social pressures with organisational variables to transform psychosocial risk management and mental health promotion into a sustainable organisational practice.