"The
health and well-being of working people and their families are greatly
influenced by the quality of their work environments, whether resulting
directly from exposures to physical hazards on the job and risks associated
with the organizational context, or indirectly through the impact of work on
health behaviors.”
This excerpt is from
the preface of NIOSH’s recently published document, The ResearchCompendium: The NIOSH Total Worker Health Program: Seminal Research Papers 2012,
which shows why extended research on the benefits of integrated
programs can improve the health of workers and workplaces. Made up of a compilation
of three commissioned papers from NIOSH’s 2004 conference, Steps to a Healthier
Workforce Symposium, the report is widely cited and is considered seminal
writing on the science and practice of integrating health protection and health
promotion. Limited copies of this document will also soon be available in print. For more
information on NIOSH initiatives, visit their site at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/.