Quarterly News and Updates
December 2022
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CPH-NEW personnel were excited to deliver 17 presentations at the 3rd International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health®. Dr. Laura Punnett, was honored with a TWH Founder's Award for her leadership in advancing TWH and ensuring that the voice of workers remain central in all program activities. The Society Total Worker Health was launched to create a collaborative space to advance TWH through knowledge and best practice sharing. Become a founding member today!
Our intervention research studies are actively advancing. In the total Teacher Health study, we are recruiting teachers for health and safety “design teams” in two school districts to implement an adapted Healthy Workplace Participatory Program (educator version). The Total Worker Health Employer Crisis Preparedness study kicked off a one-year coached community of practice pilot training program for Human Resources and other management professionals. The SHIFT II healthcare study opened registration for February classes for a new program “Building Total Worker Health® Leaders in Unions and Worker Organizations: Train the Trainer” CPH-NEW just concluded an education needs assessment study with multidisciplinary occupational safety and health professionals; the results will guide development of future TWH continuing professional education programs.
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In December, CPH-NEW Co-Director, Bill Shaw, PhD, will be retiring. Please join us in thanking Bill for his tireless leadership not only for the Center but for also championing the advancement of Total Worker Health. We wish you all the best in your new adventures!
We are proud to announce that Jenn Cavallari, ScD, will be assuming the role of Center Co-Director in December! Jenn has been a long time member of the center and currently leads the Total Teacher Health project to reduce stress for educators. She has also played an instrumental role in our Outreach Core, helping to create our TWH for OHS Professionals continuing education course. Please join us in welcoming Jenn to her new role.
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Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Deficits in Safety Culture Failed Healthcare Workers | |
Contributed by Sundus Siddique, MBBS, MPH, ScD (C), Research Assistant, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UMass Lowell
In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world and left in its wake a global healthcare emergency. By the fall of 2022, the U.S. had the highest cumulative COVID-19 deaths per capita among its peer nations.1 An unprecedented burden was placed on the physical and mental well-being of healthcare workers, who were working in novel, challenging, and potentially unsafe conditions. These included but were not limited to increased staffing shortages, workload, infection control protocols, and unprecedented safety policy uncertainties.2 Two years into the pandemic, we think it is of utmost importance to examine the impact of organizational actions during the pandemic to ensure employee safety. We explored how these actions might have affected healthcare worker well-being and what could be learned for the future. Continue reading here.
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CPH-NEW Continuing Education and Training
Building Total Worker Health Leaders in Unions and Worker Organizations Train the Trainer program: This interactive training engages staff and members of unions and worker organizations in strengthening their facilitation skills, building collaborative relationships with management, and implementing TWH approaches in labor management health and safety committees. Registration for the February cohort is open now!
Total Worker Health Facilitator Training: Sharpen your facilitation skills in this virtual training course. Register here for classes in February 2023!
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December 5, 2022, 1 P.M. EST, The Center for Work, Health and Well-being and the Harvard ERC present "Routine Uncertainty in the Service Sector." discussing work scheduling practices in the service sector, the effects of exposure to precarious scheduling on worker health and well-being, the effectiveness of labor standards in reducing work schedule instability, and research on automation and technology in the service sector. Register here.
December 5, 2022, 10 A.M. EST, Community Health Training Center presents "Public Health: Past, Present and Future" In this training, participants will learn more in detail about the history of public health, where we are now, and where this field is heading in the future. Using case studies of how public health response has helped and hurt populations throughout time, the trainers will lead a conversation around how we can continue to push public health to center health and racial equity. Register here.
December 6-7, 2022, 9 A.M. CST, National Safety Council presents "SAFER Summit: A Virtual Summit on Lessons Learned from the Pandemic and How to Navigate the New Normal" This two day summit covers a variety of topics such as pandemic response, future of work, vaccines and remote work. Register here.
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New Publications
Punnett L. Response to NIOSH Request for Information on Interventions to Prevent Work-Related Stress and Support Health Worker Mental Health. NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 2022;(0). doi:10.1177/10482911221126271
Siddique S, Rice S, Bhardwaj M, Gore R, Coupal H, Punnett L. Healthcare organization policies for employee safety and COVID-19 pandemic response: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: October 28, 2022.-volume-issue- doi:10/1097/JOM.0000000000002741
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Listen, Read, Watch
Total Worker Health Professional Program: This training, developed the Colorado School of Public Health, delivers practicing professionals essential tools for creating thriving workplaces. Members of the Society for Total Worker Health get a 15% discount!
Oregon Job Opportunity! Senior Outreach Manager: The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, one of the ten NIOSH funded TWH Centers of Excellence, is looking for a Senior Outreach Manager. This position is focused on training, education and building partnerships!
Podcast: Protecting Worker Well-being in Immigrant Populations. This podcast presented by the Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest examines the hazards Latino workers in meet packing and cattle feed yards.
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Center-affiliated students win ASSP and NEAIHA scholarships!
This fall, four outstanding CPH-NEW scholars received scholarships totaling over $20,000! Andrea Vivaldi, Chandni Shahdev, Sundus Siddique, and Rimsha Paneru, have been valuable members CPH-NEW healthcare project team, and their contributions to our field work and data analysis, have been instrumental in helping to not only move the centers research forward but also by helping to provide valuable insights for our study partners!
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Total Worker Health® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Participation by CPH-NEW does not imply endorsement by HHS, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This publication was supported by Grant Number 1 U19 OH012299. Its contents are solely the responsibility of CPH-NEW and do not necessarily reflect the views of NIOSH. | |
CPH-NEW is a NIOSH TWH Center of Excellence | | | | | |
