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Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health, and Well-Being: The Workplace Integrated Safety and Health
Glorian Sorensen1, Emily Sparer, Jessica A R Williams
1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Dr Sorensen, Dr Sparer, Dr Williams, Dr Gundersen, Dr McLellan, Dr Revette); Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Dr Sorensen, Dr Sparer, Dr Williams, Dr Dennerlein, Dr McLellan, Dr Okechukwu, Dr Pronk, Dr Wagner); University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas (Dr Williams); Boston University School of Public Health (Dr Boden); Northeastern University (Dr Dennerlein); Partners HealthCare, Inc. (Dr Hashimoto); Boston College Law School, Newton Centre (Dr Hashimoto); Brigham and Women's Hospital (Dr Katz), Boston, Massachusetts; HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Dr Pronk).
Objective:
To present a measure of effective workplace organizational policies, programs, and practices that focuses on working conditions and organizational facilitators of worker safety, health and well-being: the workplace integrated safety and health (WISH) assessment.
Methods:
Development of this assessment used an iterative process involving a modified Delphi method, extensive literature reviews, and systematic cognitive testing.
Results:
The assessment measures six core constructs identified as central to best practices for protecting and promoting worker safety, health and well-being: leadership commitment; participation; policies, programs, and practices that foster supportive working conditions; comprehensive and collaborative strategies; adherence to federal and state regulations and ethical norms; and data-driven change.
Conclusions:
The WISH Assessment holds promise as a tool that may inform organizational priority setting and guide research around causal pathways influencing implementation and outcomes related to these approaches.
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