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Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health®: Proceedings From a Workshop
Sara L Tamers1, Ron Goetzel, Kevin M Kelly
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, DC (Dr Tamers, Ms Chang, Dr Childress, Dr Schill); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta, GA (Dr Chosewood); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (Dr Luckhaupt, Ms Hudson, Dr Cunningham, Dr Bushnell, Dr Scholl, Ms Nigam); Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Goetzel); IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Goetzel, Dr Ozminkowski); University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (Dr Kelly, Dr Rohlman, Dr Campo); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Dr Pronk); City University of New York, New York City, New York (Dr Baron, Dr Huang); University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Brosseau); Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland (Dr Goldenhar); University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Dr Linnan); Center for Health, Work & Environment, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Colorado (Dr Newman); Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon (Dr Olson); University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts (Dr Punnett); Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Dr Pronk, Dr Sorensen).
Objective:
There is growing interest in the NIOSH Total Worker Health program, specifically in the process of designing and implementing safer, health-promoting work and workplaces. A Total Worker Health (TWH) Research Methodology Workshop was convened to discuss research methods and future needs.
Methods:
Twenty-six experts in occupational safety and health and related fields reviewed and discussed current methodological and measurement issues and those showing promise.
Results:
TWH intervention studies face the same challenges as other workplace intervention studies and some unique ones. Examples are provided of different approaches and their applications to TWH intervention studies, and desired developments in the TWH literature.
Conclusions:
This report discusses and outlines principles important to building the TWH intervention research base. Rigorous, valid methodologic, and measurement approaches are needed for TWH intervention as well as for basic/etiologic, translational, and surveillance research.
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