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Area of Science:

  • Occupational Health
  • Workplace Safety Education
  • Public Health Training

Background:

  • Total Worker Health (TWH) integrates occupational safety and health with broader well-being.
  • Existing TWH education and training lack standardized development and evaluation frameworks.
  • Implementing institutions require structured approaches for TWH educational initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a comprehensive framework for developing and evaluating TWH education and training programs.
  • To identify essential knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for TWH competencies.
  • To guide institutions in creating and assessing TWH educational efforts.

Main Methods:

  • A review of TWH-related information from symposia, workshops, academic offerings, and publications.
  • An examination of education and training development and evaluation resources across disciplines.
  • Synthesis of findings to create a competency-based framework.

Main Results:

  • Identification of core competencies for TWH education.
  • Provision of example KSAs aligned with each TWH core competency.
  • Development of a structured framework for creating and evaluating TWH competency-based programs.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed KSAs and framework can guide pilot testing and standardization of TWH education.
  • Further input from diverse stakeholders is encouraged for framework refinement and adoption.
  • This initiative aims to advance TWH education and practice across sectors.