Dissemination and Implementation Science Approaches for Occupational Safety and Health Research: Implications for Advancing Total Worker Health

Rebecca J Guerin; Samantha M Harden; Borsika A Rabin; Diane S Rohlman; Thomas R Cunningham; Megan R TePoel; Megan Parish; Russell E Glasgow

doi:10.3390/ijerph182111050

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Dissemination and Implementation Science Approaches for Occupational Safety and Health Research: Implications for Advancing Total Worker Health

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Dissemination and Implementation Science Approaches for Occupational Safety and Health Research: Implications for Advancing Total Worker Health

Rebecca J Guerin, Samantha M Harden, Borsika A Rabin, Diane S Rohlman, Thomas R Cunningham, Megan R TePoel, Megan Parish and Russell E Glasgow

International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.18(21), p.11050

10/21/2021

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111050

PMCID: PMC8583149

PMID: 34769573

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Total Worker Health® (TWH), an initiative of the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, is defined as policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related health and safety hazards by promoting efforts that advance worker well-being. Interventions that apply the TWH paradigm improve workplace health more rapidly than wellness programs alone. Evidence of the barriers and facilitators to the adoption, implementation, and long-term maintenance of TWH programs is limited. Dissemination and implementation (D&I) science, the study of methods and strategies for bridging the gap between public health research and practice, can help address these system-, setting-, and worker-level factors to increase the uptake, impact, and sustainment of TWH activities. The purpose of this paper is to draw upon a synthesis of existing D&I science literature to provide TWH researchers and practitioners with: (1) an overview of D&I science; (2) a plain language explanation of key concepts in D&I science; (3) a case study example of moving a TWH intervention down the research-to-practice pipeline; and (4) a discussion of future opportunities for conducting D&I science in complex and dynamic workplace settings to increase worker safety, health, and well-being.

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Title: Subtitle: Dissemination and Implementation Science Approaches for Occupational Safety and Health Research: Implications for Advancing Total Worker Health
Creators: Rebecca J Guerin
Samantha M Harden
Borsika A Rabin
Diane S Rohlman
Thomas R Cunningham
Megan R TePoel
Megan Parish
Russell E Glasgow
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.18(21), p.11050
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111050
PMID: 34769573
PMCID: PMC8583149
NLM abbreviation: Int J Environ Res Public Health
ISSN: 1660-4601
eISSN: 1660-4601
Language: English
Date published: 10/21/2021
Academic Unit: Occupational and Environmental Health; International Programs; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984214679602771

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