Resources

Literature Cited

The HWCE is committed to sharing research to encourage and support researchers in designing, implementing and evaluating studies to advance health protection and health promotion programs. The following links are cited in HWCE research projects, the Healthier Workforce Bulletin and other outreach activities.

Creating a Culture of Total Worker Health™

The following resources are highlighted to encourage and support researchers in designing, implementing and evaluating studies to advance the Total Worker Health™ Program.

ACOEM Guidance Statement – Makes the case for integrating health protection and health promotion programs and advancing the premise that a healthier workforce will be a safer workforce and a safer workforce will be a healthier workforce

NIOSH Total Worker Health Research Compendium – Reviews scientific literature and introduces research agenda parameters for improving worker health through integrated and coordinated efforts of occupational health and safety and worksite health promotion

NIOSHTIC-2 - A searchable database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by NIOSH.

Ergonomics and Wellness Study

The Art of Implementing a Great Worksite Wellness Program in a Small Business Setting
David Hunnicutt, President, Wellness Council of America
2008

Grassroots Ergonomics: Initiating an Ergonomics Program Utilizing Participatory Techniques
D.M. Zalk, University of California, Hazards Control Department, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Annals of Occupational Hygiene 45 (2001)

Development and Evaluation of an Observational Method for Assessing Repetition in Hand Tasks
Wendi A. Latko, et al., The University of Michigan Center for Ergonomics
American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 58 (1997)

Health Promotion in the Workplace - The Merging of the Paradigms
A. Yassi, Canada Research Chair in Trans-Disciplinary Health Promotion, Department of Healthcare and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia
Methods of Information in Medicine 44 (2005)

Participatory Methods Effective for Ergonomic Workplace Improvement
Kazutaka Kogi, Institute for Science of Labour, Kawasaki, Japan
Applied Ergonomics 37 (2006)

Measuring Participatory Strategies: Instrument Development for Worksite Populations
Laura A. Linnan, et al., Brown University
Health Education Research 14 (1999)

The Strain Index: A Proposed Method to Analyze Jobs for Risk of Distal Upper Extremity Disorders
J. Steven Moore, Arun Garg, Medical College of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 56 (1995)

Preventive Cardiology Study

Impact of Worksite Wellness Intervention on Cardiac Risk Factors and One-Year Health Care Costs
Richard V. Milani, MD, and Carl J. Lavie, MD
The American Journal of Cardiology 104(10): 1389-92 (2009)