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Projects
HITEC - Health Improvement Through Training and Employee Control compares a traditional workplace health promotion intervention program with an experimental program featuring program development through employee participation. It is based on the premise that the linking of health promotion and workplace health and safety programs will positively affect individual health and the work environment, and that effects can be objectively measured in terms of health status and program costs. Two state of the art intervention programs featuring individual musculoskeletal health combined with professional ergonomic assessments will be developed for participating workplaces. One will be a more traditional professionally designed intervention. Outcomes will be compared to a more variable and experimental participatory program, characterized by a joint worker-management design and implementation approach. A key goal of the program is the assessment of shorter-term changes in the individual and in the environment, such as endurance and body composition, physical loading on the musculoskeletal system, and stress in and out of the workplace.
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| Promoting Physical and Mental Health of Caregivers through
Transdisciplinary Intervention is based in an ergonomic program
(safe resident handling implemented [SRH]) within a chain of 200+
nursing homes in the eastern U.S. The health outcomes of a no-lift
program will be paired with different types of health promotion
programs. The availability of multiple sites offers a comparison among
1) centers with only the SRH program; 2) centers with both SRH and
co-initiated wellness and health program activities; and 3) a
participatory health promotion program integrated with the ergonomics
intervention. Outcomes include LBP and other MSDS; overall physical and
mental health; employee retention; and program net costs (ROI). |
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| The Education, Translation, Communication and Dissemination Project has a public sector focus. Building upon statewide Heart and Stroke Partnership plans developed by the Departments of Health in both Massachusetts and Connecticut, the Center will develop curriculum modules and assist in training sessions on 1) the definition and efficacy of health promotion-occupational health and safety integration, and 2) the relationship between work-related stress and the development of heart disease and stroke. The initial audience for this training will be healthcare professionals associated with the statewide partnerships, and then will be extended to other specific targeted audiences, such as professional organizations of physicians and nurses. In addition, the Partnership will collaborate with the departments of health to identify areas of public health activity that would benefit from the inclusion of an occupational health and safety perspective. |
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