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Participants are encouraged to share organizational successes and challenges. These informal networking opportunities include updates about new resources from NIOSH, the OHWC and other TWH Centers of Excellence, and TWH Affilliates including SAIF. These one hour meet ups are offered virtually to all graduates of the Total Worker Health 101 course. This virtual (2 hours x 4 (required) sessions) course is limited to 12 participants. Train-the-Trainer Course for Total Worker Health 101: The Basics. Discuss how the concept of Total Worker Health can help organizations create strategies and initiatives to lessen worker fatigue, address causes of poor and low sleep, and improve healthĥ.Understand how work scheduling, culture and shift work negatively impact employees’ sleep.Examine health and safety evidence showing the need for organizations to be concerned about worker short sleep and fatigue.Recap the 5 key elements of Total Worker Health.This module includes the following course objectives: This ~ 90 minute virtual or live module can be presented together with T WH 101: The Basics or as a standalone course. Total Worker Health Sleep, Fatigue and Shiftwork. Develop 'next steps' related to these solutions, as applicable to participant's organizationĤ.Describe strategies for workplace engagement and evaluation of solutions and interventions.Identify evidence-based Total Worker Health Worksite solutions, case studies, and tools.

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This 3 hour virtual or live class can be combined with TWH 101: The Basics for a full day course (e.g., AIHce 2021, 2022). This shorter session may precede TWH 101: The Basics but as a 'teaser.'ģ. Total Worker Health Awareness: What Should OSH Professionals Know? This 45-60 minute virtual or live session introduces occupational health professionals, occupational health nurses, human resource professionals, wellness professionals and others interested to Total Worker Health.

Develop “next steps” applicable to participant’s organizationĢ.

Discuss how organizations can effectively implement TWH.

Identify the five defining elements of TWH.

Define terms and concepts essential to TWH.

The objectives of this half-day class are to: Graduates of this course are invited to virtual quarterly meet ups. Materials used include the “Fundamentals of Total Worker Health ® Approaches: Essential elements for advancing worker safety, health, and well-being.” (CDC/NIOSH Dec. The purpose of the Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance curriculum is to create and provide consistent and reproducible training that is research-based and supports current practice. Additional modules will augment and broaden knowledge and skill sets within the TWH discipline, and evolve as informed by research and practice. This 3 hour virtual or live class is the prerequisite course within the curriculum.

Visit our Training and Symposium page for upcoming opportunities.ġ. The training is designed for occupational safety and health, worker compensation, and human resource practitioners and professions.Ĭurriculum modules and classes developed to date include the following courses. Since the signing, however, we are specifically targeting how we can work together to move the needle in Oregon to improve health, safety and well-being for all workers, utilizing concepts, evidence and data related to T otal Worker Health principles, and in creating a training curriculum.Ĭurrently, the most active initiative involving the Alliance has been the development of the Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance training curriculum. Prior to the signing, these three partners have collaborated on many issues and initiatives impacting occupational safety, health and well-being. Signing the document was just the beginning. Needless to say, we are excited and very pleased to have such strong partners who support the mission of Total Worker Health. The Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, a NIOSH-funded Total Worker Health Center of Excellence, is housed within the Institute. What we consider to be unique in this alliance, is forging partnership between Oregon's state OSHA, Oregon's not-for-profit, state-chartered workers' compensation insurance company, and an Oregon-based academic research institute. The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences (including the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center), Oregon OSHA and SAIF Corporation signed the first state-wide Alliance we are aware of to expand the knowledge and application of Total Worker Health® principles by leveraging the strengths of three state-based organizations.

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