Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest

联邦第七区（爱荷华州、堪萨斯、内布拉斯加州和密苏里州）的州不成比例地遭受较高的失业率。 与其他地区相比，职业伤害和疾病的负担以及不健康行为的发生率较高 国家的我们主要是农村地区也有很高的贫困率和较低的医疗保健服务。的 阿片类药物流行病和自杀对建筑业的影响不成比例。工作模式有 由于技术和经济力量的转变，加上大流行病的加速， 远程工作和增加一线工作人员的压力，包括养老院工作人员。有经验的 中西部健康劳动力中心的一个跨学科小组将解决这些问题和其他健康问题。 通过研究、推广和教育解决问题。该中心的愿景是创造一个安全，健康， 将通过基础研究和应用研究、参与性方法和 理论驱动的教育和翻译活动。该中心是一个合作， 爱荷华州、圣路易斯的华盛顿大学、堪萨斯大学医学中心、堪萨斯的WorkWell，以及两个 NIOSH全面工人健康附属机构，内布拉斯加州安全理事会和圣路易斯地区商业健康 联盟。该中心包括一个评估和规划核心，提供协调，领导， 评估，以及一个新出现的问题计划;一个外展核心，翻译基于证据的调查结果， 提供教育;和一个研究核心，其中包括两个大型研究项目：预防自杀和 促进建筑工人的心理健康和监督远程工人的未来：促进 主管和工人福利，两个小的研究项目：精炼工作场所阿片类药物指南， 社会营销传播与农村全员健康的实施 养老院，以及明确促进职业发展和能力建设的试点方案， 社区和学术合作伙伴。认识到组织变革的影响更大， 不仅关注工人个人层面的变化，而且关注改变工作环境的政策和计划 和文化该中心将解决所有雇主中出现的问题和高风险、高需求人群 针对NIOSH战略目标和优先人群的规模。中心的活动将广泛地解决NIOSH 战略目标7：促进安全和健康的工作设计和福祉，以及NIOSH TWH的大部分目标 议程，包括战略目标1下的所有中期目标和大部分活动目标 （研究）、2（实践）、3（政策）和4（能力建设）。

The states in Federal Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri) disproportionately suffer from higher burdens of occupational injury and illness and higher rates of unhealthy behaviors compared to other regions of the country. Our predominately rural region also has high rates of poverty and lower healthcare access. The opioid epidemic and suicide have disproportionately affected the construction industry. Work patterns have shifted due to technology and economic forces, accelerated by the pandemic, which has led to increased remote work and increased stress on frontline workers, including nursing home workers. The experienced interdisciplinary team of the Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest will address these and other health issues through research, outreach, and education. The Center's vision is to create a safe, healthy, and productive workforce and will be achieved through basic and applied research, a participatory approach, and theory driven educational and translational activities. The Center is a collaboration between the University of Iowa, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Kansas Medical Center, WorkWell Kansas, and two NIOSH Total Worker Health Affiliates, the Nebraska Safety Council and the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition. The Center includes an Evaluation and Planning Core, which provides coordination, leadership, evaluation, and an emerging issues program; an Outreach Core that translates evidence based findings and provides education; and a Research Core which includes two large research projects: Preventing Suicide and Promoting Mental Health in Construction Workers and Supervising the Future of Remote Workers: Promoting Supervisor and Worker Well-being, two small research projects: Refining Workplace Opioid Guidelines for Dissemination through a Social Marketing Approach and Implementation of Total Worker Health in Rural Nursing Homes, and a Pilot Program that explicitly promotes career development and capacity building of community and academic partners. Recognizing the greater impact of organizational changes, proposed Cores focus not only on changes at the individual worker level, but also policies and programs to change work climate and culture. The Center will address emerging issues and high-risk, high-need populations in employers of all sizes targeting NIOSH strategic goals and priority populations. Center activities will broadly address NIOSH Strategic Goal 7: promote safe and healthy work design and well-being, and most goals of the NIOSH TWH Agenda, including all of the intermediate goals and a majority of the activity goals under Strategic Goals 1 (Research), 2 (Practice), 3 (Policy), and 4 (Capacity Building).