Utah Center for Promotion of Work Equity (U-POWER)

摘要(整体中心) 犹他州工作公平促进研究中心(U-POWER)设想的工作和工作场所是 安全、健康和公平。共同努力，我们可以确保工作条件促进健康和良好- 作为工人和社区的一员。U-POWER的使命是创建一个可持续发展的实践社区 这改变了工作条件，并通过研究和促进总体员工健康(TWh) 外展。U-POWER的整合主题是权力在定义创造和创造工作条件方面的作用 维持工人之间的不平等和健康状况不佳。力量是使一个人想要的事情成为现实的能力 由于关系、政策和规则赋予的权力，以及历史和当前的意识形态 以及造成和维持不平等的规范，包括持续存在损害(或 促进)安全、健康和幸福。工作公平指的是谁有权获得安全、健康的工作。 U-POWER认为，对权力在工人安全、健康和福祉中的作用的审问可以启发人们 为研究、行动和教育提供新的机会，以产生可持续的、普遍的变化以促进 工作公平和TWH。U-POWER的总体目标是：1)促进共享的实践社区 关注改变工作条件，推进TWH；2)创新推进TWH 研究和外展，以转化研究过程和社区参与为指导。流程 U-POWER的活动以正义和公平待遇、社区、严格和 相关性、转型和参与性决策。U-POWER由以下内容组成：规划和 评价核心；拓展核心，其活动以成人学习理论和成人学习框架为指导 以社区为基础的参与性研究和将知识转化为行动；一个研究试点项目方案；以及五个 涉及跨学科调查人员的研究项目，并跨越翻译研究的连续统一体 解决与TWH和工作公平性相关的问题。U-POWER体现了加州大学的两个关键优先事项 犹他州-促进公平、多样性和包容性，并通过跨校园应对重大社会挑战 合作--因此，获得了大量的财政和组织支持。

ABSTRACT (OVERALL CENTER) The Utah Center for Promotion of Work Equity Research (U-POWER) envisions work and workplaces that are safe, healthy, and equitable. Together, we can ensure that the conditions of work promote the health and well- being of workers and communities. The mission of U-POWER is to create a sustainable community of practice that changes the conditions of work and advances Total Worker Health® (TWH) through research and outreach. The integrating theme of U-POWER is the role of power in defining work conditions that create and sustain inequity and ill health among workers. Power is the ability to make what one wants happen, and occurs because of authority granted by relations, policy, and regulation, and through historical and current ideologies and norms that create and sustain inequality, including the persistence of work conditions that harm (or promote) safety, health, and well-being. Work equity refers to equity in who has access to safe, healthy work. U-POWER posits that interrogation of the role of power in workers’ safety, health, and well-being can illuminate new opportunities for research, action, and education that yield sustainable, generalized change to promote work equity and TWH. The aims of U-POWER overall are to: 1) Facilitate a community of practice that shares the concern of changing the conditions of work and advancing TWH and 2) Advance TWH through innovative research and outreach, guided by the translational research process and community engagement. Processes and activities in U-POWER are guided by the values of justice and fair treatment, community, rigor and relevance, transformation, and participatory decision-making. U-POWER is comprised of: a Planning and Evaluation Core; an Outreach Core whose activities are guided by adult learning theory and the frameworks of community-based participatory research and Knowledge to Action; a Research Pilot Project Program; and five research projects that involve interdisciplinary investigators and span the continuum of translational research to address issues relevant to TWH and work equity. U-POWER embodies two key priorities of the University of Utah—to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion and address big societal challenges through cross-campus collaborations—and, as a result, has garnered significant financial and organizational support.