Carolina Center for Healthy Work Design and Worker Well-Being

卡罗莱纳州健康工作设计和工人福祉中心

• 批准号: 10652304
• 负责人: LAURA A LINNAN
• 金额: $ 103.61万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10652304
• 关键词: Carolina; Center; Healthy; Work; Design

ABSTRACT More than 63% of US adults are employed, and work exerts an independent, powerful influence on their health. At UNC Chapel Hill, our recognition of the role of work in health has driven our long history of occupational safety and health promotion activities, including surveillance, basic etiology, intervention and translation research, practice, and influence on public policy. As we conducted needs and strengths assessments in preparation for this Center proposal, we saw how the COVID-19 pandemic created a massive re-shaping of work, work conditions, and worker health – particularly related to mental health and well-being among essential workers. This observation created tremendous interest among investigators at UNC Chapel Hill, the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education Research Center, UNC's Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Injury Prevention Research Center, collaborators at Duke University and UNC Greensboro, and key stakeholders from public and private sectors to join forces to establish a new Carolina Center for Total Worker Health and Well-Being. The mission of the Carolina Center is to generate new knowledge and implement activities to improve worker health and well-being in North Carolina, the southeast region, and the nation. Strong leadership, national experts on our External Advisory Committee (EAC) and at RTI International will work with us to conduct the overall Center evaluation, with a goal of continuous quality improvement that informs strategic planning efforts. Within the Center's Pilot Project Program, we will employ data-driven approaches to prioritize proposals funded, be responsive to emerging issues, and support the work of the four proposed research projects which address three essential worker groups (nurses/physicians, firefighters and childcare) and an under-studied group of LGBTQ workers. Given the current and growing needs we identified, we will focus our attention on mental health and well-being of these workers, as well as traditional occupational safety outcomes such as slips, trips and falls. We will investigate different participatory approaches to engaging with workers and other stakeholders as we move the research enterprise from basic etiology and surveillance, to intervention and translation. Our Center's work directly addresses NORA and TWH Research Agenda priorities with important, innovative research, as well as outreach and education activities that will communicate the benefits of a TWH approach to businesses and key stakeholders, translate our findings and disseminate them to improve policy and practice, and build capacity for TWH among new and current occupational safety and health professionals through the expansion of our existing TWH certificate to non-degree seeking health professionals. As evidenced by enthusiastic letters of support from existing partners at UNC, our EAC members and others in Region 4, and several other TWH Center representatives, the Carolina Center is uniquely positioned to address the challenges of improving worker and workplace health in North Carolina, the southeastern region, and nationally.

抽象超过63％的美国成年人被录用，工作出口独立，强大的影响力 关于他们的健康。在UNC Chapel Hill，我们认识到工作在健康中的作用，推动了我们悠久的历史 职业安全和健康促进活动，包括监视，基本病因，干预和 翻译研究，实践和对公共政策的影响。当我们执行需求和优势时 评估为该中心提议做准备，我们看到了共同的19日大流行如何创造大规模 重新塑造工作，工作条件和工人健康 - 尤其与心理健康和福祉有关 在重要的工人中。这种观察引起了UNC Chapel的调查人员的极大兴趣 Hill，NC职业安全与健康教育研究中心，UNC的健康促进中心 以及预防和伤害预防研究中心，杜克大学的合作者和UNC 格林斯伯勒以及公共和私营部门的主要利益相关者联合起来建立新卡罗莱纳州 全部工人健康与福祉中心。卡罗来纳州中心的任务是生成新的 知识和实施活动，以改善北卡罗来纳州，东南部的工人健康和福祉 地区和国家。强大的领导力，我们的外部咨询委员会（EAC）的国家专家和 RTI International将与我们合作进行整体中心评估，其目标是持续质量 改进为战略规划工作提供的改进。在中心的试点项目计划中，我们将雇用 数据驱动的方法优先考虑资助的提案，对新兴问题做出回应并支持工作 在四个提出的研究项目中 消防员和育儿）以及一群未经研究的LGBTQ工人。鉴于当前和增长 我们确定的需求，我们将把注意力集中在这些工人的心理健康和福祉上，以及 传统的占领安全结果，例如滑倒，旅行和瀑布。我们将调查不同的参与 当我们将研究企业从基本中移动时，与工人和其他利益相关者互动的方法 病因和监视，干预和翻译。我们中心的工作直接解决了Nora和 TWH研究议程的优先事项以及重要的创新研究以及外展和教育 将向企业和主要利益相关者传达TWH方法的好处的活动，翻译 我们的发现和传播它们以改善政策和实践，并在新的和 通过将现有的TWH证书扩展到当前职业安全和卫生专业人员 寻求卫生专业人员的非学位。现有的热情支持证明了 UNC的合作伙伴，我们的EAC成员和4区的其他人以及其他几位THH中心代表， 卡罗来纳州中心的位置是应对改善工人和工作场所健康的挑战 在北卡罗来纳州，东南地区和全国。