Small + Safe + Well: lessons learned from a Total Worker Health® randomized intervention to promote organizational change in small business.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leadership commitment to worker safety and health is one of the most important factors when organizations develop and implement a Total Worker Health® approach. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a Total Worker Health ("TWH") leadership development program that targeted owners and other senior-level leadership positions on changing organizational and worker outcomes from baseline to one-year later.

Methods

The Small + Safe + Well study included small businesses from a variety of industries in the state of Colorado, USA that were participating in Health Links™. We designed a randomized waitlisted control comparison design (RCT) to evaluate the added benefit of a TWH leadership development program. An employer assessment tool was used to assess TWH policies and

SUBMITTER: Schwatka NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128251 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature