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.

摘要 超过 63% 的美国成年人有工作，工作发挥着独立、强大的影响力 在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校，我们对工作在健康中的作用的认识推动了我们的悠久历史。 职业安全与健康促进活动，包括监测、基本病因、干预和 翻译研究、实践以及对公共政策的影响是我们进行的需求和优势。 在准备本中心提案的评估过程中，我们看到了 COVID-19 大流行如何造成了大规模的 重塑工作、工作条件和工人健康——特别是与心理健康和福祉相关的 这一观察引起了北卡罗来纳大学教堂的调查人员的极大兴趣。 希尔，北卡罗来纳州职业安全与健康教育研究中心，北卡罗来纳大学健康促进中心 和疾病预防和伤害预防研究中心，杜克大学和北卡罗来纳大学的合作者 格林斯博罗以及公共和私营部门的主要利益相关者联手建立一个新的卡罗来纳州 卡罗莱纳中心的使命是创造新的员工健康和福祉中心。 知识并实施活动以改善东南部北卡罗来纳州工人的健康和福祉 外部咨询委员会 (EAC) 和国家级专家的强大领导力。 RTI International将与我们一起进行中心的整体评估，以持续的质量为目标 在该中心的试点项目计划中，我们将采用为战略规划工作提供信息的改进。 采用数据驱动的方法来确定资助提案的优先顺序、响应新出现的问题并支持工作 四个拟议的研究项目涉及三个基本工人群体（护士/医生、 考虑到当前和不断增长的情况，LGBTQ 工作者群体尚未得到充分研究。 根据我们确定的需求，我们将重点关注这些工人的心理健康和福祉，以及 传统的职业安全后果，如滑倒、绊倒和跌倒，我们将调查不同的参与方式。 当我们将研究企业从基本的 我们中心的工作直接针对 NORA 和转化。 TWH 研究议程优先事项包括重要的创新研究以及推广和教育 向企业和主要利益相关者传达 TWH 方法好处的活动，翻译 我们的调查结果并传播它们以改进政策和实践，并在新的和 通过将我们现有的 TWH 证书扩展到现有的职业安全和健康专业人员 现有的热情支持信证明了寻求非学位的卫生专业人员的重要性。 UNC 的合作伙伴、我们的 EAC 成员和第 4 区的其他成员，以及其他几位 TWH 中心代表， 卡罗莱纳中心具有独特的优势，可以应对改善工人和工作场所健康的挑战 在北卡罗来纳州、东南部地区以及全国范围内。