Integration of health protection and health promotion: rationale, indicators, and metrics

J Occup Environ Med. 2013 Dec;55(12 Suppl):S12-8. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000032.

Abstract

Objective: To offer a definition of an "integrated" approach to worker health and operationalize this definition using indicators of the extent to which integrated efforts are implemented in an organization.

Methods: Guided by the question-How will we know it when we see it?-we reviewed relevant literature to identify available definitions and metrics, and used a modified Delphi process to review and refine indicators and measures of integrated approaches.

Results: A definition of integrated approaches to worker health is proposed and accompanied by indicators and measures that may be used by researchers, employers, and workers.

Conclusions: A shared understanding of what is meant by integrated approaches to protect and promote worker health has the potential to improve dialogue among researchers and facilitate the research-to-practice process.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Health Promotion* / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Leadership
  • Occupational Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Occupational Health*
  • Occupational Injuries / prevention & control*
  • Organizational Policy
  • Social Responsibility