Total Worker Health® Centers of Excellence

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has funded Centers of Excellence to explore and research the concepts of Total Worker Health (TWH). The Centers advance the overall safety, health, and well-being of diverse worker populations through research, planning, evaluation, outreach, and education. The Centers accomplish this by integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion interventions.

The ten Centers of Excellence are:

1. Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and University of Connecticut
   • See the Healthy Workplace Participatory Program
   • See the News and Views Emerging Topic briefs
   • Visit the online education program - Job Stress: A continuing education program for nurses
     
     
2. Center for Health, Work, & Environment at the University of Colorado
   • Read about theSmall + Safe + Well (SSWell) study that aims to advance TWH by examining whether changes in organizational culture can impact employee health and safety outcomes
   • See the Pilot Projects funding opportunities
   • Visit the Center's training page to register for their Total Worker Health^® Leadership Programs
     
     
3. Harvard Center for Work Health and Well-being
   • See the Guidelines for Implementing an Integrated Approach to better understand what it means to have an integrated, Total Worker Health program
   • See the SafeWell Guidelines for employers implementing Total Worker Health approaches into practice
     
     
4. Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC)
   • See the Safety & Health Improvement Program (SHIP) for an evidence-based workplace training program to increase supervisor support and team effectiveness
   • See the "Health Impacts Safety" meeting guides for brief health education topics in safety team meetings Topics include sleep, heart health, diabetes, sun exposure, and others.
   • See the "Toolbox Talks" guides for brief worker safety training (English and Spanish). The guides are tailored to construction, logging, transportation, and other occupational hazards
   • Visit the "Toolkit Kiosk" for TWH programs for supervisors, young workers, homecare workers, and construction workers
   • Visit the Center's Training and Symposia page to register for Total Worker Health^® 101: The Basics
     
     
5. Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest
   • See the Total Worker Health Essentials Video Series - business industry leaders share their experiences with designing, implementing, and evaluating TWH policies, programs, and practices
   • See the Total Worker Health "in-depth" health and safety topic videos (run time 2-7 minutes each). Topics include ergonomics, stress, small business tips, and others
   • Listen in on the Workplace Matters Podcast put on by the Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest
     
     
6. University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) Center for Healthy Work
   
   
7. Carolina Center for Total Worker Health^® and Well-being
   
   
8. Johns Hopkins P.O.E. Total Worker Health^® Center in Mental Health
   
   
9. Utah Center for Promotion of Work Equity
   
   
10. California Labor Laboratory