Profiles of total worker health® in United States small businesses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Total Worker Health® (TWH) approach is a best practice method to protect and promote worker safety, health, and well-being. Central to this approach is leadership support and health and safety climates that support day-to-day use of health and safety policies and programs. There is some research that supports these relationships, but there is limited research amongst small businesses. Furthermore, it remains to be shown what role TWH business strategies, as reflected by organizational policies and programs, play in this process. The purpose of this study is to characterize small businesses by their organizations' TWH approach and assess the relationship of these approaches to employee health and safety behaviors.

Methods

We utilized cross-sectional data from 9

SUBMITTER: Schwatka NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8164062 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature