149237 Discussant: Moving the field forward

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 3:35 PM

Gregory R. Wagner, MD , Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
        
Workers, their families, and employers all have an interest in sustaining worker health and well-being. Traditionally, the fields of occupational health and safety (OHS)—focused on recognition and prevention of workforce health risk from work exposures and conditions—has been professionally and organizationally separate from worksite health promotion (WHP), focused on reduction of individual health risk. OHS programs address the work environment; WHP uses the workplace as a convenient service delivery point. This summary/discussant presentation will reflect on the information provided by prior speakers. The question addressed: What is needed to overcome the barriers identified in order to develop and implement effective worksite programs, policies, and practices that address both group and individual risk?

Learning Objectives:
Describe health protection/health promotion models. Identify significant challenges in conducting health protection/health promotion interventions. Identify strategies for integrating health protection and health promotion in the workplace. Describe how to successfully recruit. stakeholders for health protection/health promotion interventions

Keywords: Worksite, Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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