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. 2018 May;60(5):430-439.
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001286.

Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health, and Well-Being: The Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Assessment

Glorian Sorensen  1 , Emily Sparer, Jessica A R Williams, Daniel Gundersen, Leslie I Boden, Jack T Dennerlein, Dean Hashimoto, Jeffrey N Katz, Deborah L McLellan, Cassandra A Okechukwu, Nicolaas P Pronk, Anna Revette, Gregory R Wagner
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Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health, and Well-Being: The Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Assessment

Glorian Sorensen et al. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 May.

Abstract

Objective: To present a measure of effective workplace organizational policies, programs, and practices that focuses on working conditions and organizational facilitators of worker safety, health and well-being: the workplace integrated safety and health (WISH) assessment.

Methods: Development of this assessment used an iterative process involving a modified Delphi method, extensive literature reviews, and systematic cognitive testing.

Results: The assessment measures six core constructs identified as central to best practices for protecting and promoting worker safety, health and well-being: leadership commitment; participation; policies, programs, and practices that foster supportive working conditions; comprehensive and collaborative strategies; adherence to federal and state regulations and ethical norms; and data-driven change.

Conclusions: The WISH Assessment holds promise as a tool that may inform organizational priority setting and guide research around causal pathways influencing implementation and outcomes related to these approaches.

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Conflict of Interest noted: None

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