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. 2019 Aug;61(8):623-634.
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001623.

Health Links™ Assessment of Total Worker Health® Practices as Indicators of Organizational Behavior in Small Business

Liliana Tenney  1 , Wenyi Fan, Miranda Dally, Joshua Scott, Michelle Haan, Kaylee Rivera, Madeline Newman, Lee S Newman
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Health Links™ Assessment of Total Worker Health® Practices as Indicators of Organizational Behavior in Small Business

Liliana Tenney et al. J Occup Environ Med. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a cross-sectional assessment of the adoption of Total Worker Health (TWH) policies and practices by business size and evaluate extent and alignment of their safety and health.

Methods: We conducted an analysis of 382 businesses that completed the Health Links Assessment. We measured organizational adoption of TWH across six benchmarks: organizational supports, workplace assessments, health policies and programs, safety, engagement, and evaluation.

Results: Benchmark scores were significantly associated with business size. Larger businesses were more likely to score higher across each benchmark.

Conclusion: Small businesses are implementing TWH in a variety of ways and the level of implementation differs by business size. Practical interventions as well as dissemination and implementation research should take business size into account to ensure that TWH is both effective and sustainable in meeting the needs of employees.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure (Authors): The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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The Health Links dissemination model to reach, educate and assess TWH in small businesses, representing the types of groups share information.
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Distribution of each benchmark score by business size group.
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Correlation between health and safety benchmark scores by business group size.
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