10/07/2021
By Irene Egan
"Total Worker Health for Occupational Safety and Health Professionals" is a free, online continuing education course that introduces the concept of Total Worker Health (TWH) and how it applies to Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) practice.
The program consists of three self-paced online modules intended for OSH professionals - such as industrial hygienists, environmental safety and health managers, safety specialists, occupational health nurses, and union health and safety stewards - working in a variety of industrial settings. The course is designed to build professionals' TWH competencies in support of the National Total Worker Health Agenda 2016-2026 (NIOSH, 2016). Five hours of instruction and a certificate of completion are provided.
Program objectives are: to recognize the value of TWH for worker well-being; to explain the defining elements of a TWH program; to identify the relevance of TWH to your professional practice; and to develop an interest and excitement about TWH practice. The program authors are Jenn Cavallari, ScD, CIH, Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, and Suzanne Nobrega, MS, Outreach Director at the Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) at UMass Lowell.
"I'd highly recommend this course to people who are starting their TWH journey and want to learn more."
--Deborah Imel Nelson, PhD, CIH, FAIHA
"Overall, the course was excellent. Professionals interested in learning about TWH and ways to implement a program have the tools they need from this course."
--Laura Weems, CIH, SCP
More information and to register.