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Supporting employee sleep results in greater workplace safety

Researchers test the efficacy of a Total Worker Health® intervention designed to support employee sleep on workplace safety outcomes.  New research finds that a Total Worker Health®...

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Oregon Healthy Workforce Center’s FY23 report is out!

Oregon Healthy Workforce Center (OHWC) is excited to announce our FY23 annual report. We invite you to read about our accomplishments and activities related to our worker safety, health, and...

Sleep and Shift Work: Implications for Worker Health

Sleep and Shift Work: Implications for Worker Health and Safety

Let's face it; if you've worked a job, you know what it's like to feel tired at work. Simple tasks require more effort. Motivation and focus wain. Productivity declines. Time seems to stretch on like...

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Development and Validation of a Respectful Workplace Climate Scale

A partnership between Dr. Huang's Safety Climate Lab and state agencies supports the development of a new tool to measure respectful climates in construction workplaces. In 2007, the Oregon...

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US Surgeon General releases Advisory on social connection

This week, the United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released a national strategy on social connection. Click here to learn more. Coming in the wake of the mental health crisis and the...

Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance podcast episode

In 2017, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon OSHA and SAIF Corporation signed the first state-wide Alliance to expand the knowledge and application of Total Worker Health®...