OccHealthSci April 2025 Newsletter
- Shaun McGillis
- Apr 16
- 4 min read
Updated: May 2
The latest news, updates, and events from OccHealthSci
Working Well webinar series
Total Worker Health® approaches to workplace mental health and wellbeing
Webinar
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Work design and hazards have a significant impact on worker mental health and wellbeing. Total Worker Health® offers science-based, practical approaches to being more purposeful in the way an organization designs work to improve mental health and well-being including but not limited to leadership training on mental health support practices, and programs and education on ways of promoting positive mental health at work. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about real world approaches to mitigating risks and promoting health and well-being in workplaces using evidence-based and evidence informed approaches.
Presented in partnership with: Portland State University, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Professional development
Alaska Safety Alliance
Total Worker Health® in action: strategies for organizational success in Alaska
In-person
Monday, April 7, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
BP Energy Center, Anchorage Alaska
Join us for an interactive workshop where we’ll dive into the transformative benefits of the Total Worker Health approach and how you can implement it in your organization. No matter what industry you are in, we will share several system-level solutions and discuss their fit for the unique needs of the Alaska working environment.
What to Expect:
Actionable Insights: Discover practical ways to enhance safety culture and advance worker well-being utilizing Total Worker Health principles.
Hands-On Tools: Gain access to validated tools and resources that will help you bring Total Worker Health to your organization. Collaborate with your leadership and workplace teams to create solutions together.
Real-World Applications: Learn how to demonstrate the business and social value of this integrated approach. You will learn from several case studies when and how to apply these strategies to enhance your existing health and safety programs and practices.
Oregon Total Worker Health® Alliance
Total Worker Health® 101: The Basics
Online learning
Thursday, April 17, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Learn more about this event and register to attend
The Total Worker Health® (TWH) approach brings together policies, programs and practices that are essential for advancing worker safety, health, and well-being. In this introductory course, participants will learn about:
The terms and concepts essential to the TWH approach;
The five defining TWH elements;
Effective organizational implementation strategies of a TWH approach; and
Ways to develop applicable next steps.
This virtual training is developed and offered by the Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance which includes Oregon OSHA, SAIF Corporation and the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU. Continuing education credit through SHRM available upon completion of the training.
University of Washington & OSHA Training Institute for Region 10
Total Worker Health®: Advancing Well-being in the Workplace
March 31 – May 5, 2025 Virtual course Learn more and enroll
This course is a part of the University of Washington Occupational Safety and Health Continuing Education Total Worker Health® Certificate program. Course content will include an examination of the Total Worker Health® (TWH) five elements and concepts, an introduction to occupational health psychology and its relevance to safety and TWH, and a discussion of resources and strategies for integrating safety and occupational health into organizations. Interactive activities include large and small breakout group discussion, problem solving based on attendees’ organizational experience, homework and recap on published articles.
OccHealthSci Sponsored Programs
Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., director of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center will deliver keynote addresses at the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health’s Utah NORA symposium and Canopy Wellbeing’s 50th anniversary Building Employee Wellbeing virtual conference on April 17 and 24, respectively.
Learn more about the Oregon Health Workforce Center, including interventions to improve worker health and other resources, current and past research projects, and other resources.
Occupational Public Health & OR-FACE Programs
The Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (OR-FACE) Program, in collaboration with Jeff Wimer (Logging Safety Consultant, OSU Retired), has developed a free, self-guided, online Oregon Yarding and Loading Safety Training. This training was adapted from the Oregon OSHA Yarding and Loading Handbook and is intended to supplement the essential training offered by employers. Designed for those working in the logging industry, this online training covers essential topics such as types of yarding systems, recommendations for rigging, procedures for rigging crews, and more! A Spanish version of the training is currently being developed and will be available soon for free.
Learn more about OR-FACE (Oregon Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program), including our fatality investigations and toolbox talks, by visiting our website. To download and receive new publications including investigative reports and other OR-FACE publications, please join our mailing list.
OccHealthSci Research, Blog and Events
Stay up to date on the latest basic, clinical, and applied research at OccHealthSci, and learn about our partnerships and community engagement at the Oregon and the Workplace blog.
Research briefs
Effectiveness and durability of a workplace sedentary behavior intervention based on the Total Worker Health® approach
Researchers at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences used the Total Worker Health® approach to develop and test an intervention to address workplace sedentary behavior. The intervention was designed to reduce workplace sitting time and improve worker health, wellbeing, and safety. Watch the video:
Events
April 7 - Total Worker Health® in Action: Strategies for Organizational Success in Alaska (TWH Course offered by OccHealthSci)
April 8 - Successful Strategies for Supporting the Health and Safety of a Young and Transient Workforce (OccHealthSci presenting at the Alaska GOSH conference)
April 15 - Working Well webinar: Total Worker Health®, workplace mental health and wellbeing
April 17 - Total Worker Health 101: The Basics
April 30 - OccHealthSci seminar series with Diana Ceballos, Ph.D.
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