Articles Tagged with ''wellbeing''

What can safety professionals learn from psychology?

ASSP The American Society of Safety Professionals

December 14, 2022

How to use psychological and behavioral knowledge to improve workplace safety. As a safety leader, it’s important to recognize moments when people are looking to you as an example and ensure that your behavior aligns with the values you’re working to instill in others.

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Blue collar workers are losing out on the wellbeing boom

Dave Johnson

November 8, 2022

A bias exists that white collar workers — more than their blue collar counterparts — are more prone to burn out, anxiety, depression, stress overload, work-life imbalances, emotionally draining work, and have a strong need for rest, gratitude and recognition. But that's not true.

New survey instrument available from NIOSH to help assess worker well-being

April 15, 2021

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announces a new resource designed to measure worker well-being.

Happiest - and unhappiest - states in the U.S.

July 7, 2019

It’s probably no surprise that Hawaii, with its year-round, paradise-like weather, ranks as the happiest state in America, in a Gallup 2018 well-being poll. However, based on the states ranked #2, #3 and #4, weather clearly is not the deciding factor in happiness. Hawaii’s position in the top spot was its seventh such ranking since Gallup began tracking the nation’s wellbeing back in 2008.

3 ways music improves workplace mental health summed up in 3 hit songs

J. Harvey

October 3, 2018

Besides breakups and meeting “shawty” on the dancefloor, pop music obsesses over another aspect of contemporary culture: working nine-to-five. Since Elvis Costello penned Welcome to the Working Week in ’77, Dolly’s hit about tumbling out of bed to pour “a cup of ambition” has been streamed 8.46 million times and The Bangles’ Manic Monday dominated the charts in over ten countries.

'Call to Action' on mental health and well-being in the workplace

Experts prioritize four projects to improve employee mental health

May 8, 2018

What steps can employers take to reduce the high costs and health impact of mental health issues? An expert Advisory Council has developed a set of recommendations for improving mental health and well-being in the workplace, according to a report in the April Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Do you know your people? 5 ways to assess their well-being

May 8, 2018

Eat, sleep, work, play and love are the five typical activities of daily living, according to Dr. Raymond Catton. Each has a connection to workplace safety. Let’s examine.

Meditation can help reduce depression

March 13, 2018

People who suffer from some forms of depression may be able to get some non-pharmaceutical relief for their symptoms from mindfulness meditation training. A study appearing in the Annals of Family Medicine looked at primary care patients with subthreshold depression – something more than ordinary feelings of sadness but less than severe depression. The researchers found that in certain patients, mindfulness mediation proved to be a feasible method of preventing major depression.

NIOSH calling for TWH symposium abstracts

August 4, 2017

It’s not too early to be thinking about 2018; the call for abstracts for the 2nd International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health® sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is now OPEN.

Want to stay healthy? Accentuate the positive

July 13, 2017

People who experience not just positive emotions but a diversity of positive emotions appear to have lower levels of systemic inflammation, which may reduce their risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, according to research published by the American Psychological Association (APA).

What's black and white and one of the first things an OSHA officer will look for during an inspection? The answer is … your written safety and health plans!