Items Tagged with 'Mental health'

Washington — The House has passed legislation that would establish a NIOSH research program on worker mental health.

Geneva — Amid a culture in which “mental health and work are integrally intertwined,” the World Health Organization has developed guidelines for addressing worker mental health.

Washington — NIOSH has established the Great Lakes Center for Farmworker Health and Wellbeing. Based at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Great Lakes Center becomes the 11th center for agricultural safety and health – or Ag Center – nationwide.

Itasca, IL — The mental health needs of workers changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, National Safety Council President and CEO Lorraine M. Martin said in the announcement of a new report on employers’ response to COVID-19.

Experts say employers need to make workers’ mental health as high of a priority as physical health. A big step in that process: confronting the stigma that often accompanies mental health disorders.

Cambridge, MA — Early screening for psychosocial risk factors may aid in a worker’s recovery from an on-the-job injury, a new white paper from the Workers Compensation Research Institute suggests.

Read a case study about how the leaders of one of the largest infrastructure projects in Canadian history partnered with headversity to provide workers with preventative tools to support their overall well-being, build happiness and reduce the risk of workplace injury.

Washington — More than 4 out of 5 U.S. workers say mental health support from a potential employer will be a key consideration when seeking future job opportunities, results of a recent survey show.

Silver Spring, MD — Around 7 out of 10 recently surveyed nurses say staffing has gotten slightly or much worse recently, while nearly half of hospital nurses report an increase in workplace violence.