Impact of Advising on Total Worker Health Implementation.

Objective: Little is understood about the mechanisms for improving the adoption and implementation of Total Worker Health® (TWH) in workplace settings. The primary objective of this study was to identify whether the delivery of TWH advising is associated with subsequent changes in TWH in small-to-medium sized businesses. Methods: We conducted a longitudinal study of a TWH intervention in 200 organizations completing Health Links Healthy Workplace Assessments TM between October 2016 and December 2019. Organizations were offered consultation via telephonic and live webbased advising sessions. Results: Organizations exhibited non-significant albeit positive change in assessment scores from baseline to assessment 2. Businesses receiving advising sliowed significant score improvements from assessment 2 to 3. versus those without advising. Conclusions: TWH consultation may enhance adoption of organizational behaviors that promote worker health, safety, and well-being over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]