Total Worker Health Resources from AIHA

Total Worker Health, a strategy from NIOSH, is defined as policies, programs, and practices that integrate protection from work-related safety and health hazards with promotion of injury and illness-prevention efforts to advance worker well-being.

Many companies are pursuing this strategy and research is always being added to help employers. 

For example, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) offers an extensive library of resources developed by AIHA Volunteer Committees in their areas of specialty on various topics of interest. 

"Well-being is comprised of several interconnected dimensions, including physical and mental health as well as general safety. Well-being is impacted through a complex interaction of factors, including exposure to environmental agents, psychosocial and economic stressors, personal behaviors, and individual genomics. Advancements in science and technology are facilitating the more robust collection and integration of these factors to inform health-related interventions and decision-making in the workplace," the AIHA noted. 

The following are some resources:

• AIHA Guidance on Total Worker Health® and Issues Relevant to Advancing Worker Well-Being Guidance Document (Ver.2 08/2025)
• Psychosocial Hazard Talking Points for the OEHS Professional
  • Psychosocial hazards arise from poor work design, organization, and management.
• Sensors Talking Points for the OEHS Professional
  • Sensors hold the promise of revolutionizing personal exposure monitoring.

• Ergonomics Talking Points for the OEHS Professional
  • Ergonomics adopts a systems approach to designing (or re-designing) effective work, and that requires consideration of relevant cognitive, physical, and organizational factors that can affect human work performance, health, and well-being.

• TWH Talking Points for the OEHS Professional
  • The TWH approach expands upon a traditional occupational safety and health approach in several ways such as focusing broadly on worker well-being, recognizing that hazards exist both on and off the job, and seeking to integrate organizational practices, programs, and policies with other efforts that potentially impact and advance worker well-being.