The Campbell Institute Releases New White Paper on Workplace Wellbeing

Nine world class organizations share successes and challenges in implementing wellbeing programs

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Oct 18, 2016, 11:30 ET

ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Campbell Institute – the National Safety Council center of excellence for environmental, health and safety management – released a white paper entitled Workplace Wellbeing: Bridging Safety and Health to demonstrate how a true culture of health and safety relies not only on a strong safety program, but one that also focuses on worker wellbeing. The white paper features real world experiences of nine Institute members, outlining the major successes and challenges they have experienced when developing and maintaining their wellbeing programs.

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"Employee health and wellbeing is not just an emerging topic, but one that is gaining momentum," said John Dony, director of the Campbell Institute and director of environmental, health, safety and sustainability at the National Safety Council. "As many Campbell Institute members have known for several years and want to share, maintaining a sustainable business requires moving beyond just workplace safety to include overall employee health and wellness."

Integrated health and safety, or wellbeing, lies at the intersection of health protection – safety – and health promotion – wellness. It is the blending of health and safety programs to enhance overall worker wellbeing and prevent work-related injuries and illnesses. Wellbeing includes physical, mental, emotional, social and economic health.

The white paper provides five key takeaways to assist others in the pursuit of putting a wellbeing program in place:

Pilot health and wellbeing programs with stakeholder input
Craft good communication
Experiment with incentive structures
Engage employees through organized activities
Connect wellbeing to safety

Organizations contributing to the research include BNSF, Cummins, ISN, Mosaic, NASA, Norfolk Southern, Owens Corning, United Rentals and USG.

To learn more about Campbell Institute research, visit thecampbellinstitute.org/research.

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