What to know
The NIOSH Total Worker Health Program offers a free webinar series. It highlights the latest evidence for protecting and promoting worker well-being. Select webinars offer free continuing education.
About the series
This activity is designed to increase knowledge and change competency of comprehensive workplace safety and health practices and strategies. The goals of this series are to:
- Provide training and education on programs, policies, and practices to address current issues and emerging hazards in the workplace.
- Increase the adoption of Total Worker Health principles among practitioners, professionals, and employers.
Webinar recordings
All of our webinar recordings are available on the Total Worker Health webinar series YouTube playlist.
Continuing education
Continuing education credit is available for select webinars. Visit the CDC TRAIN website to:
- Evaluate the educational activity
- Receive a certificate
- Print an ongoing transcript of all of your activities
- Search for courses using "Total Worker Health"
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to:
- Describe recent workplace trends as they relate to the well-being of workers.
- Describe the impact of work design (or conditions) on worker health and well-being.
- Discuss the latest findings supporting rationale for implementing a Total Worker Health approach.
- Describe the importance of interprofessional collaboration when designing policies and programs to address worker well-being.
- Describe at least one program (or intervention) that aligns with Total Worker Health principles.
- List at least 2 resources for more information on the topics discussed.
- Provide prevention, intervention, and educational strategies for individuals, workplaces, and communities to improve health and well-being. (Pharmacy)
Upcoming webinars
Yoga and meditation for worker well-being
Thursday, May 30 at 2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern
Please join us for the next installment of the NIOSH Total Worker Health Webinar Series where we explore the benefits of yoga and meditation in workplace settings. We are pleased to welcome Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, PhD from Harvard University and the Kundalini Research Institute, and Stuart Rothenberg, MD, of the David Lynch Foundation and the Transcendental Meditation Health Professionals Association.
In this presentation, we will hear from experts on ways to use complementary approaches to traditional workplace well-being interventions. Dr. Khalsa will present the science and research behind yoga at work. Dr. Rothenberg will then discuss current research on using transcendental meditation to improve healthcare worker well-being. A live question and answer session will follow the presentations.
Free continuing education is available. Register here.
Target audiences
Medical Providers
- Physicians
- Nurses (Registered, Advanced Practice, Licensed Practical)
- Occupational Healthy Psychologists and Nurses
- Physician Assistants
- Pharmacists
- Veterinarians
Public Health Professionals
- Certified Health Educators
- Industrial Hygienists
- Program Managers
- Epidemiologists
- Administrators
- Other Health Educators
Accreditation
Continuing Education Details
ORIGINATION DATE: 2/14/2022
RENEWAL DATE: N/A
EXPIRATION DATE: 2/14/2026
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE: Computer Hardware, Internet connection, Browser
MATERIALS: None
PREREQUISITES: Ability to comprehend basic statistics and interpret graphic representations of data; familiarity with laymen's terms for medical conditions.
Accreditation Statements:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAPA CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 02/14/2026. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours.
CPE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated this knowledge-based event for pharmacists to receive 0.1 CEUs in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is JA4008229-0000-24-013-L04-P.
Once credit is claimed, an unofficial statement of credit is immediately available on TCEOnline. Official credit will be uploaded within 60 days on the NABP/CPE Monitor.
IACET CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 1.0. Continuing Competency credits available are 1.0. CDC provider number 98614.
AAVSB/RACE: This program has been submitted (but not yet approved) for 1.2 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Call Sarah Mitchell at 404-498-1633 for further information.
CPH: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 1.0 CPH recertification credits for this program.
Disclosure
In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months.
CDC, our planners, and content experts wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.