July 2024 Newsletter

CHWE This Month

Latest News, Research, Events, and More ?

NEWS

Program Launches to Support Patients Working through Cancer

Our Center's Total Worker Health?WeCanWork intervention launched as a new program for UCHealth h oncology patients to provide comprehensive support to cancer patients as they balance work responsibilities and treatment. It is the first of its kind to link occupational medicine physicians and oncology practices.?Read more here.

Too hot to work? Biden administration wants to protect people from extreme heat as temperature rise in Colorado

CHWE Director Dr. Lee Newman and Co-Director of the CU Anschutz Climate and Health Program Dr. Jay Lemery discuss the impact of new rules from the Biden administration meant to address excessive heat in the workplace. Reported by Colorado Public Radio . Read more?here.

Reports on?dairy worker contracting Colorado’s first human case of avian flu this year

CHWE Director Dr. Lee Newman and Colorado School of Public Health Associate Professor?Dr. Elizabeth Carlton discuss surveillance challenges of dairy worker exposure to the avian flu in Colorado. Reported by Colorado Public Radio ?here.

THIS MONTH

Governor Polis Proclaims August 22nd as?Colorado Day of Total Worker Health?

We invite you to join us in celebrating this special day dedicated to Colorado's workforce at this year's Health Links Annual Event.?Don't miss this exceptional opportunity to elevate your workplace health, safety, and well-being initiatives. ?

Recovery Friendly Workplaces news featured in Safety and Health Magazine

Recent news of legislation passing to fund Recovery Friendly Workplaces featured in the media, with insights from Program Manager David Shapiro on the impact this work will have in supporting employees in recovery and treatment and preventing opioid and substance misuse through workplace interventions.?Read more here.

Bilingual Presentations at the Small Latino Business Conference

Professional Research Assistants Karely Villarreal Hernandez, MPH and Madison Goering, MPH/MSW, (she/ella) attended the Small Latino Business Conference on June 20th. They presented on Mental Health and Chronic Diseases in the Workplace in English and Spanish.

Dr. Caitlin Rublee, elected to the Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Catilin Rublee, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and CHWE faculty, was recently elected?to the?Council on Foreign?Relations, Term Member Program. This prestigious and competitive program seeks early-career individuals?who demonstrate outstanding intellectual attainment and expertise in international affairs.

CHWE Celebrated Staff Appreciation Day

Center employees came together on a wonderful June afternoon to?celebrate and recognize staff members at Lowry Beer Garden. Thank you to the SAFE squad for organizing and making this appreciation day possible!?

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Identifying and Measuring Administrative Harms Experienced by Hospitalists and Administrative Leaders.?Burden, M., Auerbach, A... Natalie Schwatka , and Westergaard, S. (2024).?Read more in the JAMA Internal Medicine.?

Navigating community-engaged research (CEnR) to understand how drought impacts water supply.? Nick Stoll ., Francesca Macaluso, MPH ., Canaly, C., and Katherine James (In-press, to be published Sep 2024). Accepted for publication as a special report article in the Journal of Environmental Health.

Psychological Preparedness for Community Health Centers

Dr. Natalie Schwatka recently presented to the Colorado Community Health Network on Psychological Preparedness for Community Health Centers and?discussed how psychological preparedness can improve emergency response plans. Watch the 90-minute presentation here.

LOOKING AHEAD

CENTER EVENTS

Center of Health, Work & Environment Partner Awards Wednesday, July 17?| 12:00 - 1:00PM?| Virtual Join us as we honor outstanding individuals and organizations that have made lasting?impacts on the health,?safety, and well-being of workers in Colorado?for decades. RSVP by emailing [email protected]. ?

SOCIETY FOR TOTAL WORKER HEALTH?

TWH Connect #2: How to Market Yourself as a TWH Professional Thursday, July 18, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Virtual Join us for the latest engagement opportunity from the Society for Total Worker Health?.?Total Worker Health? Connect will bring together society members from various industries to share wins and work together to solve problems using a Total Worker Health?(TWH) approach. Each session will feature a theme related to TWH. ?

4th International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health? October 21-24, 2025 | In-person (Bethesda, MD) and Virtual? Join the diverse group of TWH?leaders at this international, one-of-a-kind symposium. The Symposium welcomes new content from experts that examines opportunities to make workplaces safer and improve the health and well-being of the global workforce. ?

HEALTH LINKS??

Health Links Annual Event? Thursday, August 22, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | In-person Each year,?Health?Links celebrates Colorado employers committed to workplace?health, safety, and well-being. Stay tuned for more information, and please save the date! ?