Request for information about the Proposed National Total Worker Health™ Agenda

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to publish a National Agenda on Total Worker Health™. This agenda, which is in draft form, is meant to stimulate innovative research, practical applications, policy guidance, and capacity-building of Total Worker Health practitioners to improve workplace practices as they relate to Total Worker Health. Total Worker Health is a strategy integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion to prevent worker injury and illness and to advance health and well-being.

Stakeholders are invited to provide input on the top priority issues to include in the Proposed National Total Worker Health Agenda. Comments may be made by mail, http://www.regulations.gov, and/or in-person at one of three town-hall sessions during the following two scientific meetings: The 1st International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health and The Healthier Federal Workers Conference. For more detailed information on how to register for the conferences and town-hall sessions, please see the Federal Register Notice. We encourage all comments; specifically, we seek those that address the following questions:

• Do you see your own organization's goals reflected in the Proposed National Total Worker Health Agenda?
• What are the bridges between your own work and the Proposed National Total Worker Health Agenda?
• Are there any missing components or gaps in the Proposed National Total Worker Health Agenda?

To view the notice and related materials, visit http://www.regulations.gov and enter CDC-2014-0014 in the search field and click "Search."

Public Comment Period

Comments will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EST on December 22, 2014.

Written comments, identified by CDC-2014-0014 and docket number NIOSH-275, may be submitted by any of the following methods:

• Federal rulemaking portal: Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

  Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number. All relevant comments, including any personal information provided, will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov

• Mail: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  NIOSH Docket Office
  1090 Tusculum Avenue
  MS C-34
  Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998