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CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL 

SAFETY AND HEALTH 

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HEALTHIER FEDERAL WORKERS 

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PROPOSED NATIONAL TOTAL WORECER HEALTH 

AGENDA TOWN HALL 

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THURSDAY 

OCTOBER 9, 2014 

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The Town Hall met in Conference 

Room D, Natcher Building, National 

Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, 

Bethesda, Maryland, at 1:30 p.m., Sara L. 

Tamers, PhD, MPH, Health Research Scientist 

and Coordinator for Research Program 

Development and Collaboration, NIOSH, CDC, 

facilitating. 

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2 1:30 p.m. 

3 DR. TAMERS: A11 right. I think 

4 we're going to get started. Thank you for 

5 your patience. Good afternoon, everyone. We 

6 are here for the Town Hall on the proposed 

7 National Total Worker Health agenda. 

8 My name is Sara Tamers. I'm from 

9 the Office for Total Worker Health. For those 

10 of you who might not be familiar, we are part 

11 of NIOSH, otherwise known as the National 

12 Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

13 which is under the auspices of the CDC.- Thank 

14 you for coming. 

15 We are here to hear from you our 

16 stakeholders on how to best develop, continue 

17 to develop, the proposed National Total Worker 

18 Health agenda. For those of you who have not 

19 had a chance to peruse it, there are extra 

20 copies here on the table so please help 

21 yourself. 

22 So the agenda, the draft agenda, 

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1 contains a number of elements. 2 certainly 

2 won't spend the time going through all of it 

3 but just to briefly orient you, it includes a 

4 number of goals, four strategic goals, each of 

5 which includes a number of sub-goals. Let's 

6 just go over those briefly. 

7 Strategic Goal 1 relates to 

8 research and that is to advance and conduct 

9 etiologic surveillance and intervention 

10 research that builds the evidence base for 

11 effectively integrating health protection and 

12 health promotion activities in the workplace. 

13 Strategic Goal 2 relates to 

14 practice and that is to increase the awareness 

15 and adoption of effective integrated 

16 occupational safety and health protection and 

17 health promotion activities in the workplace. 

18 Strategic Goal 3 relates to policy 

19 and that is to create guidance for policies 

20 that promote integration of occupational 

21 safety and health protection and health 

22 promotion activities in the workplace. 

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1 Last, but certainly not least, 

2 Strategic Goal 4 relates to capacity building 

3 and that is to build professional capacity to 

4 strengthen the Total Worker Health work force 

5 and Total Worker Health field to support the 

6 development, growth, and maintenance of 

7 integrated occupational safety and health 

8 protection and health promotion activities in 

9 the workplace. 

10 So for those of you who might 

il provide oral comment today or in a written 

12 format, which I'11 go over momentarily, we ask 

13 that you consider three specific questions. 

14 One, we're really trying to get to 

15 what your take is on the agenda as it is now. 

16 what relationship do you feel that your 

17 organization might have, to wit, our goals and 

181 whatnot. 

19 The second is really getting to 

20 the bridges and the links so somewhat 

21 similarly the work that you are currently 

22 doing in your organization do you see a link 

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1 there to what is proposed in the agenda. 

2 Third, quite simply, just getting 

3 to any major missing components or gaps that 

4 you see in the agenda as it stands now which 

5 will really help us as we continue to develop 

6 it. 

7 So speaking of additional 

8 potential points of consideration, we at NIOSH 

9 have already self-identified one with the help 

10 of our stakeholders, and that is the agenda as 

il it stands now does not include what you might 

12 call a suitability criteria for those 

13 employers who might want to engage with us at 

14 NIOSH in Total Worker Health related 

15 partnership. 

16 we are aware of this and we will 

17 certainly be developing that. One model that 

18 was'put forth as a potential template is the 

19 OSHA VPP criteria for there are certainly 

20 others that we'11 be exploring. 

21 Let's go over some of the rules 

22 for the Town Hall for those of you, again, who 

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1 might want to comment. First we would ask 

2 that you introduce yourself, name and 

3 affiliation. We also ask, although it might 

4 not matter much today, that you limit your 

5 comments to a maximum of five minutes. 

6 

7 Please note that included in that 

8 allotment would be any questions that you have 

9 to us so we respectfully discourage you from 

10 asking questions. We really want this to be 

11 a forum to hear from you. That said, I will 

12 make myself available certainly after the Town 

13 Hall for any.questions that 1 might be able to 

14 address at that time. 

15 Our timekeeping method, should we 

16 need it, is as follows. Jessica is our 

17 timekeeper. Green will indicate the start 

18 time. Yellow indicates that you have one 

19 minute left. Red indicates that it's time to 

20 stop. If you hear a bell, then it means it's 

21 really time to stop. 

22 We ask in addition to the three 

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1 questions put before you just a little bit ago 

2 that you really take this time to highlight 

3 the most critical salient points to be 

4 included in the National Total Worker Health 

5 agenda and any remaining points should be 

6 submitted to the docket. 

7 Again, I'11 explain how to do so 

8 momentarily. A11 comments today are being 

9 transcribed and they will be included in the 

10 docket. 

11 So, speaking of the docket, for 

12 those of you who would like to put your 

13 comments in writing you have an opportunity to 

14 do so. We certainly encourage that. You may 

15 do so by two ways; via the internet 

16 regulations.gov , or my mail. 

17 Please note that there is a . , 

18 deadline to do so of December 22nd and all 

19 comments potentially made today and written 

20 will be reviewed and responded to accordingly 

21 in due course. 

22 A11 right. I think it's time to 

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1 get started. Would anybody like to provide a 

2 comment? Would anybody like to provide a 

3 comment? Take a minute and think about it. 

4 A11 right. We'11 be here for the 

5 next little while should you change your mind 

6 but, otherwise, we really do encourage you to 

7 do so by written format then. We would really 

8 appreciate any input that you have as we 

9 continue to develop the agenda. I thank you 

10 for your time. 

11 Comment? 

12 DR. CHIA: I'm sorry. I thought 

13 you meant the citizens of America. Being not 

14 one of them I thought I should not say 

15 anything. 

16 DR. TAMERS: No. We absolutely 

17 value your input. Please, any comments that 

18 you might have on the draft. 

19 DR. CHIA: So I'm really coming in 

20 from the ignorant part of it. I recognize the 

21 definition that you have for the Total Worker 

22 Health integration between health protection 

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1 and health promotion. 

2 One of the problems I have with 

3 this work of integration is how do you measure 

4 integration between health protection and 

5 health promotion? How do you quantify that? 

6 That was the problem we had two 

7 years. We started exercises on looking at not 

8 just things we've done back in Singapore on 

9 health protection but health promotion. 

10 

11 How do you define integration? 

12 That was the problem that we had. In the end 

13 we just went ahead with the study and--what we 

14 wanted was more to look at the 

15 comprehensiveness of having health and safety 

16 and well-being. Subsequently on a one-to-one 

17 basis in the workplace and then we kind of. 

18 decide how much or what integration there is. 

19 Again, I'm really coming in more 

20 from the point of ignorance. Not so much in 

21 terms of doubting but more from the point of 

22 if you could clarify for me, I think it will 

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1 certainly help me when I go back to Singapore 

2 to try to work this out. 

3 At the end of the day what we did 

4 back in Singapore with the approval of the 

5 Ministry of Manpower, I think you call it 

6 Labor here, and Ministry of Health, we said, 

7 okay, let's have both workplace safety and 

8 health services here because we couldn't wrap 

9 our head around how do you integrate this 

10 whole thing. 

11 If you can give me some advice or 

12 comment, I would really appreciate it. 

13 DR. TAMERS: Sure. Have you 

14 gotten a chance to read the agenda? Did you 

15 feel that the first section, the introduction, 

16 the background, that addressed that question 

17 adequately? I'm not sure if you've gotten a 

18 chance to -- 

19 DR. CHIA: I did. I got this 

20 document during the first -- 

21 DR. TAMERS: The International 

22 Symposium? 

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1 DR. CHIA: Yes. I'11 say I did 

2 not read it in detail. 

3 DR. TAMERS: Sure. 

4 DR. CHIA: There's a time 

5 difference of 12 hours. I couldn't wrap my 

6 head around how do you quantify integration. 

7 That's my little understanding of this myself. , 

8 PARTICIPANT: Please identify 

9 yourself. 

10 DR. CHIA: 

11 I'm an occupational physician with the 

12 Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, 

13 National University of Singapore. 

14 DR. TAMERS: Thank;you. 

15 DR. CHIA: My name is Sin Eng 

16 Chia. 

17 DR. TAMERS: Thank-you. It'.s just 

18 for transcription. Thank you. 

19 DR. CHIA: Again, I just want to 

20 stress that I'm speaking on the capacity of an 

21 individual rather than representing the 

22 organization or ministry. 

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1 DR. TAMERS: Sure. Thank you for 

2 your comment. 

3 Did you have a comment, sir? 

4 MR. BOLDEN: Do I need to come to 

5 the mic? 

6 DR. TAMERS: Unfortunately you do, 

7 yes. Just press the red button. If you could 

8 please introduce yourself, name and 

9 affiliation, that would be great. 

10 MR. BOLDEN: Sure. I want to 

11 thank Anita. I have everything. 

12 Hello everyone. 

13 DR. TAMERS: Hello. 

14 MR. BOLDEN: My name is Gary 

15 Bolden. I'm the Health and wellness 

16 Educator/Promoter for the U.S. Department of 

17 State. I'm in the Office of Medical Services. 

18 I think some of the bridges -- 

19 your own work and the proposed national 

20 workers agenda, I think some of the bridges as 

21 it pertains to wellness actively provide 

22 wellness programs. 

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1 We have a wellness walking program 

2 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. At Tuesdays we 

3 walk at 11:30 and on Thursdays we walk at 

4 12:30. We have a wellness martial arts 

5 program on Wednesdays, Systema, Russian 

6 martial arts. Our physician actually teaches 

7 that and I coordinate'it. 

8 On Friday we have a wellness line 

9 dance program. We have over 400 participants. 

10 We actually have other partners from other 

11 federal agencies that participate; some OPM 

12 workers come over, Pan-Am, Institute of Peach, 

13 some people from the Kennedy Center so it's 

14 kind of cool. We do that on Fridays and run 

15 two sessions. 

16 The bridges. Sometimes employees 

17 -- I think a bridge is a miscommunication 

18 between the supervisor and the.employee. 

19 Sometimes there's an undertone where there's 

20 not enough enthusiasm or wellness knowledge as 

21 it pertains with the supervisor to provide an 

22 incentive or enthusiasm for the employee to 

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1 participate. 

2 In most cases not to put a bad 

3 tone to the supervisor but there is a tendency 

4 to depress wellness if it's not something well 

5 known to the supervisor. 

6 From the employee perspective, and 

7 I'm talking about maybe a couple of hundred of 

8 them have come to me and they have more or 

9 less said they more or less feel like they may 

10 have been undertone coercively -- coerced in 

11 not participating in the wellness program 

12 because the supervisor didn't feel like they 

13 were being supportive. 

14 a 

15 Whereas you have some supervisors, 

16 or executive bureaus or chiefs, who were so 

17 enthusiastic about wellness that not only did 

18 they allow their staff to participate, but 

19 they came out and participated which they 

20 acted as a lightning rod for wellness. 

21 They were told to go ahead. Then 

22 you have -- here is the good part. From a 

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1 competitive perspective you have some bureau 

2 saying, "I can't let that chief show me up. 

3 We can do it, too." That's a plus. 

4 Competition is a good thing. 

5 I think most people when we're 

6 getting language we got support from the 

7 secretary that say they support this. In most 

8 cases sometimes we wish more support or more 

9 education was put on the leadership so that 

10 they can provide more enthusiasm for wellness. 

11 I feel like that's a bridge that could be -- 

12 you know, that could actually add some meat 

13 and potatoes in that area. 

14 Missing. Are there any missing 

15 components? Well, I think what most 

16 supervisors look for, and we're working on 

17 this now, they are looking to the FAM to 

18 provide more insight to say, ". Hey." 

19 The confusion is with DOD who 

20 offers time for wellness employees to actually 

21 bid because that's part of their job 

22 description. I think the missing component we 

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1 wish if the language or the docket actually 

2 already exist within the federal agency, we 

3 wish that could just spread all across all 

4 federal agencies as opposed to individual 

5 organizations within federal government have 

6 to recreate the wheel. 

7 There is already written language 

8 in the federal government that says, "Hey, 

9 this is already going on. There are already 

10 federal workers that participate." The 

11 missing component we wish we could be -- there 

12 was more sharing of information as it pertains 

13 to federal agencies to make the language -- 

14 just like the holidays. 

15 when Christmas come you just don't 

16 see one federal agency asking all federal 

17 employees across the country to take a 

18 vacation. we wish -- from that perspective we 

19 wish that, you know, the wellness I think is 

20 a missing component. More wellness language 

21 that says, ^Hey.° 

22 I think supervisors they sometimes 

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1 get stuck and they say, "We support it but is 

2 there anything that says my supervisor -- that 

3 my employees can take this time for wellness 

4 or whatever?" 

5 I think just trying to get a 

6 little bit of language. We recently expanded 

7 our yoga program and we just set up a wellness 

8 meditation program. We are proud because we 

9 just kicked off our new Tae Kwon Do and 

10 Jujitsu wellness program. 

11 We do this for all across the 

12 Department of State. It's a pleasure to do 

13 that. I'm doing a presentation today at 2:30. 

14 It's called Office Desk-side Exercise. I 

15 think right now I've done a presentation for 

16 about 2,000 employees in the State Department. 

17 I provide a variety of wellness exercises that 

18 will make you flexible at the desk. 

19 I'11 do it for you all today 

20 around 2:30. I hope that was somewhat 

21 educational. I didn't mean to go over but I 

22 did want to answer the questions, you know, be 

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1 more specific in dealing with missing and 

2 those bridges. I hope I gave some food for 

3 thought. 

4 DR. TAMERS: Thank you very much. 

5 Appreciate it. 

6 MR. BOLDEN: Thank you. 

7 DR. TAMERS: Any other comments? 

8 A11 right. Thank you all. That's it. 

9 (Whereupon, the above-entitled 

10 matter went off the record at 1:48 p.m.) 

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proposed 1:6 2:6 

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protection 3:11,16 

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recognize 8:20 

record 18:10 

recreate 16:6 

red 6:19 12:7 

regulations.gov 

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remaining 7:5 

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sharing 16:12 

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wheel 16:6 

wish 15:8 16:1,3,11 

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wit 4:17 

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workers 1:4 12:20 

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This is to certify that the foregoing transcript 

In the matter of: National Total Worker Health 

Public Meeting 

Before: CDC and NIOSH 

Date: 10-09-14 

Place: Bethesda, MD 

was duly recorded and accurately transcribed under 

my direction; further, that said transcript is a 

true and accurate record of the proceedings. 

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