Integrating Employee Health A Model Program for NASA (2005) / Chapter Skim
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1 The NASA Worksite
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incentives or methods to encourage employees to voluntarily enlist and sustain participation in worksite preventive health programs; (c) ways to create healthier workplace environments that are conducive to more active 19
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. Worksite health promotion programs may reduce health care costs, including employer costs, for insurance programs, disability benefits, medical expenses, and employee sick leave (Aldana et al., 2005; Wright et al., 2004; Serxner et al., 2003)
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Unoccupied test flight 1961 President Kennedy announced Mercury Astronaut program: human that he was committed to space flight initiatives to see if landing a man on the moon humans could survive in space, 1961-1963 Mercury 2: Chimpanzee Ham was sent into suborbital space for 16.5 minutes Alan Shepard became the first American to fly in space: Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 1962 John Glenn becomes first American to orbit the Earth: Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 1965 Project Gemini is implemented: Gus Grissom and John Young: first Flights, 1965-1966 operational mission of Project Gemini with Gemini 3 Ed White became the first American to complete a spacewalk: Gemini 4 1967 Project Apollo is implemented: Apollo-Saturn (AS) 204 (Apollo 1)
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Space Program Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope Advisory Committee issued a report outlining chief objectives of the agency and recommendations of key actions relating to a need to create a balanced program of human space flight, robotics probes and space science within a tightly constrained budget 1992 First flight of Space Shuttle Endeavor 1995 Atlantis docked with Mir Space Station (Russian space lab) 1996 "NASA announced that scientists Atlantis docked with Mir, Shannon had uncovered evidence, however Lucid was left aboard for 5 months not conclusive proof, that microscopic life may have existed on Mars" 1997 Mars Pathfinder landed on Mars Cassini Space Probe was launched to Saturn
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Atmospheric stresses and friction at a lower altitude would have destroyed the spacecraft 2000 Expedition One International Space Station: First permanent crew was sent to the ISS 2003 The Columbia Accident The Space Shuttle Columbia was lost Investigation Board released its just before landing killing all seven final report astronauts on board 2004 The President's Commission on Cassini Space Probe arrived at Saturn Moon, Mars and Beyond delivered Genesis Capsule returns to earth with its report entitled "A Journey to particles of the Sun Inspire, Innovate and Discover" to the White House. SOURCE: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/40thann/define.htm.
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. The report clearly identified attributes of NASA that contribute positively to the safety climate, including a robust and independent program technical authority that has control over specifications and requirements, as well as over waivers to them; an independent safety assurance organization with line authority over all levels of safety oversight; and an organizational culture that reflects the best characteristics of a learning organization (CAIB, 2003)
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Notably, the study points out that perceived organizational support and upward communication are factors that strongly influence the way that culture relates to mission safety. Overall, the BST study concluded that an organization's strong task orientation at the expense of relationship orientation can lead to inhibition of upward communication and weak perceived organizational support.
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The NASA Work Environment The NASA work environment is highly variable, comprising deep space, near space, land, and sea. For example, NASA aquanauts in the ARC GRC GSFC HQ JPL WSTF MSFC LRC DFRC WFF SSC JSC MAF KSC FIGURE 1-1 NASA centers and facilities.
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GRC Glenn Research Center GRC develops and transfers critical technologies that address national priorities through research, technology development, and systems development for safe and reliable aeronautics, aerospace, and space applications. GSFC Goddard Space GSFC focuses efforts on expanding Flight Center knowledge of the Earth and its environment, the solar system, and the universe through observations in space.
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It is the world leader in the access to space and use of space for research and development to benefit humanity. HQ NASA Headquarters HQ, located in Washington, DC, exercises management over the space flight centers, research centers, and other installations that constitute NASA.
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and HQ - Legislative Affairs Business Utilization Operations - External Relations - Diversity and Equal Opportunity - Security and Program Protection Major HQ offices housing occupational safety and health Mission Directorates concerned with safety and health program support Mission Support offices charged with assuring employee safety and health FIGURE 1-2 NASA ORGANIZATIONAL CHART (as of May 2005)
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Employees in some NASA environments are subjected to hazardous conditions and materials such as jet and rocket fuels, radiation, and hazardous chemicals, or to psychologically stressful conditions such as may exist when mission deadlines are approaching. The NASA Workforce As a world-class science and engineering agency, NASA requires a world-class workforce to carry out its objective for "One NASA," with integrated capabilities to support its missions (see http://www.nasa.gov/)
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THE CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE The Institute of Medicine's Committee on Assessing Worksite Preventive Health Program Needs of NASA Employees was charged to assess existing worksite preventive health programs and assess employee awareness and attitudes concerning these existing programs. Using previously gathered data and other research sources, the committee was asked to determine whether there are chronic disease issues unique to the NASA work environment.
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Organization of the Report The report is organized into six chapters that describe NASA as an organization and discuss the role of Occupational Health in NASA and in other organizations, both public and private. The report presents examples of successful preventive health programs "best practices," as well as strategies for optimizing the preventive health options offered to the NASA workforce.
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Presented to the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board Committee to Assess Worksite Preventive Health Program Needs for NASA Employees, Meeting #1. Serxner SA, Gold DB, Grossmeier JJ, Anderson DR.
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