Lay summary
Annually in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is estimated that between 750-900 people die from work-related diseases and a further 6000 people are hospitalised due to work-related ill-health. Prevention through better workplace health and safety and improved management of known health risks is key to reducing that number. Currently at Victoria University of Wellington an evidence hub is being built to improve accessibility to what works in improving health and reducing harm at work. This activation grant proposal aims to bring together the different stakeholders involved in delivering prevention activities from academics to business organisations, regulators, practitioners and workers. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach across occupational health, our aim is to develop a research-practitioner network to bridge the gap between research and practice to identify research priorities to improve prevention activities and through that workplace health.