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APA/ NIOSH Conference: Work, Stress and Health 2009

When: November 5-8, 2009
Where: San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Work, Stress, and Health conference series is designed to address the constantly changing nature of work and the implications of these changes for the health, safety, and well-being of workers. This year the conference will highlight work, stress, and health as a subject of global concern affecting developed and developing countries alike.

1. Building Sustainable Worker-Based Health Program: Barriers and Opportunities in the Long-Term Care Sector (Flum M, Blais L, Zhang Y, Holmberg M, Punnett L).
   
2. Perceived barriers among health professionals to addressing job stress through work organization interventions (Champagne N, Nobrega S).
   
3. Differences in JCQ Factor Structure and Item Distribution in Two Study Populations (Warren N, Punnett L, Gore R).
   
4. A Multi-level Participatory Approach for Health Protection and Promotion Within a State Department of Correction (Henning R, Nobrega S,)

APHA Conference 2009

When: November 7-11, 2009
Where: Philadephia, PA

American Public Health Assocation

Safety and Health Concerns in Long Term Care, Corrections and
Manufacturing, Monday, November 9, 2:30 p.m.

Evaluation of a Combined Ergonomic and Wellness Program Intervention in Nursing Homes, Wednesday, November 11, 12:30 p.m. 

Accepted Abstracts

1. Work organization features associated with health behaviors among nursing home personnel (Punnett L, Miranda H, Gore R, Boyer J).
   
2. Work organization and health issues in long term care nursing centers: Comparison of perceptions between caregivers and management (Zhang Y, Flum M, Nobrega S, Blais L, Qamili S, Punnett L).
   
3. Assessment of static standing exposures among manufacturing workers (Morse T, Cherniack T, Peterson D, Warren N).
   
4. Barriers to health for correctional staff (Dussetschleger J, Morse T, Cherniack M, Obidoa C, Kotejoshyer R).
   
5. Health and wellness intervention research in the nursing center industry:  a preliminary analysis of participatory intervention (Blais L).
   
6. Validation of a Worksite Readiness Checklist (WRCL) for implementation of health promotion programs (Faghri P, Kotejoshyer R, Cherniack M, Reeves D, Nobrega S, Punnett L)
   
7. Factors associated with changes in ergonomic exposures among nursing assistants after the introduction of a no-lift program in nursing homes (Kurowski A, Punnett L, Boyer J, Nobrega S, Fulmer, S).
   
8. Net costs of a no-lift intervention program in a large chain of nursing homes (Lahiri S, Zajac, Nobrega S, Punnett L).
   

Department of Allied Health Sciences Seminar Series--Fall 2009
                                       Presents
Health Behaviors of Nursing Home Employees: The Contribution of the Work Environment

Dr. Laura Punnett, ScD.
Professor
Department of Work Environment
University of Massachusetts Loweel

When: October, 19, 2009  12:00 - 1:00pm
Where: University of Connecticutt, 217 Koons Hall
358 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269

Stress: The Forgotten Risk Factor
Applying Public Health Approaches to Reduce Stress in
Healthcare, Worksite, and Community Settings

When: January 30, 2009
Where: Beechwood Hotel, Worcester, MA
For more information please consult the Partnership for a Heart-Healthy, Stroke-Free Massachusetts website.

Conference objectives:

• Recognize environmental stressors and how one’s responses to stress can lead to chronic diseases.
  
• Develop intervention strategies in healthcare, workplace, and community settings to prevent or reduce exposure to stress and its harmful effects.
  
• Identify resources to help address stress as a risk factor in current chronic disease prevention efforts.

International Congress of Women, Work, & Health (pdf)

When: October 27 - 31, 2008
Where: Zacatecas, Mexico

Alicia Kurowski's presentation: Changes in ergonomic exposure among nursing assistants after the introduction of a no-lift program in nursing homes (pdf)

Combined Approaches to Work and Health in the Northeast States (doc)

When: May 6 & 7, 2008
Where: Homewood Suites Hotel, Farmington, CT. 

This conference is hosted by the Occupational and Environmental Health Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center in collaboration with the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

 
Work, Stress and Health Conference

When: March 6 - 8, 2008
Where: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC.

An Australian Case Study in the Assessment of Research Impact—Workplace Stress in Victoria: Developing a Systems Approach

Speaker: Anthony D. LaMontagne, Sc.D, MA, M.Ed
When: December 10, 2007 12:30 to1:30 p.m.
Where: UMass Lowell
For additional details as well as the speaker's writings and presentations, go to LaMontagne Talk

NIOSH WorkLife Symposium 

When: September 10 - 11, 2007
Where: Bethesda, MD

NOTE: All abstracts are in pdf format and require Adobe reader for viewing.

Pre-Conference Workshop
A Participatory Approach to Worksite Health Promotion Programs, Robert A. Henning, Ph.D., C.P.E.; Michelle Robertson, Ph.D., & Nicholas Warren, Sc.D.

Oral and Poster Presentations
A Worksite Rediness Checklist for Participatory Worksite Ergonomics and Health Promotion Programs, Pouran Faghri, M.D., M.S

Adaptation of a Participatory Ergonomics Framework for Actively Engaging Workers in the Design of Health Promotion Programs, Robert A. Henning, Ph.D., C.P.E.

A Participatory Approach to Worksite Health Promotion Program, Robert A. Henning, Ph.D., C.P.E.

Cost Utility Models for Supporting Prevention Through New Reimbursment Methods: A Framework, Supriya Lahiri, Ph.D.

Economic evaluation of occupational health interventions: Results from macro and micro level studies, Supriya Lahiri, Ph.D.

Evidence-based strategies for integrating occupational health and safety with workplace heal promotion, Laura  Punnett, Sc.D.

PREMUS
Sixth International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

August 26 - 30, 2007

Abstracts
Changes in manual handling across job titles before and after the introduction of a no-lift program in nursing homes, Alicia Kurowski, M.S.

Organized by the American Psychological Association, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Society for Occupational Health Psychology 

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