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We are pleased to announce that we have two articles now in press describing CPH-NEW research projects. Click here to read our latest publications:
http://www.publichealthreports.org/userfiles/124_4Supp1/16-25.pdf (pdf)
http://www.publichealthreports.org/userfiles/124_4Supp1/26-35.pdf (pdf)

Laura Punnett's interview at National Research Centre for the Working Environment at Denmark January 2009

Upcoming Events

APA/ NIOSH Conference: Work, Stress and Health 2009

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

Conference Program (pdf)

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).
   
   

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