Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) News and Views
CPH News and Views - a semi-monthly column on emerging topics related to healthy workplaces. Issue titles are organized by topic.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Each category below will take you to a grouping of published articles complete with links of the variety of topics on workplace health and safety, health promotion and education by CPH-NEW researchers.
HEALTHHealth Care Articles
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2023) Work-family conflict and depression among healthcare workers: The role of sleep and decision latitude. Workplace Health & Safety.
- Siddique, S. et al. (2022) Health care organization policies for employee safety and COVID-19 pandemic response: A mixed method study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Nobrega, S., et al. (2021) A mixed-method approach to tailor the implementation of a participatory Total Worker Health® program. International Journal of Health Management.
- Chin, W.S.Y., et al. (2021) Usability and usage of a mobile app for process evaluation of a Total Worker Health Intervention in Healthcare. JMIR Formative Research.
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2021) Emotional labor and depressive symptoms among healthcare workers: The role of sleep. Workplace Health and Safety.
- Suh, C., et al. (2020) Surface-acting emotional labor predicts depressive symptoms among health care workers over a 2-year prospective study. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health.
- Kernan, G., et al. (2020) A Corporate Wellness Program and Nursing Home Employees' Health. Frontiers in Public Health.
- Punnett L., et al. (2020) Safety and Health through Integrated, Facilitated Teams (SHIFT): stepped-wedge protocol for prospective, mixed-methods evaluation of the Health Workplace Participatory Program. BMC Public Health.
- Kotejoshyer, R., et al. (2019) Prospective Evaluation of Fidelity, Impact and Sustainability of Participatory Workplace Health Teams in Skilled Nursing Facilities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
- Kotejoshyer, R., et al. (2019) Claims Costs, Musculoskeletal Health, and Work Exposure in Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists Assistants, and Occupational Therapist Assistants: A Comparison Among Long-Term Care Jobs. Physical Therapy.
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2019) Predictors of nursing staff voluntary termination in nursing homes: A case-control study. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
- Plaku-Alakbarova, B., et al. (2018) Nursing home employee and resident satisfaction and resident care outcomes. Safety and Health at Work.
- Gold, J., et al. (2018) Knee pain in nursing home workers after implementation of a safe resident handling program. American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
- Kurowski, A., et al. (2018) Impact of a safe resident handling program in nursing homes on return-to-work and re-injury outcomes following work injury. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation.
- Faghri, P.D., et al. (2017) Perceived self-efficacy and financial incentives: Factors affecting health behaviors and weight loss in a workplace weight loss intervention. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Boakye-Dankwa, E., et al. (2017) Associations between health care workplace safety, resident satisfaction, and quality of care in long-term care facilities. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Jetha, A., et al. (2017) Conceptualizing the dynamics of workplace stress: a systems-based study of nursing aides. BMC Health Services Research.
- Kurowski, A., et al. (2017) Injury rates before and after the implementation of a safe resident handling program in the long-term care sector. Safety Science.
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2017) Predictors of low back pain in nursing home workers after implementation of a safe resident handling programme. Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2016) Workplace Participatory Occupational Health/Health Promotion Program: Facilitators and Barriers Observed in Three Nursing Homes. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2016) Work-family conflict, sleep, and mental health of nursing assistants working in nursing homes. Workplace Health & Safety.
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2016) Working conditions and mental health of nursing staff in nursing homes. Issues in Mental Health Nursing.
- Holtermann, A. (2016) Implementation of a resident handling programme and low backpain in elder care workers. BMJ Journals.
- Kurowski, A., et al. (2016) Use of resident handling equipment by nursing aides in long-term care: Associations with work organization and individual level characteristics. International Journal of Safe Patient Handling and Mobility.
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2016) Contributing influences of work environment on sleep quantity and quality of nursing assistants in long-term care facilities: A cross-sectional study. Geriatric Nursing.
CORRECTIONSCorrections Articles
- Dugan, AG., et al. (2022) Participatory Assessment and Selection of Workforce Health Intervention Priorities for Correctional Supervisors. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Namazi, S., et al. (2021) Development and Implementation of a Total Worker Health® Mentoring Program in a Correctional Workforce. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
- Kotejoshyer, R., et al. (2021) Impact of a Total Worker Health® Mentoring Program in a Correctional Workforce. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health.
- Dugan, A., et al. (2021) Participatory survey design of a workforce health needs assessment for correctional supervisors. American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
- El Ghaziri, M., et al. (2020) Progress in Corrections Worker Health: The National Corrections Collaborative Utilizing a Total Worker Health® Strategy. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Cherniack, M., et al. (2019) A Participatory Action Research Approach to Mental Health Interventions Among Corrections Officers: Standardizing Priorities and Maintaining Design Autonomy. Occupational Health Science.
- Namazi, S., et al. (2019) Examining a Comprehensive Model of Work and Family Demands, Work-Family Conflict, and Depressive Symptoms in a Sample of Correctional Supervisors. Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine.
- El Ghaziri, M., et al. (2019) Sex and Gender Role Differences in Occupational Exposures and Work Outcomes Among Registered Nurses in Correctional Settings. Annals of Work Exposures and Health.
- Zhang, Y., et al. (2019) Work and Health Correlates of Sleep Quantity and Quality Among Correctional Nurses. Journal of Forensic Nursing.
- Lee, J., et al. (2019) Correction Workers’ Burnout and Outcomes: A Bayesian Network Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
- Buden, J. C., et al. (2017) Associations Among Work and Family Health Climate, Health Behaviors, Work Schedule, and Body Weight. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Buden, J. C., et al. (2016) Work characteristics as predictors of correctional supervisors’ health outcomes. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Dugan, A., et al. (2016) Process evaluation of two participatory approaches: Implementing Total Worker Health® interventions in a correctional workforce (pdf). American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
- Henning, R.A., et al. (2016) The handbook of salutogenesis, Ch. 24, pp. 247-257. The Application of salutogenesis to correctional officers in corrections settings.
- Cherniack, M., et al. (2016) Participatory action research in corrections: The HITEC 2 program. Applied Ergonomics.
EDUCATORSEducator Well-Being Articles
- Sanetti, LMH., et al. (2022) Scale-Out of a Total Worker Health® Approach for Designing Interventions to Reduce Teacher Stress: Pilot Implementation Evaluation. BMC Public Health
EMERGENCY_PREPAREDNESSEmergency Preparedness Articles
- Roelofs, C. (2022) Total Worker Health® Employer Preparedness: A Proposed Model and Survey of Human Resource Managers' Perceptions. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.
Total Worker Health® Research and Practice TOTAL
- Nobrega, S., at al. (2023) A Protocol to Assess Contextual Factors During Program Impact Evaluation: A Case Study of a STEM Gender Equity Intervention in Higher Education. American Journal of Evaluation.
- Punnett, L., (2022) Response to NIOSH Request for Information on Interventions to Prevent Work-Related Stress and Support Health Worker Mental Health. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy.
- Robertson, M., et al. (2021) Assessment of organizational readiness for participatory occupational safety, health and well-being programs. IOS Press.
- Nobrega, S., et al. (2021) Feasibility of Virtual Focus Groups in Program Impact Evaluation. Sage Journals.
- Punnett, L., et al. (2020) Defining "Integration" for Total Worker Health®: A New Proposal. Annals of Work Exposures and Health.
- Cherniack, M., et al. (2019) A Participatory Framework for Integrated Interventions. Chapter 7 in Total Worker Health: Integrative Approaches to Safety, Health, and Well-being. Editors: Hudson HL, Nigam JAS, Sauter SL, Chosewood LC, Schill AL, Howard J. American Psychology Association Press.
- Faghri, P.D., et al. (2019) Inclusion of 'Total Worker Health®' a program by NIOSH (Letter). Health Promotion International.
- Tamers, S.L., et al. (2018) Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health®: Proceedings From a Workshop. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Henning, R.A., et al. (2018) Supporting participatory organizational interventions: New opportunities, roles and responsibilities for researchers and OSH professionals. In: K. Nielsen & A. Noblet (Eds.), Designing, implementing and evaluating organizational interventions.
- Nobrega, S. et al., (2017) Field tests of a participatory ergonomics toolkit for Total Worker Health®. Applied Ergonomics.
- Dugan, A. G. & Punnett L. (2017) Dissemination and implementation research for occupational safety and health Occupational Health Science.
- Nobrega, S., et al. (2016) Obesity/overweight and the role of working conditions: a qualitative, participatory investigation. Health Promotion Practice.
- Zweber, Z.M., et al. (2016) A practical scale for Multi-Faceted Organizational Health Climate Assessment. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
RELATEDRelated Studies
- Garza, J.L., et al. (2022) Associations between observed time sitting at work and musculoskeletal symptoms: a repeated-measures study of manufacturing workers. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics.
- Cavallari, J.M., et al. (2021) Evaluation of the HearWell Pilot Program: A participatory Total Worker Health® approach to hearing conservation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
- Hawkins, D., et al. (2021) The Contribution of Occupation-Specific Factors to the Deaths of Despair, Massachusetts, 2005-2015. Ann Work Expo Health
- Murph-Brown, A., et al. (2021) Race-related stress for educators of color. MTA Today.
- Suleiman, A.O., et al. (2021) Worker perspectives on the impact of non-standard workdays on worker and family well-being: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health.
- Marin, L., et al. (2021) Workplace Sexual Harassment and Vulnerabilities among Low-Wage Hispanic Women. Occupational Health Science.
- El Ghaziri, M., et al. (2021) Registered Nurses' Experiences With Incivility During the Early Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of a Multi-State Survey. Sage Journals.
- Faghri, P. D., et al. (2021) COVID-19 Pandemic: What Has Work Got to Do With It? Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Cavallari, J. M., et al. (2021) Working Time Characteristics and Mental Health among Corrections and Transportation Workers. Annals of Work Exposures and Health.
- Roelofs, C., et al. (2021) Promoting Opioid Awareness Through a Union-Based Peer Training Model. A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy.
- Hawkins, D., et al. [2020] Disparities in the deaths of despair by occupation, Massachusetts, 2000 to 2015. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- El Ghaziri, M., et al. (2020) Understanding the Impact of Bullying in a Unionized US Public Sector Workforce. Workplace Health and Safety.
- LaMontagne, A. D., et al. (2020) Changes in job security and mental health: A 14-year analysis of an Australian working population panel survey. American Journal of Epidemiology.
- Dugan, A. G., et al. (2020) Acquired and persistent eldercare demands: Impact on worker well-being. Journal of Applied Gerontology.
- Cavallari, J. M., et al. (2020) Development and application of a noise-hazard scheme for road maintainers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
- Shaw, W. S., et al. (2020) Opening the Workplace After COVID-19: What Lessons can be Learned from Return-to-Work Research? Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation.
- Shaw, W. S., et al. (2020) Work Environment Factors and Prevention of Opioid-Related Deaths. American Journal of Public Health.
- Burch K.A., et al. (2019) When Work is Your Passenger: Work Influences on Commuting Safety Behaviors. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology.
- Dugan, A. G., et al. (2019) Acquired and Persistent Eldercare Demands: Impact on Worker Well-Being. (2019) Journal of Applied Gerontology.
- Ryan, M., et al. (2019) Working on Wellness: protocol for a worksite health promotion capacity-building program for employers. BMC Public Health.
- Larsen, A.K., et al. (2019) The effect of strengthening health literacy in nursing homes on employee pain and consequences of pain ‒a stepped-wedge intervention trial. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment, & Health.
- Vignoli, M., et al. (2018) Disagreements on leadership styles between supervisors and employees are related to employees’ well-being and work team outcomes. International J Workplace Health Management.
- Han, H. O., et al. (2018) Pilot Study of Impact of a Pedal Desk on Postprandial Responses in Sedentary Workers. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
- Walter, A. W., et al. (2018) Preventing opioid use disorders among fishing industry workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
- Sangachin, M. G. & Cavuoto, L. A. (2018) Interactive effects of work psychosocial factors on participation in workplace wellness programs. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health.
- Dugan, A. G. & Barnes-Farrell, J. L. (2017) Time for Self-Care: Downtime Recovery as a Buffer of Work and Home/Family Time Pressures. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
- Jørgensen, M.B., et al. (2016) Does employee participation in workplace health promotion depend on the working environment? A cross-sectional study of Danish workers. BMJ Open.
- Magnano, C., et al. (2016) Psychological health, behavior, and body weight model: An evaluation of predictors of health behaviors and body mass index. Journal of Workplace Behavior Health.
- Cavallari, J. M., et al. (2016) Differences in the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among female and male custodians. American Journal of Industrial Medicine.