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Assessment of Construction Workers’ Mental Health to Improve Wellbeing
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2024
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Description:cdc:148095
Assessment of Construction Workers’ Mental Health to Improve Wellbeing
Mohammed S. Hashem M. Mehany, Gwen Fisher, Shantanu Kumar.
CPWR Small Study, 2024.
Construction workers are more likely to die from drug overdoses and by suicide than U.S. workers overall. Research has indicated that their mental health is often neglected. This study aimed to identify and assess mental health problems among construction workers, as well as initiatives for mitigating those problems. It began by reviewing the literature about construction workers’ mental health and then developed a survey to assess their mental health and well-being. Inspired by the NIOSH Worker Well-Being Questionnaire, this survey addressed areas such as workplace policies and culture, workplace physical environment and safety climate, health status (physical and mental), and socioeconomic status and issues. Requests to complete the survey were sent to workers directly and to employers with whom the researchers had contact, who asked their workers to complete it. A total of 143 workers completed the survey. The research team used the literature review and survey results to develop recommended organizational and individual worker-level responses for mental health issues.
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Pages in Document:1 unnumbered page
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NIOSHTIC Number:nn:20069226
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