Examining Associations Between Job Characteristics and Health: Linking Data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to Two US National Health Surveys

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• Personal Author:
  Alterman, Toni ; Chen X ; Chrislip D ; Chung H ; Grosch J ; Krieg, Edward Jr. ; Muntaner C ; Petersen, Martin R.
• Description:
  Objective: To determine whether the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database can be used to identify job dimensions to serve as proxy measures for psychosocial factors and select environmental factors, and to determine whether the the factors could be linked to national health surveys to examine associations with health risk behaviors and outcomes. Methods: job characteristics were obtained from O*NET 98. Health outcomes were obtained from two national surveys. Data were linked using Bureau of Census codes. Multiple logistic regression was used to examine associations between O*NET factors and cardiovascular disease, depression, and health risk factors. Results: Seven of nine work organization or psychosocial factors were significantly associated with health risk behaviors In both the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III and National Health Interview Survey. Conclusions: This study demonstrates a method for linking independently obtained. health and job characteristic data based on occupational code. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health-surveys Psychological-factors Psychological-responses Psychological-stress Sociological-factors Sociology Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Work-environment Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034871
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2008 Dec; 50(12):1401-1413
• Contact Point Address:
  Toni Alterman, NIOSH, Division of Surveillance Hazard Evaluation & Field Studies, MS-R17, 5555 Ridge Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45213
• Email:
  talterman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0f72cc6915fcee2ff8301a18027206aca4bc0a1932609f6e34a2e0a7d099daee89f25f22095abbbf8944fce72a1a51af847d80b13f51de14c60c98f65a4a544c
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