Incorporating Work Organisation into Occupational Health Research: An Invitation for Dialogue

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• Personal Author:
  Härenstam A ; MacDonald, Leslie A. ; Punnett, Laura ; Warren ND
• Description:
  The last decade has seen a lively debate emerge about the proper scope of public health research and the value of examining broad social and environmental factors as interacting determinants of morbidity and mortality. In occupational health and safety, the broader socio-ecological system of most obvious interest is that of the organisations in which workers are employed. However, occupational health researchers have been slow to incorporate broader workplace features into their exposure assessment protocols and epidemiological study designs. The dominant exposure paradigm remains largely confined to the characterisation of risk factors at the job level. While application of this paradigm has contributed much to our understanding of the association between work and worker health and safety, failure to consider the organisational factors and conditions that are antecedents to job-level hazards could limit our ability to design and implement effective and sustainable hazard controls. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Occupational Health Public Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Occupational-health Public-health Work-areas Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-studies
• ISSN:
  1351-0711
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• Volume:
  65
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033121
• Citation:
  Occup Environ Med 2008 Jan; 65(1):1-3
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr L MacDonald, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  lmacdonald@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Performing Organization:
  University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188818/cdc_188818_DS1.pdf
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