Psychosocial and Organizational Factors

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• Personal Author:
  Hurrell, Joseph J. Jr. ; Levi L ; Murphy, Lawrence R. ; Sauter, Steven L.
• Description:
  In 1966, long before job stress and psychosocial factors became household expressions, a special reprot entitled "Protecting the Health of Eighty Million Workers - A National Goal for Occupational Health" was issued to the Surgeon General of the United States (US Department of Health and Human Services 1966). The report was prepared under the auspices of the National Advisory Environmental Health Committee to provide direction to Federal programmes in occupational health. Among its many observations, the report noted that psychological stress was increasingly apparent in the workpalce, presenting "... new and subtle threats to mental health," and possible risk of somatic disorders such as cardiovascular disease. Technological change and the increasing psychological demands of the workplace were listed as contributing factors. The report concluded with a list of two dozen "urgent problems" requiring priority attention, including occupational mental health and contributing workplace factors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Fatigue Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular-system-disorders Job-stress Mental-fatigue Mental-health Occupational-health Psychological-fatigue Psychological-stress Risk-analysis Risk-factors Worker-health Workers

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• ISBN:
  9789221092032
• Publisher:
  International Labour Office
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• 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 ; DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027959
• Citation:
  Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety: the body, health care, management and policy, tools and approaches, fourth edition. JM Stellman ed. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Office, 1998 Nov; 1:34.2-34.3
• Editor(s):
  Stellman JM
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety: the body, health care, management and policy, tools and approaches, fourth edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189695/cdc_189695_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.22 MB ]