Long Working Hours, Safety, and Health: Toward a National Research Agenda

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• Personal Author:
  Bushnell T ; Caruso, Claire C. ; Eggerth D ; Heitmann A ; Kojola B ; Newman K ; Rosa, Roger R. ; Sauter, Steven L. ; Vila B
• Description:
  A significant and growing number of people work long hours. Research examining impacts is limited, but raises concerns about risks to the worker, the family, the employer, and the community. The purpose of this report, which is authored by the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Long Work Hours Team, is to motivate and guide future research by proposing a framework for studying long work hours and discussing research gaps. The NORA Long Work Hours Team examined research reports and literature reviews, and gathered input from a conference on long work hours organized by the Team and faculty from University of Maryland. A framework is proposed for long work hours, including determinants, outcomes, and moderating factors of long work hours, suggesting that studies need to include more clear and complete descriptions of work schedules, worker characteristics, and the work environment, and need to consider a wider range of possible health, safety, social and economic outcomes for workers, families, employers, and the community. Additional studies are needed on vulnerable employee groups and those critical to public safety. More studies are also needed to develop interventions and test their effectiveness. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Circadian Rhythm Fatigue Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Shift Work Schedule Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Circadian-rhythms Diseases Employee-health Employees Fatigue-properties Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Shift-work Shift-workers Sleep-deprivation Sleep-disorders Stress Work-environment Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031127
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2006 Nov; 49(11):930-942
• Contact Point Address:
  Claire C. Caruso, Research Health Scientist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-24, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
• Email:
  ccaruso@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:011939f310f018c56377edac54bd0b63b2026bfa9e8d2729bcf2f605ac973f46dc67da158b1395f6f9aca6bbc0e9a1c938d5d9822af6b949330d5fe6fb98157c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191476/cdc_191476_DS1.pdf
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