Getting to know you: occupational health researchers investigate employee assistance professionals' approaches to workplace stress

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• Personal Author:
  Azaroff LS ; Champagne NJ ; Nobrega S ; Punnett, Laura ; Shetty K
• Description:
  Workplace stress is strongly associated with health problems, including cardiovascular disease. The occupational health field is developing partnerships with a variety of health professions to prevent and address job stress at the organizational level. A review of literature for and about employee assistance professionals was conducted to explore their perspectives on these issues. Results show high awareness regarding the health effects of job stress and a wide range of approaches to address this problem. EAPs appear to be a potential strong partner in efforts to prevent workplace stress, but face obstacles to intervening at the level of the work environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease Dual Client Relationship Job Stress Mental Health Occupational Health Organizational Intervention Stress Total Worker Health Work Environment Work Organization
• ISSN:
  1555-5240
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  296-319
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044121
• Citation:
  J Workplace Behav Health 2010 Dec; 25(4):296-319
• Contact Point Address:
  Lenore S. Azaroff ScD, Department of Work Environment , University of Massachusetts Lowell , Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e6c31a01c87a9dc377ffdcedcd33a47b12b1fec474e2dbabe1e7769562e9e3e86f2a2fd63028524d8fb5322b21bf90921ade7e45c2e923793cdfab195e4a3f27
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199944/cdc_199944_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 304.14 KB ]