Social, Psychological, and Physical Aspects of the Work Environment Could Contribute to Hypertension Prevalence

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• Personal Author:
  Cantley LF ; Cullen MR ; Modrek S ; Rehkopf DH
• Description:
  Studies on the physical and social characteristics of the workplace have begun to provide evidence for the role of specific workplace factors on health. However, the overall contribution of the workplace to health has not been considered. Estimates of the influences on health across domains of the work environment are a critical first step toward understanding what level of priority the workplace should take as the target for public policies to improve health. The influences or contribution of these domains on health in the work environment are particularly useful to study since they are potentially modifiable through changes in policies and environment. Our analysis used detailed data from blue-collar industrial workers at two dozen Alcoa plants. It includes work environmental measures of psychological hazards, physical hazards, and the workplace social environment, to estimate the overall importance of the workplace environment for hypertension. Our findings suggest that social, psychological, and physical aspects of the work environment could contribute to a substantial proportion of hypertension prevalence. These attributes of the workplace could thus be a useful target for improving workforce health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Epidemiology Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Hypertension Psychological Effects Sociological Factors Work Environment
• ISSN:
  0278-2715
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  258-265
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051331
• Citation:
  Health Aff 2017 Feb; 36(2):258-265
• Email:
  drehkopf@stanford.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Stanford University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Health Affairs
• End Date:
  20200831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:007f9d4c37e1b8b0359e01f0a2ad55c0208f293519d042bf06f0f96f77ed6496fba665626be74895de24676c6808bafd791c77e9c0d055ff55ab5a3bcc8f45f0
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211355/cdc_211355_DS1.pdf
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