Key Findings from Research: Assessing Construction Workers Mental Health to Improve Wellbeing

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Description:
  Construction workers are more likely to die from drug overdoses and by suicide than U.S. workers overall. Research has indicated that their mental health is often neglected. This study aimed to identify and assess mental health problems among construction workers, as well as initiatives for mitigating those problems. It began by reviewing the literature about construction workers' mental health and then developed a survey to assess their mental health and well-being. Inspired by the NIOSH Worker Well-Being Questionnaire, this survey addressed areas such as workplace policies and culture, workplace physical environment and safety climate, health status (physical and mental), and socioeconomic status and issues. Requests to complete the survey were sent to workers directly and to employers with whom the researchers had contact, who asked their workers to complete it. A total of 143 workers completed the survey. The research team used the literature review and survey results to develop recommended organizational and individual worker-level responses for mental health issues. Read the report: https://bit.ly/42vAKXb. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Suicide
• Keywords:
  Construction Workers Drug Overdose Job Stress Mental Health Wellbeing
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069235
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2024 Feb; :1
• Email:
  Mohammed.Hashem.Mehany@colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Key findings from research
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd64a849dc5843fbda46b4441b66a4b0e9f00056b1e86178fa1aa5dedabb97172d0fd4050f5b57e53612bc59dc4ca6ed3918de2942895992c2362ce24fb76b71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212937/cdc_212937_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 52.80 KB ]