Occupational Health Science in the Time of COVID-19: Now More than Ever

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• Personal Author:
  Allen T ; Barber L ; Bergman, Michael ; Britt T ; Butler A ; Ford M ; Hammer L ; Kath L ; Probst T ; Sinclair RR ; Yuan Z
• Description:
  Workers bear a heavy share of the burden of how countries contend with COVID-19; they face numerous serious threats to their occupational health ranging from those associated with direct exposure to the virus to those reflecting the conflicts between work and family demands. Ten experts were invited to comment on occupational health issues unique to their areas of expertise. The topics include work-family issues, occupational health issues faced by emergency medical personnel, the transition to telework, discrimination against Asian-Americans, work stressors, presenteeism, the need for supportive supervision, safety concerns, economic stressors, and reminders of death at work. Their comments describe the nature of the occupational health concerns created by COVID-19 and discuss both unanswered research questions and recommendations to help organizations reduce the impacts of COVID-19 on workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Health Coronavirus COVID-19 Discrimination Infectious Diseases Job Stress Occupational Health Pandemic Psychosocial Factors Work Environment Worker Health Workplace Safety Work Stress

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• ISSN:
  2367-0134
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; California ; Florida ; Illinois ; Iowa ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9 ; South Carolina ; Texas ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-22
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062573
• Citation:
  Occup Health Sci 2020 Jun; 4(1-2):1-22
• Contact Point Address:
  Robert R. Sinclair, Department of Psychology, Clemson University, 418 Brackett Hall, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
• Email:
  rsincla@clemson.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Health Science
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:038730bcedfeb6960f2da0a69fba835800dc611f09bc5cee797c4b8fe4a18452c38f410d03a823068534cc47eec1247af991bf76721ed12138c08bfb8f46ba56
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225788/cdc_225788_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 533.06 KB ]