Work characteristics as predictors of correctional supervisors’ health outcomes

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Buden, Jennifer C. ; Dugan, Alicia G. ; Namazi, Sara ; Huedo-Medina, Tania B. ; Cherniack, Martin G. ; Faghri, Pouran D.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  This study examined associations among health behaviors, psychosocial work factors, and health status.
  
  Methods
  
  Correctional supervisors (n=157) completed a survey that assessed interpersonal and organizational views on health. Chi-square and logistic regressions were used to examine relationships among variables.
  
  Results
  
  Respondents had a higher prevalence of obesity and comorbidities compared to the general U.S. adult population. Burnout was significantly associated with nutrition, physical activity, sleep duration, sleep quality, diabetes, and anxiety/depression. Job meaning, job satisfaction and workplace social support may predict health behaviors and outcomes.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Correctional supervisors are understudied and have poor overall health status. Improving health behaviors of middle-management employees may have a beneficial effect on the health of the entire workforce. This paper demonstrates the importance of psychosocial work factors that may contribute to health behaviors and outcomes.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Adult Anxiety Burnout, Professional Cross-Sectional Studies Depression Diabetes Mellitus Exercise Female Humans Job Satisfaction Male Middle Aged Nutritional Status Prisons Sleep Social Support Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 58(9):e325-e334
• Pubmed ID:
  27483335
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5016227
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01OH008929/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U19 OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d383513a9f2a6ad9dc64addb6bdb71091488770014f9e15a980375090f74bc38
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41212/cdc_41212_DS1.pdf
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