It appears that the U.S. government is exploring the possibility of trying to get working people back on the job without providing them with adequate protection in the form of PPE or insisting on proper social distancing. Sending people back to work without protection...
To protect the vulnerable from Covid-19 requires active, assertive and comprehensive identification of 1) those at risk; 2) those infected (but not symptomatic); 3) those with active symptoms; and 4) those who have been infected and now have immunity and can safely...
On March 11, 2020, HWC team members, Drs. Paul Landsbergis, Marnie Dobson and Peter Schnall presented Identifying and Preventing Work Stressors to Reduce Chronic Disease: The Healthy Work Campaign, a webinar hosted by the Center for Healthy Work, University of...
The Massachusetts Coaltion for Occupational Safety and Health is maintaining "Health and Safety Protections and How to Make Them Happen" for essential workers. Although there are feedback links, this is a read-only Google doc. This guide...
Bus Drivers experience high levels of work stress particularly when driving in crowded urban areas. The Center for Social Epidemiology has been working for the past 6 years with the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation and the bus driver union SMART as...
After two years of work our new workplace survey (titled Healthy Work Survey) intended to allow individual, workplaces and groups to assess their workplace stressors and their impact on one's health is nearing completion. A draft has been circulated for comments and...
Summaries of interventions to reduce job stress among urban bus drivers in Copenhagen and Stockholm are now available on our Healthywork.org website. The case histories describe efforts to identify various sources of stress bus drivers are exposed to while driving and...