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...
MassCOSH COVID-19 Health and Safety Guide for Essential Workers
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...
High levels of work stress among Bus Drivers
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...
Healthy Work Survey nears completion
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...
New Case Histories re Bus Driver Interventions now available
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...