Healthy Work Blog
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...
New Springer publication from CSE researchers on consequences of work stressors
My colleagues Marnie Dobson, Ellen Rosskam, Paul Landsbergis and I are pleased to see our recent paper: "Work-Related Burden of Absenteeism, Presenteeism, and Disability: An Epidemiologic and Economic Perspective" included in Springer's Handbook of Disability, Work...
Job Posting (revised Feb 10 2020)
Job Posting (revised Feb 10 2020) Part-time Outreach Coordinator Needed for the Healthy Work Campaign @Center for Social Epidemiology and the Healthy Work Campaign The Center for Social Epidemiology (CSE) is a small, nonprofit organization located in Los Angeles, CA...
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...
Future directions needed for California Occupational Health Indicators
The State of California issued its annual report on Occupational Health Exposures at the workplace for 2019. The excellent report focuses on a # of occupational exposures but has no information on occupational psychosocial work hazards. It is very important that...
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...
Job Posting. Part-time Outreach Coordinator Needed for the Healthy Work Campaign!
Job Posting Part-time Outreach Coordinator Needed for the Healthy Work Campaign @Center for Social Epidemiology and the Healthy Work Campaign The Center for Social Epidemiology (CSE) is a small, nonprofit organization located in Los Angeles, CA and the sponsor of the...
Healthy Work Blog – in Progress
Please stay tuned while the Healthy Work Blog is in progress.