Stress at Work
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Primary themes in the NIOSH job stress research program:
- To better understand the influence of what are commonly-termed "work organization" or "psychosocial" factors on stress, illness, and injury
- To identify ways to redesign jobs to create safer and healthier workplaces
Examples of research topics at NIOSH within these two broad themes:
- Characteristics of healthy work organizations
- Work organization interventions to promote safe and healthy working conditions
- Surveillance of the changing nature of work
- Work organization interventions to reduce musculoskeletal disorders among office operators
- Work schedule designs to protect the health and well-being of workers
- The effects of new organizational policies and practices on worker health and safety
- Changing worker demographics (race/ethnicity, gender, and age) and worker safety and health
- Work organization, cardiovascular disease, and depression
- Psychological violence in the workplace
In addition, the NIOSH program also includes:
- Sponsorship of conferences on work, stress and health
- Publication of educational documents on work, stress, and health
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