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Understanding the impact of psychosocial working conditions on workers ’ health: we have come a long way, but are we there yet?
This issue of the journal includes a meta-review, ie, a systematic review of systematic reviews, summarizing the published evidence on the associations between exposure to adverse psychosocial working conditions and risk of developing diseases or disorders during the past 20 years (1). Although the authors allowed inclusion of reviews reporting results from cross-sectional studies, the majority of the included reviews were restricted to prospective cohort studies – the gold standard method in psychosocial occupational epidemiology. We commend the authors for their succinct summary of the current knowledge on the topic, e...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - September 3, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

The importance of extended working hours for work-related injuries
Discussion of Reduction Strategies and Behavioral Responses from a North American Perspective. Euro J Trans Infra Res. 2002;2(4). 21. POPM.gov [internet] Policy, Data, Oversight. Available from: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/work-sched ules/fact-sheets/alternative-work-schedules-compressed-work-schedules/. Accessed June 30, 2021. 22. Kivimäki M, Nyberg ST, Batty GD, Fransson EI, Heikkilä K, Alfredsson L, et al. Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet. 2012;380(9852):1491-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60...
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - August 11, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Editorial Source Type: research

Cardiovascular health status of taxi/for-hire vehicle drivers in the United States: A systematic review
CONCLUSIONS: Rigorous and high quality research is needed to further investigate rates of cardiovascular health in this population. The complexity of data collection in this group presents challenges to this endeavor. The high prevalence of poor nutrition, limited physical activity, diabetes, and blood pressure across studies indicates an urgent need to address low rates of health care access at a policy level and to design targeted workplace interventions.PMID:34219688 | DOI:10.3233/WOR-213525
Source: Work - July 5, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sheena Mirpuri Kathryn Traub Sara Romero Marisol Hernandez Francesca Gany Source Type: research