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Thursday - December 9, 2021 - 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

  • Keynote 1: Expanding our focus: from what, to what? Needs and opportunities in the OSH field

    Keynote Speaker: Laura Punnett, ScD, Distinguished University Professor and Co-Director, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, University of Massachusetts Lowell

    Description: NIOSH, the WHO, the ILO, and others have called attention to the need for a comprehensive approach to occupational safety and health (OSH) which is not limited to identifying and reducing specific hazards. Concepts such as Total Worker Health®, Decent Work, and Sustainable Development all envision a positive state of affairs that requires political and social will to prioritize the well-being of the workforce and our environment, broadly defined. This session will summarize some of the hazards of evolving work organization and technology; describe some needs for evidence and potential approaches for intervention research; and identify social partners to be cultivated in an effort to engage society toward the goal of healthy and sustainable work.

    Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) explain some of the impacts on health, safety, and wellbeing of evolving work organization and technology; (2) explain the societal-level obstacles to healthy work; (3) for OSH service providers, explain the impacts of these obstacles on their patients and clients, and identify the broader social networks that need to be engaged for positive patient outcomes; (4) appraise the types of evidence that might be useful in efforts to remove those obstacles; (5) appraise and utilize potential strategies for strengthening our research methods and research-to-practice translation, the OSH movement, and potential partners outside the OSH field to meet these challenges

    Keynote 1: https://youtu.be/clBbyHWsm24

  • Concurrent Session 1A: Horizontal expansion in OSH - Personal Factors: Chronic disease; Personal lifestyle; Mental well-being

    1A: Horizontal expansion in OSH - Personal Factors: Chronic disease; Personal lifestyle; Mental well-being

    Moderator: Valerie Valenzuela, MBA; Speakers: Todd Stueckle, PhD, MA.; James Grosch, PhD, MBA; Kim Olszewski, DNP, CRNP, COHN-S/CM, FAAN; Monica Ubalde, PhD

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a shortterm perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This session centers on the horizontal expansion, with an emphasis on personal (i.e., individual level) factors.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe current research on individual level factors and their relationship to worker well-being; (2) describe how individual level factors are incorporated into the expanded focus for OSH paradigm shift; (3) discuss at least one individual factor and how it influences (or is influenced by) a workplace factor. 

  • Concurrent Session 1B: Vertical expansion in OSH - Well-being and Working Life Continuum (research methods)

    1B: Vertical expansion in OSH - Well-being and Working Life Continuum (research methods)

    Moderator: Susan Wu, MPH; Speakers: Anjali Rameshbabu, PhD; Susan Peters, PhD, BOccThy; Jie Zhu, PhD candidate; Rebecca Guerin, PhD, CHES

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a shortterm perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This session centers on the vertical expansion, with an emphasis on research aimed at worker well-being and the working life continuum.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe current research on worker well-being and its determinants; (2) describe how the working life continuum is incorporated into the expanded focus for OSH paradigm shift; (3) discuss at least one methodological or measurement limitation to conducting research on worker well-being

  • Plenary 1: Anticipating the Future: How can research and training get ahead of the existential forces that will drive worker health, safety and well-being?

    Moderator: Lee Newman, MD, MA, Distinguished University Professor and Center Director, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Colorado School of Public Health, CU Anschutz Medical Campus Panelists: Cecilia Sorensen, MD; Mwangi Ndonga, CIH, CSP; Laura Linnan, ScD; Marcela Tamayo, PhD

    Description: This session is centered on how future changes in the nature of work should shape both the education of the next generation of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) professional workforce and OSH research.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe the impact of future of work on how we train the OSH professional workforce; (2) identify gaps and needs in education for the future OSH professional workforce; (3) describe the impact of future of work on how we conduct OSH research aimed at worker well-being; (4) identify gaps and needs in OSH research aimed at worker well-being, in particular in the face of climate change; (5) differentiate among different evidence-based educational approaches to OSH professional curriculum; (6) discuss current methodological limitations and needs in worker well-being research.

    Plenary 1: https://youtu.be/X0t5ZOez6tY

Thursday - December 9, 2011 - 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Keynote 2: The Impact of Workplace Reorganization on Worker Well-Being

    Keynote Speaker: David Weil, PhD, MPH, Dean and Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

    Description: Millions of workers in the US have jobs that do not provide adequate income to support their families, provide few—if any—benefits, lack opportunities for economic advancement, and expose workers to a wide variety of significant health and safety risks. These challenges to worker well-being arise in part because of business models and organizational practices that allow firms to carefully oversee the service or product quality produced by the workforce while shedding many of the responsibilities historically associated with employment. This change in both the present and future structure of work has profound implications on how employers, workers, health and safety professionals, researchers and policymakers can address occupational health and safety.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) analyze what economic and market factors lead businesses to adopt organizational practices that lead to a restructuring of how work and workers are managed; (2) identify features of organizations and organizational practices that may subject workers to a higher risk of health and safety risk due to changes in how industries and business have responded to economic and market factors; (3) explain how different types of regulatory interventions affecting workplace responsibility might positively or negatively impact worker well-being.

    Keynote 2: https://youtu.be/8S_E5zXOVbw

  • Concurrent Session 2A: Horizontal expansion in OSH - Workplace Factors: COVID-19; Healthy work design; Occupational risk factors

    2A: Horizontal expansion in OSH - Workplace Factors: COVID-19; Healthy work design; Occupational risk factors

    Moderator: Padmaja Naik, MBBS, MPH candidate; Speakers: Jack Dennerlein, PhD; Maija Leff, MPH; L. Casey Chosewood, MD, MPH; Lawrence John Schulze, PhD, PE, CPE

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a shortterm perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This session centers on the horizontal expansion, with an emphasis on workplace factors.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe current research on workplace factors and their relationship to worker well-being; (2) describe how workplace factors are incorporated into the expanded focus for OSH paradigm shift; (3) discuss at least one workplace factor and how it influences (or is influenced by) personal behaviors and habits.

  • Concurrent Session 2B: Vertical expansion - Well-being and Working Life Continuum (Practice and Policy)

    2B: Vertical expansion - Well-being and Working Life Continuum (Practice and Policy)

    Moderator: Madison Bencomo, MBBS; Speakers: Bernard Fontaine Jr., MSc, CIH, CSP, FAIHA; Lisa Pompeii, PhD, MS; Jessica Streit, PhD, MS, CHES

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a shortterm perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This session centers on the vertical expansion, with an emphasis on practices and policies aimed at worker well-being and the working life continuum.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe at least one example of a workplace intervention designed to promote worker well-being while maintaining productivity; (2) describe how the working life continuum is incorporated into the expanded focus for OSH paradigm shift; (3) discuss at least one example of an evidence-based relationship between the working life continuum and worker well-being that is amenable to the development of a workplace policy or intervention.

  • Concurrent Session 2C: Work and Health: Towards a Broader Understanding

    2C: Work and Health: Towards a Broader Understanding

    Moderator: Michael Flynn, MA; Speakers: Lauren Malthaner, MPH; Francisco Soto Mas, MD, PhD, MPH; Kimberly Erukunuakpor, PhD, MPH; Michael Flynn, MA

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a shortterm perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This special concurrent session presents current research examining the relationship between the future of work and its impact on worker health.

    Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe at least one example of innovative research examining the relationship between work (or employment) and health; (2) discuss the relationship between upcoming changes in the nature of work (or employment) and its impact on worker health, that is amenable to the development of a workplace policy or intervention.

  • Digital Poster Session 1: Expanded Focus for OSH: Determinants of Well-being

    Digital Poster Session 1: Expanded Focus for OSH: Determinants of Well-being

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors as determinants, both positive and negative, on worker well-being. This poster session centers on the research studies investigating various determinants (personal, workplace and socioeconomic) of worker well-being.

    Learning objectives: At the end of the conference and by the end of this session participants will be able to: (1) describe current research on worker well-being and its determinants; (2) describe how these determinants are integrated into the expanded focus for OSH model; (3) discuss at least one methodological or measurement limitation to conducting research on determinants of worker well-being.

    Digital Poster Session Format: Posters presenters have prepared five-minute presentations each for the audience, and the presentations and posters will be available for on-demand digital access throughout the dates of the conference. Presenters will accept and answer questions through the Q&A chat, by individual presenter, during the dates of the conference and during the scheduled session timeframe on the agenda.

    Poster Presenters: 1. Jenil Patel, PhD, MBBS, MPH 2. Hsiang-Ming Wang, PhD, MBA, CBSP 3. Ali Aljaroudi, PhD 4. KC Elliott, MPH, MA 5. Midrel Dorel Tamba Diebres, Diploma in Systems Engineering 6. Paulette Hebert, PhD 7. Nancy Goodyear, PhD, MLS (ASCP) CM 8. Roxane Gervais, PhD 9. Natalie Schwatka, PhD 10. Marian Downing, RBP, CBSP 11. Kaitlin Gallagher, PhD 12. Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH, MS

Friday - December 10, 2021 - 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM

  • Keynote 3: New educational strategies for occupational health professionals in Europe

    Keynote 3: New educational strategies for occupational health professionals in Europe

    Keynote Speaker: Jorma Rantanen, PhD, Finnish Institute for Occupational Health, Finland

    Description: This session will describe European training strategies for occupational safety and health, and occupational health experts linking them to the EU OSH Framework strategy in case of OSH training, and to the European Bologna Process and European Higher Education Area, EHEA, in case of occupational health specialist training. The Finnish occupational health services are used for exemplifying the use of training strategies for ensuring competent human resources for the occupational health service system.

    Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to: (1) recognize the European Union OSH and OH training strategies; (2) identify the European Bologna Process for harmonization of academic expert curricula and development of quality of higher education in OSH and OH in Europe; describe the Finnish OHS system, the structure, functions and, human resources, of comprehensive occupational health service, and competence requirements for the occupational safety and health and occupational health service practitioners in Northern Europe.

    Keynote 3: https://youtu.be/7mZ7nmYnza8

  • Concurrent Session 3A: Special session: Employment Regimes and Health 1: LAC Countries and Migrants

    3A: Special session: Employment Regimes and Health 1: LAC Countries and Migrants

    Moderator: Frank Pot, PhD; Speakers: Mireia Utzet, PhD; Michael Silva, PhD; Richard Rabin; Bethany Boggess Alcauter, PhD

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a short-term perspective to a work life continuum perspective). However, the impact of this expanded focus on vulnerable populations, as well as in resource-poor and other developing countries, is less well known. This special concurrent session presents current research, conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as well as in migrant populations in developed countries, that examines the relationship between the future of work and its impact on worker health.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe at least one example of innovative research conducted in developing countries and/or vulnerable worker populations that examines the relationship between country, workers and health; (2) distinguish and critique the relationship between different leading occupational health indicators and country status.

  • Concurrent Session 3B: Training of Future OSH Professionals 1:

    3B: Training of Future OSH Professionals 1:

    Moderator: Genesis Miranda, BA; Speakers: Silvia Maberti, PhD (Serving the changing workforce); Silvia Maberti, PhD (AIHA Evolving Profession); Javier Gonzalez, PhD, RN, OHN, MSc; Kim Olszewski, DNP, CRNP, COHN-S/CM, FAAN

    Description: This session is centered on how future changes in the nature of work will (or should) shape education and training of the next generation of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) professional workforce.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe the impact of future of work on how we train the OSH professional workforce; (2) identify gaps and needs in educational and training approaches for the future OSH professional workforce; (3) differentiate among different evidence-based education and training techniques.

  • Plenary 2: Future of Work: Partnerships, Perspectives, Policy and Practice

    Plenary 2: Future of Work: Partnerships, Perspectives, Policy and Practice

    Moderator: Faiyaz Bhojani, MD, DrPH, FACP, Business Health Leader, Global Manufacturing and Upstream Americas, Regional Health Manager, Americas Shell Health

    Panelists: Victor Stretcher, PhD, MPH; Adam Glauberg, BS; Ramya Chari, PhD; Chris Cain, BS, CIH

    Description: This session is centered on how future changes in the nature of work should shape both policy and employer interventions and practices aimed at securing worker well-being.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe the impact of future of work on how employers shape policies to achieve worker well-being while maximizing productivity; (2) describe at least two examples of effective workplace interventions to promote worker well-being; (3) identify gaps and needs in the design and implementation of workplace interventions to promote worker well-being; (4) discuss current barriers to effective workplace interventions that seek to promote worker well-being while maintaining or improving productivity

    Plenary 2: https://youtu.be/cNBapiMGrfI

Friday - December 10, 2021 - 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Keynote 4: Managing work-related psychosocial risks during the pandemic and beyond

    Keynote 4: Managing work-related psychosocial risks during the pandemic and beyond

    Keynote Speaker: Manal Azzi, PhD, Senior Occupational Safety and Health Specialist, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    Description: The session will explore the impact of the pandemic on workplace health and wellbeing. It will cover aspects of effective prevention of psychosocial risks and good practices. The session will also explore international labour standards and policy guidance to better manage the changes in the world of work and their impact on mental health.

    Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) list the psychosocial factors at work; (2) identify a number of good preventative practices in managing each psychosocial factor; (3) describe the different international labour standards related to managing work-related stress and they will be able to describe how these standards can be reflected in national policy and practice; (4) explain how health promotion in the workplace can lead to the reduction of chronic diseases.

    Keynote 4: https://youtu.be/PUfftnni4WM

  • Concurrent Session 4A: Special session: Early Career Scientist (ECS) Session 1: Identifying and Addressing Gaps in OSH Practice

    4A: Special session: Early Career Scientist (ECS) Session 1: Identifying and Addressing Gaps in OSH Practice

    Moderator: Jessica Streit, PhD, MS, CHES; Speakers: Kevin Moore, PhD, MBA; Raul Astete, MD; Rosandra Daywalker, MD; Jennifer Laine, DrPH

    Description: This session will feature research by early career scientists (ECS) and graduate students, aimed at identifying perceptions, competencies and training related to the promotion of worker well-being.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe at least one example of research on measuring OSH professional and/or employer perceptions of workplace well-being and wellness programs and interventions; (2) describe at least one example of innovative training curriculum that introduces Total Worker Health to OSH professionals; (3) critique current approaches to OSH professional understanding of employer roles in workplace wellness and well-being; (4) discuss opportunities and barriers to the incorporation of early career scientists and graduate students in interprofessional OSH research.

  • Concurrent Session 4B: Horizontal expansion: Workplace Factors

    4B: Horizontal expansion: Workplace Factors

    Moderator: Madison Bencomo, MBBS; Speakers: Regina Pana-Cryan, PhD; Wilton Remigio, DSc, MS, MPT; Babak Memarian, PhD, CSP, CHST; Amber Mitchell, DrPH, MPH, CPH

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systemsthinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a short-term perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This session centers on the horizontal expansion, with an emphasis on workplace factors.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe current research on workplace factors and their relationship to worker well-being; (2) describe how workplace factors are incorporated into the expanded focus for OSH paradigm shift; (3) discuss at least one workplace factor and how it influences (or is influenced by) personal behaviors and habits.

  • Concurrent Session 4C: Vertical expansion: Well-being and Working Life Continuum (Practice and Policy)

    4C: Vertical expansion: Well-being and Working Life Continuum (Practice and Policy)

    Moderator: Padmaja Naik, MBBS, MPH candidate; Speakers: Francisco Perez, PhD; Jack Dennerlein, PhD; Babak Memarian, PhD, CSP, CHST

    Vertical expansion: well-being and working life continuum (practice and policy) (8)

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systemsthinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a short-term perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This session centers on the vertical expansion, with an emphasis on practices and policies aimed at worker well-being and the working life continuum.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe at least one example of a workplace intervention designed to promote worker well-being while maintaining productivity; (2) describe how the working life continuum is incorporated into the expanded focus for OSH paradigm shift; (3) discuss at least one example of an evidence-based relationship between the working life continuum and worker well-being that is amenable to the development of a workplace policy or intervention.

  • Digital Poster Session 2: Expanded focus for OSH: policy, training and practice

    Digital Poster Session 2: Expanded focus for OSH: policy, training and practice

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems thinking approach to the design of educational curricula, policies and implementation of workplace practices to achieve the goal of worker well-being, both in specific workplaces as well as over the working life continuum. This poster session centers on current research and studies investigating various determinants (personal, workplace and socioeconomic) of worker well-being.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe current policies, educational and practical experiences designed to advance worker well-being; (2) describe how these experiences are integrated into the expanded focus for OSH model; (3) discuss at least one practice-based intervention (policy, curriculum or program) that has served to advance worker well-being.

    Digital Poster Session Format: Posters presenters have prepared five-minute presentations each for the audience, and the presentations and posters will be available for on-demand digital access throughout the dates of the conference. Presenters will accept and answer questions through the Q&A chat, by individual presenter, during the dates of the conference and during the scheduled session timeframe on the agenda.

    Poster Presenters: 1. Jenil Patel, PhD, MBBS, MPH 2. Carlos Delclós, PhD 3. Lorena Funcasta, Dr 4. Roxane Gervais, PhD 5. Paula Santia, MPH 6. Alejandra Ramirez-Cardenas, MPH 7. Francisco Soto Mas, MD, PhD, MPH 8. Elizabeth Fisher, CHES, MA(c) 9. Lida Orta-Anes, PhD, MA, MP, BS 10. Shannon Montgomery, PhD 11. Jacqueline Siven, PhD, MA, MPH 12. Amanda Roome, PhD

Saturday - December 11, 2021 - 8:00AM - 12:00 PM

  • Keynote 5: Employee Mental Health, Work Engagement, and Retention in a New Era: A New Model, New Interventions

    Keynote 5: Employee Mental Health, Work Engagement, and Retention in a New Era: A New Model, New Interventions

    Keynote Speaker: Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH, Professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Founder and CEO, Kumanu, Inc.

    Description: The pandemic has left employers facing higher rates of anxiety and depression and lower rates of retention among their workforce. What are the factors influencing these issues and what can we do about it? Dr. Strecher will present a new, data-driven model and possible intervention strategies to address these problems.

    Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) identify relevant predictors of employee mental health, work engagement, and retention; (2) intervene upon relevant predictors of employee mental health, work engagement, and retention; (3) identify relevant predictors of mental health and health-related behaviors associated with chronic medical conditions; (4) intervene upon relevant predictors of mental health and health-related behaviors associated with chronic medical conditions.

    Keynote 5: https://youtu.be/tmJvghms474

  • Concurrent Session 5A: Special session: Employment Regimes and Health 2: Precarious Work

    5A: Special session: Employment Regimes and Health 2: Precarious Work

    Moderator: Frank Pot, PhD; Speakers: Tapas Ray, PhD; Noopur Singh, MPH; Emma K. Tsui, PhD, MPH; Sherry Baron, MD, MPH

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Nonstandard employment arrangements are on the rise, but also reflect precarious work situations. This special concurrent session presents current research on the relationships between various forms of precarious employment and its impact on worker health.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe at least one example of innovative research on nonstandard work arrangements, including precarious work and its relationship between country, workers and health; (2) distinguish and critique the relationship between types of informal and formal work arrangements and how they may impact worker well-being.

  • Concurrent Session 5B: Training of Future OSH Professionals 2

    5B: Training of Future OSH Professionals 2

    Moderator: Paul Carey, MD, MPH; Speakers: Lisa Pompeii, PhD, MS; Robert Emery, DrPH, CHP, CIH, CSP; R. Sue Day, PhD; Rebecca Bedell, BS, MS, CSP

    Description: This session is centered on how future changes in the nature of work will (or should) shape education and training of the next generation of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) professional workforce.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe the impact of future of work on how we train the OSH professional workforce; (2) identify gaps and needs in educational and training approaches for the future OSH professional workforce; (3) differentiate among different evidence-based education and training techniques.

  • Concurrent Session 6A: Special session: Early Career Scientist (ECS) Session 2: An expanded view of OSH risk factors

    6A: Special session: Early Career Scientist (ECS) Session 2: An expanded view of OSH risk factors

    Moderator: Jessica Streit, PhD, MS, CHES; Speakers: Amaya Ayala Garcia, MPH; Carlos Delclos, PhD; Devan Hawkins, ScD; Emily McAden, MSPH

    Description: This session will feature research by early career scientists (ECS) and graduate students, examining the multiple interrelationships between workplace and other societal and economic factors that influence worker well-being.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe at least one example of research on how socioeconomic factors, such as poverty or ownership, can affect overall worker well-being; (2) describe at least one example of how workplace factors can impact mortality; (3) describe at least one example of how the implementation of a workplace Total Worker Health program can improve worker safety and health; (4) discuss opportunities and barriers to the incorporation of early career scientists and graduate students in interprofessional OSH research.

  • Concurrent Session 6B: Horizontal expansion: Socioeconomic Factors

    6B: Horizontal expansion: Socioeconomic Factors

    Moderator: Cesar Leonardo Pinzon Gomez, MD; Speakers: Preethi Pratap, PhD (A decent work agenda for the US); Tim Bushnell, PhD, MPA; Preethi Pratap, PhD (Public health impacts of underemployment); Tapas Ray, PhD

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a short-term perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This session centers on the horizontal expansion, with an emphasis on socioeconomic factors.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe current research on socioeconomic level factors and their relationship to worker well-being; (2) describe how socioeconomic level factors are incorporated into the expanded focus for OSH paradigm shift; (3) discuss at least one socioeconomic level factor and how it influences worker well-being.

Saturday - December 11, 2011 - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

  • Concurrent Session 7A: Special session 2: Work, Mental Health and Well-being

    7A: Special session 2: Work, Mental Health and Well-being

    Moderator: Michael Flynn, MA; Speakers: Bernard Fontaine Jr., MSc, CIH, CSP, FAIHA; Aro Choi, MS (Wellbeing and coping strategies); Terry Bunn, PhD; Aro Choi, MS (Well-being and employee perceptions)

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a short-term perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This special concurrent session presents current research examining the relationship between the future of work and its impact on worker mental health and well-being.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe at least one example of innovative research examining the relationship between work (or employment) and worker mental health and overall well-being; (2) discuss the relationship between upcoming changes in the nature of work (and/or employment) and its impact on worker mental health (or worker well-being), that is amenable to the development of a workplace policy or intervention.

  • Concurrent Session 7B: Vertical expansion: well-being and working life continuum (research methods)

    7B: Vertical expansion: well-being and working life continuum (research methods)

    Moderator: Rosandra Daywalker, MD; Speakers: Paul Schulte, PhD; Chia-Chia Chang, MPH, MBA; Pete Kines, PhD; Consol Serra, MD, PhD

    Description: The world of work is undergoing major changes: in the nature of work and employment arrangements, in workforce demographics, and in the types of workplaces, all of which can affect both worker well-being and business productivity. Embracing this paradigm shift requires a more expansive, systems-thinking approach to better integrate traditional OSH and non-OSH factors, both horizontally and vertically (from a short-term perspective to a work life continuum perspective). This session centers on the vertical expansion, with an emphasis on research aimed at worker well-being and the working life continuum.

    Learning objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe current research on worker well-being and its determinants; (2) describe how the working life continuum is incorporated into the expanded focus for OSH paradigm shift; (3) discuss at least one methodological or measurement limitation to conducting research on worker well-being.

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