Work & Health Research Center

Publications about workplace health and conditions

Publications

Other Resources:

Books

Berkman, L. F., & Kawachi, I. (Eds.). (2000). Social epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Fields, D. L. (2002). Taking the measure of work: A guide to validated scales for organizational research and diagnosis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publication.

Karasek, R., & Theorell, T. (1990). Healthy work: Stress, productivity, and the reconstruction of working life. New York : Basic Books.

Levy, B., & Wegman, D. (2000). Occupational Health Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease and Injury (Fourth ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Minkler, M., & Wallerstein, N. (2003). Community based participatory research for health. San Francisco , CA : Jossey-Bass.

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Articles

Workplace Violence:

Arnetz, J. E., & Arnetz, B. B. (2000). Implementation and evaluation of a practical intervention programme for dealing with violence towards health care workers. J Adv Nurs, 31(3), 668-680.

Benach, J., Benavides, F. G., Platt, S., Diez-Roux, A., & Muntaner, C. (2000). The health-damaging potential of new types of flexible employment: a challenge for public health researchers. Am J Public Health, 90(8), 1316-1317.

Bensley, L., Nelson, N., Kaufman, J., Silverstein, B., Kalat, J., & Walter Shields, J. (1997). Injuries Due to Assaults on Psychiatric Hospital Employees in Washington State. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 31, 92-99.

Bernstein, H. (1981). "Survey of Threats and Assalts Directed Toward Psychotherapists." American Journal of Psychotherapy 25(4), 542-549.

Brasic, J. R., & Fogelman, D. (1999). Clinician safety. Psychiatr Clin North Am, 22(4), 923-940.

Carmel, H., & Hunter, M. (1990). Compliance With Training in Managing Assaultive Behavior and Injuries From Inpatient Violence. Hospital and community psychiatry, 41(5).

Crum, R. M., Muntaner, C., Eaton, W. W., & Anthony, J. C. (1995). Occupational stress and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 19(3), 647-655.

Drummond, D., Sparr, L. F., & Gordon, G. H. (1989). Hospital Violence Reduction Among High-Risk Patients. JAMA, 261 (17).

Eaton, W. W., Muntaner, C., Bovasso, G., & Smith, C. (2001). Socioeconomic status and depressive syndrome: The role of inter- and intra-generational mobility, government assistance, and work environment. J Health Soc Behav, 42(3), 277-294.

Fein, J. A., Ginsburg, K. R., McGrath, M. E., Shofer, F. S., Flamma, J. C., & Datner, E. M. (2000). Violence prevention in the emergency department: Clinician attitudes and limitations. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 154(5), 495-498.

Flannery, R. B., Hanson, M. A., & Penk, W. E. (1994). Risk factors for psychiatric inpatient assaults on staff. J Ment Health Adm, 21(1), 24-31.

Hill, B. K., Balow, E. A., & Bruininks, R. H. (1985). A national study of prescribed drugs in institutions and community residential facilities for mentally retarded people. Psychopharmacol Bull, 21 (2), 279-284.

Huang, G., Feuerstein, M., & Sauter, S. L. (2002). Occupational Stress and Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders: Concepts and Models. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 41, 298-314.

Lehmann, L., Padilla, M., Clark, S., & Loucks, S. (1983). Training Personnel in the Prevnetion and Management of Violent Behavior. Hosp Community Psychiatry, 34(1), 40-43.

Lennon, M. C. (1995). Work conditions as explanations for the relation between socioeconomic status, gender, and psychological disorders. Epidemiol Rev, 17(1), 120-127.

Linaker, O. M. (1994). Assaultiveness among institutionalised adults with mental retardation. Br J Psychiatry, 164 (1), 62-68.

Lipscomb, J., & Love, C. (1992). Violence Toward Health Care Workers - An Emerging Occupational Hazard. AAOHN Journal, 40(5), 219-228.

Lipscomb, J., & Rosenstock, L. (1997). Healthcare workers: protecting those who protect our health. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 18(6), 397-399.

Lipscomb, J. A., Linnemann, C. C., Jr., Hurst, P. F., Myers, M. G., Stringer, W., Moore, P., & Hammond, J. (1984). Prevalence of cytomegalovirus antibody in nursing personnel. Infect Control, 5(11), 513-518.

Muntaner, C., Anthony, J. C., Crum, R. M., & Eaton, W. W. (1995). Psychosocial dimensions of work and the risk of drug dependence among adults. Am J Epidemiol, 142(2), 183-190.

Muntaner, C., & Barnett, E. (2000). Depressive symptoms in rural West Virginia: labor market and health services correlates. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 11(3), 284-300.

Muntaner, C., Eaton, W. W., & Diala, C. (2000). Social inequalities in mental health: a review of concepts and underlying assumptions. Health, 4(1), 82-106.

Muntaner, C., Eaton, W. W., Diala, C., Kessler, R. C., & Sorlie, P. D. (1998). Social class, assets, organizational control and the prevalence of common groups of psychiatric disorders. Soc Sci Med, 47(12), 2043-2053.

Muntaner, C., & Lynch, J. (1999). Income inequality, social cohesion, and class relations: a critique of Wilkinson's neo-Durkheimian research program. Int J Health Serv, 29(1), 59-81.

Muntaner, C., & Parsons, P. E. (1996). Income, social stratification, class, and private health insurance: a study of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Int J Health Serv, 26(4), 655-671.

Muntaner, C., & Pomerantz, K. (1999). Support for research on the socioeconomic causes of violence. The Nation's Health, 42-43.

Muntaner, C., Tien, A. Y., Eaton, W. W., & Garrison, R. (1991). Occupational characteristics and the occurrence of psychotic disorders. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 26 (6), 273-280.

Rippon, T. J. (2000). Aggression and violence in health care professions. J Adv Nurs, 31(2), 452-460.

Robson, L. S., Shannon, H. S., Goldenhar, L. M., & Hale, A. R. (2001). Guide to evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for preventing work injuries: How to show whether a safety intervention really works ( 2001-119): DHHS, CDC, NIOSH.

Runyan, C., Zakocs, R., & Zwerling, C. (2000). Administrative and Behavioral Interventions for Workplace Violence Prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 18(4S).

Soderfeldt, B., Soderfeldt, M., Muntaner, C., O'Campo, P., Warg, L. E., & Ohlson, C. G. (1996). Psychosocial work environment in human service organizations: a conceptual analysis and development of the demand-control model. Soc Sci Med, 42(9), 1217-1226.

Spiessl, H., Krischker, S., & Cording, C. (1998). [Aggression in the psychiatric hospital. A psychiatric basic documentation based 6-year study of 17,943 inpatient admissions]. Psychiatr Prax, 25(5), 227-230.

Taylor, S. E., Repetti, R. L., & Seeman, T. (1997). Health psychology: what is an unhealthy environment and how does it get under the skin? Annu Rev Psychol, 48 , 411-447.

U. S. Department of Labor, & OSHA. (1996). Guidelines for preventing workplace violence for healthcare and social service workers. ( OSHA 3148). Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center. (2001). Workplace Violence - A Report to the Nation. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa.

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Needlestick Injury:

Aiken, L. H., Sloane, D. M., & Klocinski, J. L. (1997). Hospital nurses' occupational exposure to blood: prospective, retrospective, and institutional reports. American Journal of Public Health, 87(1), 103-107.

Alter, M. J. (1993). The detection, transmission, and outcome of hepatitis C virus infection. Infectious Agents and Disease, 2(3), 155-166.

American Nurses Association. (1999). NursingFacts: Needlestick injury. Retrieved January 10th, 2004, from http://www.nursingworld.org/readroom/fsneedle.htm

Bell , M. H. (2000). A piece of my mind: Blood lines. JAMA, 283(23), 3043-3044.

Beltrami, E. M., McArthur, M. A., McGeer, A., Armstrong-Evans, M., Lyons, D., Chamberland, M. E., et al. (2000). The nature and frequency of blood contacts among home healthcare workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 21(12), 765-770.

CDC (1997). Evaluation of Safety Devices for Preventing Percutaneous Injuries Among Health-Care Workers During Phlebotomy Procedures - Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York City, and San Francisco, 1993-1995. MMWR, 46(2), 21-25.

Clarke, S. P., Sloane, D. M., & Aiken, L. H. (2002). Effects of hospital staffing and organizational climate on needlestick injuries to nurses. American Journal of Public Health, 92(7), 1115-1119.

Crum, R. M., Muntaner, C., Eaton, W. W., & Anthony, J. C. (1995). Occupational stress and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 19(3), 647-655.

Do, A. N., Ciesielski, C. A., Metler, R. P., Hammett, T. A., Li, J., & Fleming, P. L. (2003). Occupationally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: national case surveillance data during 20 years of the HIV epidemic in the United States . Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 24(2), 86-96.

Doody, L., & Crnkovic, A. (2001). Blood exposure-remember the emotional side. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 27(5), 450-453.

Eaton, W., Muntaner, C., Bovasso, G., & Smith, C. (2001). Socioeconomic status and depressive syndrome: the role of inter- and intra-generational mobility, government assistance, and work environment. J Health Soc Behav, 42(3), 277-294.

EPINet. (1998). Annual number of occupational percutaneous injuries and mucocutaneous exposures to blood or potentially infective biological substances. http://hsc.virginia.edu/medcntr/centers/epinet/estimates.html

EPINet. (2001a). Uniform Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Report 49 Hospitals, 2001. http://hsc.virginia.edu/medcntr/centers/epinet/bbf01.html

EPINet. (2001b). Uniform Needlestick and Sharp Object Injury Report 58 Hospitals, 2001. http://hsc.virginia.edu/medcntr/centers/epinet/soi01.html

Failde, I. , Lopez, F. J., Cordoba , J. A., Zarzuela, M., Benitez, E., & Senabre, V. (1998). Evolution and factors associated with biological-risk accidents reported in a university hospital in Spain , 1989 to 1995. Clinical Performance and Quality Health Care, 6(3), 103-108.

Geiger-Brown, J., Trinkoff, A., Rempher, K., McPhaul, K., Brady, B., Lipscomb, J., et al. (in press 2004). Inclination to report work-related injuries among nurses.

Guastello, S. J., Gershon, R. R., & Murphy, L. R. (1999). Catastrophe model for the exposure to blood-borne pathogens and other accidents in health care settings. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 31(6), 739-749.

Henry, K., & Campbell, S. (1995). Needlestick/sharps injuries and HIV exposure among health care workers. National estimates based on a survey of U.S. hospitals. Minnesota Medicine, 78 (11), 41-44.

Howsepian, A. A. (1998). Post-traumatic stress disorder following needle-stick contaminated with suspected HIV-positive blood. General Hospital Psychiatry, 20(2), 123-124.

Kaufman, J. (2001). Social Epidemiolgy? Way! Int J Epidemiol, 30, 48-49.

Laposa, J. M., Alden, L. E., & Fullerton , L. M. (2003). Work stress and posttraumatic stress disorder in ED nurses/personnel. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 29(1), 23-28.

Lipscomb, J., & Borwegen, B. (2000). Health care workers. In B. Levy & D. Wegman (Eds.), Occupational Health: Recognizing and preventing work-related disease and injury (4th ed., pp. 767-788). Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Lipscomb, J., & Muntaner, C. (2000, September, 34-35). Protecting and expanding OSHA jurisdiction over home workplaces. The Nation's Health.

Lipscomb, J., Trinkoff, A., Brady, B., & Geiger-Brown, J. (2004). A changing health care system reported musculoskeletal disorders in registered nurses. American Journal of Public Health, 94(8), 1431-1435.

Lipscomb, J. A. (1995). Problems raised by home care. Paper presented at the International colloquium on Bloodborne Infections, Paris , France .

Lipscomb, J. A., Trinkoff, A. M., Geiger-Brown, J., & Brady, B. (2002). Work-schedule characteristics and reported musculoskeletal disorders of registered nurses. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 28(6), 394-401.

Lymer, U. B., Richt, B., & Isaksson, B. (2003). Health care workers' action strategies in situations that involve a risk of blood exposure. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12(5), 660-667.

Lynch, J. (2000). Income inequality and health: expanding the debate. Social Science & Medicine, 51(7), 1001-1005.

Meienberg, F., Bucher, H. C., Sponagel, L., Zinkernagel, C., Gyr, N., & Battegay, M. (2002). Anxiety in health care workers after exposure to potentially HIV-contaminated blood or body fluids. Swiss Med Wkly, 132(23-24), 321-324.

Muntaner, C., Anthony, J. C., Crum, R. M., & Eaton, W. W. (1995). Psychosocial dimensions of work and the risk of drug dependence among adults. Am J Epidemiol, 142(2), 183-190.

Muntaner, C., & Barnett, E. (2000). Depressive symptoms in rural West Virginia : labor market and health services correlates. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 11(3), 284-300.

Muntaner, C., Eaton, W. W., Diala, C., Kessler, R. C., & Sorlie, P. D. (1998). Social class, assets, organizational control and the prevalence of common groups of psychiatric disorders. Soc Sci Med, 47(12), 2043-2053.

Muntaner, C., Lynch, J., & Oates, G. L. (1999). The social class determinants of income inequality and social cohesion. Int J Health Serv, 29(4), 699-732.

Muntaner, C., Tien, A. Y., Eaton, W. W., & Garrison, R. (1991). Occupational characteristics and the occurrence of psychotic disorders. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 26(6), 273-280.

Neysmith, S. M., & Aronson, J. (1997). Working conditions in home care: negotiating race and class boundaries in gendered work. International Journal of Health Services, 27(3), 479-499.

Perry, J., Parker, G., & Jagger, J. (2003). EPINet report: 2001 percutaneous injury rates. Advances in Exposure Prevention, 6(3), 32, 34,36.

Roy, E., & Robillard, P. (1995). Underreporting of accidental exposures to blood and other body fluids in health care settings=an alarming situation. Advances in Exposure Prevention, 1(4), 11.

Schnall, P. L., Landsbergis, P. A., & Baker, D. (1994). Job strain and cardiovascular disease. Annual Review of Public Health, 15, 381-411.

Soderfeldt, B., Soderfeldt, M., Jones, K., O'Campo, P., Muntaner, C., Ohlson, C. G., et al. (1997). Does organization matter? A multilevel analysis of the demand-control model applied to human services. Soc Sci Med, 44(4), 527-534.

Soderfeldt, B., Soderfeldt, M., Muntaner, C., O'Campo, P., Warg, L. E., & Ohlson, C. G. (1996). Psychosocial work environment in human service organizations: a conceptual analysis and development of the demand-control model. Soc Sci Med, 42(9), 1217-1226.

Szreter, S., & Woolcock, M. (In press). Health by association? social capital, social theory and the Political economy of public health. International journal of Epidemiology.

Trinkoff, A. M., & Storr, C. L. (1997a). Collecting substance use data with an anonymous mailed survey. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 48(1), 1-8.

Trinkoff, A. M., & Storr, C. L. (1997b). Incorporating auxiliary variables into probability sampling designs. Nursing Research, 46(3), 182-185.

Trinkoff, A. M., Storr, C. L., & Lipscomb, J. A. (2001). Physically demanding work and inadequate sleep, pain medication use, and absenteeism in registered nurses. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 43(4), 355-363.

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Reports:

NIOSH. (2001). The National Occupational Research Agenda: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

NIOSH. (1999). Alert: Preventing needlestick injuries in health care settings (No. No. 2000-108). Cincinnati , OH : DHHS.

Bureau of Labor Statistics. (1997). Injuries to Caregivers Working in Patient's Homes: U.S. Department of Labor, BLS.

CDC & NIOSH. (2002). The Changing Organization of Work and the Safety and Health of Working People (No. No. 2002-116).

University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center , (2001). Workplace Violence: A Report to the Nation. Iowa City , University of Iowa , February, 2001.

Toscano, G. a. W., W. (1995). Violence in the Workplace. Washington, DC: Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Foley, M. (2002). Violence in Washington Workplaces, 1995-2000 (Technical Report Number 39-4-2002). Olympia, Washington: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.

Duhart, D. (2001). Violence in the Workplace, 1993-1999 ( NCJ 190076): U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.

NIOSH. (2002). Violence: Occupational hazards in hospitals. Available: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2002-101.html.

NORA, & Organization of Work Team Members. (2002). The Changing Organization of work and the Safety and Health of Working People - Knowledge Gaps and Research Directions (DHHS (NIOSH) 2002-116):

Warchol, G. (1998). Workplace Violence, 1992-96 (July 1998, NCJ 168634). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.

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