Psychosocial Factors and Health: Community and Workplace Study

Psychosocial factors and health: community and workplace study.

The effects of psychosocial factors on health have drawn growing attention. An important prerequisite for epidemiologic studies is that instruments to measure psychosocial factors be reliable and valid based on psychometric properties. The introduction of occupational stress models has made breakthroughs in conceptualizing real-life complex phenomena in the workplace. This article describes som...

Psychosocial Workplace Factors and Healthcare Utilization: A Study of Two Employers

Background While a large literature links psychosocial workplace factors with health and health behaviors, there is very little work connecting psychosocial workplace factors to healthcare utilization.   Methods Survey data were collected from two different employers using computer-assisted telephone interviewing as a part of the Work-Family Health Network (2008-2013): one in the information te...

Redefining Workplace Safety and Health

Psychosocial factors and public health.

Redefining Workplace Safety and Health