Occupational health and social resources.

A Critique of the Information Resources of Disaster Databases in the World

Data Curation Standards and the Messy World of Social Science Occupational Information Resources

Occupational information resources – data about the characteristics of different occupational positions – play a unique role in social science research. They are of relevance across diverse research disciplines and in numerous disparate contexts. They are also very widely available, typically freely downloadable from academic web-pages. But they are also one of the most uncoordinated types of i...

Occupational stress and its related factors among university teachers in China.

OBJECTIVES University teachers in China are expected to suffer serious occupational stress due to the expanding enrollment in universities without a proportional increase in teacher resources and the fact that all promotions for university teachers are determined based on not only teaching but also the outcome of scientific research. This study was designed to assess the occupational stress amo...

Effects of social, economic, and labor policies on occupational health disparities.

BACKGROUND This article introduces some key labor, economic, and social policies that historically and currently impact occupational health disparities in the United States. METHODS We conducted a broad review of the peer-reviewed and gray literature on the effects of social, economic, and labor policies on occupational health disparities. RESULTS Many populations such as tipped workers, pu...

Social capital and psychological distress.

The author proposes a conceptual model to explain the diverse roles of social capital--resources embedded in social networks--in the social production of health. Using a unique national U.S. sample, the author estimated a path analysis model to examine the direct and indirect effects of social capital on psychological distress and its intervening effects on the relationships between other struc...

A Survey on the Relationship Between the Status of Occupational Health Management and Job Satisfaction Among Staff of Rehabilitation Centers in Tehran: A Cross-sectional Study

Objective Paying more attention to human factors is undoubtedly one of the most important organizational principles. Job Satisfaction is one of the most important issues related to human resources in organizations and job dissatisfaction can decrease the productivity of the employees. In this regard, their occupational health is regarded as the science of workforce health in any organization. T...