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Work Organization and Stress-Related DisordersOutputs: ConferencesThe Work, Stress, and Health Conference Series The Work, Stress, and Health conference series is designed to address the constantly changing nature of work and the implications of these changes for the safety, health, and well-being of workers. Conference Co-Sponsors: American Psychological Association (APA), NIOSH, Society for Occupational Health Psychology (SOHP)
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Time Use Survey (ATUS) Early Results Conference The ATUS Early Results Conference allowed more than 120 researchers from across the United States and around the world to review preliminary research using the new ATUS dataset released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Topic areas included time use and work (work hours, nonstandard work arrangements), labor force status and time allocation, work family balance. Conference Co-Sponsors: University of Maryland Population Research Center, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development NIH, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research NIH, NIOSH, National Cancer Institute NIH, Administration for Children and Families DHHS, Economic Research Service USDA. Partnering
in Workplace Violence Prevention: Translating Research to Practice In November 2004, NIOSH assembled a diverse group of persons representing various disciplines and organizations that have a stake in reducing the toll of workplace violence. The objective of the conference was to identify and implement effective prevention programs and strategies to address workplace violence. Additionally, the conference sought to identify emerging issues in workplace violence prevention. These issues will be addressed through partnerships between government, academic, and industry stakeholders. Conference Co-Sponsors: CDC, OSHA, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Work Family Conference Series This series of conferences was designed to identify how different dimensions of work and family act independently and interact to affect the health and well-being of workers, families, children, communities, and workplaces. The conferences lead to a RFA released in 2004, that solicited proposals for innovative studies designed to identify traditional and contemporary workplace practices, approaches, and interventions that benefit the health and well-being of workers, children, and families. Conference Co-Sponsors: NIOSH, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of National Institutes of Health.
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Working Hours, Safety, and Health: Toward a National Research
Agenda Using a multi-disciplinary approach, this conference explored the sociological, economic, and health dimensions of long work hours. Conference Co-Sponsors: NIOSH, University of Maryland, U.S. Department of Justice |
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