2014 UCLA Work and Health Course Slides

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2014 UCLA Work and Health Course Syllabus

Syllabus

2014 UCLA Work and Health Course Readings

Session 1

The Changing Nature of Work. In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E, Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009. Pp 17-20.

Optional:

Economic Globalization and Its Effects on Labor. (Chapter 2) Moutsatsos, C. In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E, Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009.

Session 2

Beyond the Individual: Connecting Work Environment and Health. (Chapter 1) Gordon, D, Schnall, P., In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E, Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009.

Healthy Work: Stress, Productivity and the Reconstruction of Working Life, pp.1-31

Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Review. The Workplace and Cardiovascular Disease. Measurement of Psychosocial Workplace Exposure Variables, pp.163-184

Session 3

Kasl, S. The Influence of the Work Environment on Cardiovascular Health: A Historical, Conceptual, and Metholodical Perspective. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 1996; 1(1): 42-56.

Siegrist, J. Social Reciprocity and Health: New Scientific Evidence and Policy Implications. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2005; 30; 1033-1038

Session 4

Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Review. The Workplace and Cardiovascular Disease.The Central Nervous System: Bridge Between the External Milieu and the Cardiovascular System, 107-115

Allostasis, Homeostasis, and the Cost of Adaption

Session 5

Schulte PA, Wagner GR, Downes A, Miller DB. A framework for the concurrent consideration of occupational hazards and obesity. Ann Occup Hyg. 2008 Oct;52(7):555-66. Epub  2008 Sep 2.

Verweij LM, Coffeng J, van Mechelen W, Proper KI. Meta-analyses of workplace physical activity and dietary behaviour interventions on weight outcomes. Obes Rev. 2011;12(6):406-29.

Suggested Readings:

Obesity in US workers: The National Health Interview Survey, 1986 to 2002. Caban AJ, Lee DJ, Fleming LE, Gómez-Marín O, LeBlanc W, Pitman T. Am J Public Health. 2005 Sep;95(9):1614-22. Epub 2005 Jul 28. pp. 1-9.

Choi B, Schnall PL, Yang H, et al. Psychosocial Working Conditions and Active-Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Middle-Aged Workers. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health Volume 23, Number 3, 2010. pp. 239-253.

Choi B, Schnall P, Yang H, et al. Sedentary Work, Low Physical Job Demand, and Obesity in US Workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine Volume 53, Number 11, 2010. pp. 1088-1101.

Session 6

The Workplace and Cardiovascular Disease. (Chapter 6) Landsbergis, P., Schnall, P., Dobson, M., In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009. pp. 89 – 101.

Landsbergis PA, Schnall PL, Dietz DK, Warren K, Pickering TG, Schwartz JE. Job strain and health behaviors: Results of a prospective study. American Journal of Health Promotion 1998; 12(4): 237-245.

Kivimäki M, Nyberg ST, Batty GD, et al. Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet 2012; 380: 1491–97.

Lancet letter to the editor and author’s reply: Job strain and coronary heart disease

Session 7

From Stress to Distress: The Impact of Work on Mental Health. (Chapter 7) Dobson, M., Schnall, P., In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009. pp. 113 – 127.

Stansfeld SA, Shipley MJ, Head J, Fuhrer R. Repeated job strain and the risk of depression: longitudinal analyses from the Whitehall II study. Am J Public Health. 2012 Dec;102(12):2360-6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300589. Epub 2012 Oct 18.

Suggested Reading:

Namie G. The Challenge of Workplace Bullying. Employment Relations Today Volume 34 (2) Summer 2007, p.43-51

Session 8

Interventions. In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009. pp. 169-172

Interventions to reduce job stress and improve work organization and worker health. (Chapter 11) Landsbergis, P.A., In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009, pp. 193-209

Session 9

The Health and Economic Costs of “Unhealthy” Work, In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009. pp. 87 – 88

Work, Psychosocial Stressors and the Bottom Line. (Chapter 9) Jauregui, M, Schnall P, In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009. pp.153 – 165.

Stakeholder Perspectives on Work and Stress: Seeking Common Ground. (Chapter 10) Gordon, D, Jauregui, M, Schnall, P., In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009. pp. 173 – 190.

Session 10

Curing Unhealthy Work. (Chapter 19) Schnall, PL, Dobson, M, Rosskam, E, Landsbergis, P., In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009.

Additional Readings of Interest

In Defense of Neoliberalism Part 1

In Defense of Neoliberalism Part 2

In Defense of Neoliberalism Part 3

by Mike Doyle