2012 UCLA Work and Health Course Readings

*Articles should be read prior to class in which reading is listed (i.e. article on Allostasis, Homeostatis and the Cost of Adaptation should be read before class on Session 2).

Session 1

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.

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:

FLA Foxconn Investigation Article

SACOM: Behind the Scene of Apple: Workers on the production line of Foxconn

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

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

Healthy Work: Stress, Productivity and the Reconstruction of Working Life, pp.31-82 (distributed in class Session2)

The Influence of the Work Environment on Cardiovascular Health: A Historical, Conceptual, and Methodological Perspective

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

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.

Job Strain and Health Behaviors: Results of a Prospective Study

Session 6

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

Obesity in US Workers: The National Health Interview Survey

A Framework for Concurrent Consideration of Occupational Health Hazards and Obesity

Session 7

Work, Ethnicity, and Health in California (Chapter 8). In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E. Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences and Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009. pp. 133 – 148.

Society and Health: Class, Work, and Health, pp. 247-271 (distributed in class Session 6)

Work and Family in the 1990’s

Healthy Work: Stress, Productivity and the Reconstruction of Working Life, pp.89-103 (distributed in class Session 6)

Session 8

Readings:

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

Articles for Presentation:

Using participatory action research methodology to improve worker health. (Chapter 12) Rosskam E. In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009, pp. 211-228.

The MUNI Health and Safety Project: A 26-year Union-Management Research Collaboration. Antonio R, Fisher J, Rosskam E. In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009, pp. 229-247.

Organizing and collaborating to reduce hotel workers injuries. Casey M, Rosskam E. In Schnall PL, Dobson M, Rosskam E., Editors Unhealthy Work: Causes, Consequences, Cures. Baywood Publishing, 2009, pp. 249-266 

Bourbonnais R, Brisson C, Vezina M. Long-term effects of an intervention on psychosocial work factors among healthcare professionals in a hospital setting. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011;68:479-486

Sorensen G, et al. Promoting Behavior Change Among Working-Class, Multi-Ethnic Workers: Results of the Healthy Directions—Small Business Study. American Journal of Public Health 2005;95(8):1389-1395.

Burned: High Risks and Low Benefits for Workers in the New York City Restaurant Industry. Restaurant Opportunities Center, New York, 2009. 

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.

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