MODULE 11: Workplace, Economics, and Employment (Under Review and Revision 10/9/23)

Module Presentation

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe how shift work increases risk for disease and injury

  2. Name specific diseases that shift work increases 

  3. Recognize how shift works affects the SDH domain of access to quality healthcare

  4. Learn strategies to mitigate the negative effects of shift work

  5. Understand the importance of personal and policy wellness advocacy for shift workers

Literature Review

Textbooks

Alter HJ et al. Social Emergency Medicine: Principles and Practice. 1st ed.  Springer Cham; 2021. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-65672-0

Articles

  • Modeling the relationship between occupational stressors, psychosocial/physical symptoms and injuries in the construction industry. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (10.1016/j.ergon.2010.12.002)

  • Biswas, G., Bhattacharya, A., & Bhattacharya, R. (2017). Occupational health status of construction workers: A review. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, 6(4), 669-675. (10.5455/IJMSPH.2017.0745302112016)

  • Boschman, J. S., van der Molen, H. F., Sluiter, J. K., & Frings‐Dresen, M. H. (2011). Occupational demands and health effects for bricklayers and construction supervisors: A systematic review. American journal of industrial medicine, 54(1), 55-77. (10.1002/ajim.20899 )

  • Jones, W., Gibb, A., Haslam, R., & Dainty, A. (2019). Work-related ill-health in construction: The importance of scope, ownership and understanding. Safety Science, 120, 538-550. (10.1016/j.ssci.2019.07.038)

  • Karthick, S., Kermanshachi, S., & Loganathan, K. (2022, August). Impact of Construction Workers’ Physical Health and Respiratory Issues in Hot Weather: A Pilot Study. In Proceedings of the Transportation Consortium of South-Central States (Tran-SET) conference. (10.1061/9780784484609.015)

  • Lingard H, Turner M. Promoting construction workers’ health: a multi-level system perspective. Construction Management and Economics. 2017; 34(5):239-53. (10.1080/01446193.2016.1274828)

  • Lingard, H., & Turner, M. (2017). Construction workers’ health: Occupational and environmental issues. In Valuing people in construction (pp. 23-40). Routledge. 

  • Ringen, K., Englund, A., & Seegal, J. (1995). Construction workers. Occupational health: Recognizing and preventing work-related disease.

  1. Waehrer, G. M., Dong, X. S., Miller, T., Haile, E., & Men, Y. (2007). Costs of occupational injuries in construction in the United States. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 39(6), 1258-1266. (0.1016/j.aap.2007.03.012 )

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