Literature cited in the Center’s research studies, eBulletin, website and outreach activities is listed to help encourage and support researchers and practitioners in designing, implementing and evaluating comprehensive workplace health, wellness and safety studies and programs.
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2014 Update: A report from the American Heart Association. Alan et al. Circulation, 2014; 129: e28-e292.
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prevention. American Heart Association – Comprehensive series of guidelines and advisories for assessing and managing hypertension, cardiovascular risk, lifestyle modifications that reduce risk, management of elevated blood cholesterol, and management of increased body weight in adults.
Worksite Wellness Programs for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Policy Statement from the American Heart Association. Carnethon et al. Circulation, October 27, 2009: 120; 1725-1741.
Promoting Health and Wellness in the Workplace: A Unique Opportunity to Establish Primary and Extended Secondary Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program. Arena et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, June 2013: 88(6): 605-617.
Contribution of Health Status and Prevalent Chronic Disease to Individual Risk for Workplace Injury in the Manufacturing Environment. Kubo J, Goldstein BA, Cantley LF, Tessier-Sherman B, Galusha D, Slade MD, Chu IM, & Cullen MR. Occupational Environmental Medicine 2014 71: 159-166.
The Art of Implementing a Great Worksite Wellness Program in a Small Business Setting
David Hunnicutt, President, Wellness Council of America, 2008
Grassroots Ergonomics: Initiating an Ergonomics Program Utilizing Participatory Techniques
D.M. Zalk, University of California, Hazards Control Department, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Annals of Occupational Hygiene 45 (2001)
Development and Evaluation of an Observational Method for Assessing Repetition in Hand Tasks, Wendi A. Latko, et al., The University of Michigan Center for Ergonomics
American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 58 (1997)
Health Promotion in the Workplace – The Merging of the Paradigms
A. Yassi, Canada Research Chair in Trans-Disciplinary Health Promotion, Department of Healthcare and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Methods of Information in Medicine 44 (2005)
Participatory Methods Effective for Ergonomic Workplace Improvement, Kazutaka Kogi, Institute for Science of Labour, Kawasaki, Japan, Applied Ergonomics 37 (2006)
Measuring Participatory Strategies: Instrument Development for Worksite Populations
Laura A. Linnan, et al., Brown University, Health Education Research 14 (1999)
The Strain Index: A Proposed Method to Analyze Jobs for Risk of Distal Upper Extremity Disorders
J. Steven Moore, Arun Garg, Medical College of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 56 (1995)
Hydration at the Work Site. Kenefick RW & Sawka MN. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2007; 26(5): 597S-603S.
Premium-Based Financial Incentives Did Not Promote Workplace Weight Loss In A 2013-15 Study. Patel MS et al. Health Affairs, 2016; 35(1): 71-79.
Framing Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Patel MS et al. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016.
Moving More in the Workplace
Leisure Time Spent Sitting in Relation to Total Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of US adults. Patel, AV et al. American Journal of Epidemiology.
Reducing Occupational Sitting Time and Improving Worker Health: The Take-a-Stand Project, 2011. Pronk, NP, Katz AS, Lowry M, & Payfer JR. Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy, 2012; 9: 110323.
Recruitment Rates in Workplace Physical Activity Interventions: Characteristics for Success. Ryde GC et al. American Journal of Health Promotion, May/June 2013, 27:5.
Increasing Stair Use in an Office Worksite through an Interactive Environmental Intervention. Swenson T & Siegel M. American Journal of Health Promotion, May/June 2013: 27:5.
The Costs of Obesity among Full-time Employees. Finkelstein E, Fiebelkore IC & Wang G. American Journal of Health Promotion, September/October 2005, 20(1); 45-51.
The Costs of Obesity in the Workplace. Finkelstein EA, Dibonaventura MdC, Burgess SM & Hale, BC. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, October 2010, 52(10); 971-976.
Promising Practices in Promotion of Healthy Weight at Small and Medium-sized US Worksites. Hersey J, Williams-Piehota P, Sparling PB, Alesander J, Hill MD, Isenberg KB, et al. Preventing Chronic Disease 2008; 5(4).
Making Healthy Behaviors the Easy Choice for Employees: A Review of the Literature on Environmental and Policy Changes in Worksite Health Promotion. Kahn-Marshall JL & Gallant MP. Health Education & Behavior, 39(6); 752-776.
Work, Obesity, and Occupational Safety and Health. Shulte PA et al. American Journal of Public Health, March 2007, 97(3); 428-436.
Healthy Eating Strategies in the Workplace. Qunitiliani L, Poulsen S, & Sorensen G. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Sept 2010, 3(3); 182-196.
Ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders: Overview. Buckle, P. Occupational Medicine, 55(3), pp. 164-7 (2005).
Keyboard use and musculoskeletal outcomes among computer users. Gerr, F., Monteilh, C.P., & Marcus, M. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Vol 16(3), pp. 259-271 (2006).
Participatory ergonomics: Development of an employee assessment questionnaire, Matthews, R.A., Gallus, J.A., & Henning, R.A. Accident Analysis and Prevention 43 (2011).
Sedentary behaviors increase risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in men. Warren TY, Barry V, Hooker SP, Sui X, Church TS, Blair SN. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. May 2010;42(5):879-885.
Sedentary lifestyle and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Hu FB. Lipids. Feb 2003;38(2):103-108
Sedentary behaviors and the risk of incident hypertension: the SUN Cohort. Beunza JJ, Martinez-Gonzalez MA, Ebrahim S, et al. Am J Hypertens. Nov 2007;20(11):1156-1162.
Physical activity and sedentary behavior: A review of longitudinal studies of weight and adiposity in youth. Must A, Tybor DJ. Int J Obes (Lond). Sep 2005;29 Suppl 2:S84-96.
Self-reported workplace related ergonomic conditions as prognostic factors for musculoskeletal symptoms: the “BIT” follow up study on office workers. Juul-Kristensen B, Jensen C. Occupational and environmental medicine. Mar 2005;62(3):188-194.
NIOSHTIC-2 is a searchable bibliographical database supported in whole or part by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH. Click for the NIOSHTIC-2 search results on Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Seasonal Influenza (Flu) Vaccinations
Economics of Employer-Sponsored Workplace Vaccination to Prevent Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza. Lee BY, Bailey RR, Wiringa AE, Afriyie, A, Wateska, AR, Smith, KJ, Zimmerman RK. Vaccine, July 2010; 28: 5952-5959.
Improving Influenza Vaccination Rates in the Workplace: A Randomized Trial. Nowalk MP, Lin CJ, Toback SL, Rousulp MD, Eby C, Raymund M, Zimmerman RK. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, March 2013; 38(3): 237-246.
Effectiveness of Worksite Interventions to Increase Influenza Vaccination Rates among Employees and Families. Ofstead CL, Sherman BW, Wetzler HP, Dirlam Langlay AM, Mueller NJ, Ward JM, Ritter DR, Poland GA. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, February 2013; 55(2): 156-163.
Increasing Influenza Vaccination Rates: The Need to Vaccinate throughout the Entire Influenza Season. Poland GA, Johnson DR. The American Journal of Medicine, July 2008; 121 (7b): S3-S10.
ACOEM Guidance Statement: Fatigue Risk Management in the Workplace. ACOEM Presidential Task Force on Fatigue Risk Management. Lerman SE, Eskin E, Flower DJ, George EC, Gerson B, Hartenbaum N, Hursh SR, Moore-Ede M. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2012; 54(2):231-58.
The Prevalence of Short Sleep Duration by Industry and Occupation in the National Health Interview Survey. Luckhaupt SE, Tak S, Calvert GM. SLEEP, 2010;33(2):149-159
Manifestations and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults: Summary. National Institutes of Health. NIH Consensus and State-of-the-Science Statements, June 13-15, 2005; 22(2). Available here.
2008 Sleep in America Poll Press Release: Sleepy Americans doze off at work, in the car and on their spouses. National Sleep Foundation. Monday, March 3, 2008.
NIOSH Science Blog on Sleep and Work, Claire Caruso, PhD, RN, and Roger R Rosa, PHD
The Cost of Poor Sleep: Workplace Productivity Loss and Associated Costs. Rosekind MR, Gregory KB, Mallis MM, Brandt SL, Seal B, Lerner D. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, January 2010(52)1, 91-98.
Sleep Problems and Work Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Uehli et al. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2014(18), 61-73.
ACOEM Guidance Statement – Makes the case for integrating health protection and health promotion programs and advancing the premise that a healthier workforce will be a safer workforce and a safer workforce will be a healthier workforce
NIOSH Total Worker Health Research Compendium – Reviews scientific literature and introduces research agenda parameters for improving worker health through integrated and coordinated efforts of occupational health and safety and worksite health promotion
NIOSHTIC-2 – A searchable database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and journal articles supported in whole or in part by NIOSH.
Research Perspectives on Total Worker Health™ – A more extensive list of references put together by the NIOSH TWH™ Program that are considered foundational for establishing the scientific rationale for the integration of health protection and health promotion.
Total Worker Health Supplement – Proceedings from presenters at the first Total Worker Health Symposium on Safe, Healthy and Cost-Effective Solutions held in Coralville, IA on November 29-30, 2012. Presentation slides from the symposium are available here.