| Document ID (ISN) | 109918 |
| CIS number |
09-803 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Alterman T., Grosch J., Chen X., Chrislip D., Petersen M., Krieg E., Chung H., Muntaner C. |
| Title |
Examining associations between job characteristics and health: Linking data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) to two U.S. national health surveys |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2008, Vol.50, No.12, p.1401-1413. 85 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to determine whether the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database can be used to identify psychosocial and environmental job factors, and to determine whether these factors can be linked to national health surveys. Job characteristics were obtained from O*NET 98. Health outcomes were obtained from two national surveys. Multiple logistic regression was used to examine associations between O*NET factors and cardiovascular disease, depression, and health risk factors. Seven of nine work organization or psychosocial factors were significantly associated with health risk behaviors in both the national surveys. This study demonstrates a method for linking independently-obtained health data and job characteristic data based on occupational code. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
USA; occupational diseases; safety and health documentation; risk factors; computerized data bases; psychology and sociology |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
psychology of work organization; description of technique; statistical evaluation; reliability |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada; USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Psychological factors
Safety and health information
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