Improving Worker Health through Organizational Changes
Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH
Director and Principal Investigator, Center for Work, Health, & Well-being
February 22, 2023 at 3:00-4:00pm ET
A California Labor Lab Webinar
Addressing underlying threats of worker safety, health and well-being relies first and foremost on improving the ways work is organized, designed, and managed. Central to such interventions is the focus on work practices, policies and procedures. Organizational interventions may be guided by a conceptual model that can serve as a map of priorities. We will discuss the model developed by the Harvard Center for Work, Health, and Well-being, which highlights the importance of conditions of work, including physical, such as chemical and physical exposures, as well as organizational conditions of work such as an increasing pace of work and rising job instability. A case study conducted in the food service industry will be used to illustrate opportunities and challenges to implementing organizational interventions.
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