Publications by authors named "K Andrew Crighton"
: The role of the corporate medical director (CMD) has evolved over the last 300 years since Ramazzini first identified diseases of Italian workers in the early 1700s. Since then, there has been a gradual blurring of the boundaries between private and workplace health concerns. Today's CMD must have intimate knowledge of their corporation's industry and the businesses that they support, particularly the occupational and environmental programs that comply with all local, state, and/or national standards and regulations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The aim of the study was to declare a call to action to improve mental health in the workplace.
Methods: We convened a public health summit and assembled an Advisory Council consisting of experts in the field of occupational health and safety, workplace wellness, and public policy to offer recommendations for action steps to improve health and well-being of workers.
Results: The Advisory Council narrowed the list of ideas to four priority projects.
Purpose: To investigate the influence of the intensity of telecommuting on employee health.
Design: Study design comprised a longitudinal analysis of employee demographic data, medical claims, health risk assessment data, and remote connectivity hours.
Setting: Data from Prudential Financial served as the setting.
Objectives: To determine whether race/ethnic disparities in the prevalence of chronic health conditions exist among an employed population.
Methods: We measured racial and ethnic differences in health across a national sample of workers in 46 large US businesses. We examined 15 chronic conditions for six ethnic/racial groups: African American, Hispanic, white, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, and Two or More Races.