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J Occup Environ Med
May 2023
From the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Program in Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California (M.D., P.S.); Center for Social Epidemiology, Marina del Rey, California (M.D., P.S., P.F.); Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California (P.F.); Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York (P.L.).
Objectives: Work-related psychosocial stressors have been recognized as occupational hazards and assessed in workplaces in many countries for decades. Identifying tools to measure work-related psychosocial hazards to increase awareness in the United States about the impact on employees' health and safety is critical ( J Occup Environ Med. 2021;63:e245-e249).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Opioid Manag
September 2022
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, SUNY-Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, New York. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4066-566X.
Objective: Opioids and the Workplace Prevention and Response (OWPR) Train-the-Trainer (TTT) and Leadership programs were piloted to improve trainees' abilities to conduct opioid awareness training and to introduce policies and programs in their workplaces.
Methods: The TTT (N = 54) and Leadership (N = 19) pilot trainees were administered voluntary pre- and post-training surveys and observed for discussion on knowledge and confidence regarding teaching and on workplace policies and workplace injury prevention related to opioids.
Results: Percentage agreement with correct responses for all TTT and 10 out of 14 (71.
Ann Work Expo Health
June 2022
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, SUNY-Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the outcomes of a national summer 2020 'Opioids and the Workplace' Prevention and Response (OWPR) Train-the-Trainer (TTT) and Leadership training tool and program at 6-month follow-up. The TTT program goal is to help instructors plan and conduct education and training on opioids and the workplace awareness. The Leadership program goal is to help trainees, who are in a position to take organizational level actions, implement policies, and programs related to opioid and substance use and injury prevention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew Solut
November 2021
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, SUNY-Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
The workplace has been a neglected element in the national response to the opioid crisis. This ignores that workplace safety and health and drug policies have become important factors in opioid use disorder among workers. This results from physical or emotional pain related to workplace injuries, illnesses, and stress, and through punitive workplace drug policies, failure to address stigma, and inadequate access to treatment and recovery resources.
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