2 results match your criteria: "California (X.P.V.); and Public Health Institute[Affiliation]"
Exposure and Illness Among Workers Filing for COVID-19-Related Workers' Compensation-California, 2020.
J Occup Environ Med
October 2024
From the California Department of Public Health-Occupational Health Branch, Richmond, California (X.P.V., M.F., K.G., J.W., R.H.); Heluna Health, City of Industry, California (X.P.V.); and Public Health Institute, Oakland, California (M.F., K.G., J.W.).
Objectives: The aim of the study is to characterize the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 exposure and COVID-19 infection among California workers' compensation claims in 2020 and examine risk factors for exposure.
Methods: Using a case-control approach, we combined machine learning techniques and job exposure matrices to assess associations between exposures and illness claims and clusters of claims within specific worksites over a 3-week period.
Results: Of the 117,125 COVID-19 claims, most were primarily among younger groups, of shorter tenure, and from health care occupations.
Unmet Mental Health Needs Among California Workers Since the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
J Occup Environ Med
August 2024
From the Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Public Health, Richmond California (K.G., D.P.B., X.P.V.); Heluna Health, City of Industry, California (D.P.B., X.P.V.); and Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, California (J.C., N.W.).
Objective: We sought to identify worker groups with high prevalence of unmet mental health needs to inform employer benefits programs and outreach to increase access to care.
Methods: We conducted a repeated cross-sectional study to understand unmet mental health needs among workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic using the California Health Interview Survey data from 2013 to 2021.
Results: In 2021, 23.