Leslie B Hammer1, Steven Sauter. 1. From the Department of Psychology (Dr Hammer), Portland State University, Portland, Ore; and Department of Psychology (Dr Sauter), Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Review relationships between work-life stress and health behaviors to advance understanding of pathways between occupational and individual risk factors and health and safety outcomes. METHODS: A background on the Total Worker Health concept is provided, and a review of research on the relationship between work-life stress and health behaviors is presented. RESULTS: Research evidence indicates that work-life stress serves as a negative occupational exposure relating to poor health behaviors, including smoking, poor food choices, low levels of exercise, and even decreased sleep time. CONCLUSION: The association between work-life stress and adverse health behaviors suggests that interventions at both the occupational (health protection) and individual (health promotion) level may be helpful in mitigating effects of work-life stress, consistent with the Total Worker Health approach. Further study is needed to investigate gains from an integrated prevention strategy.
OBJECTIVE: Review relationships between work-life stress and health behaviors to advance understanding of pathways between occupational and individual risk factors and health and safety outcomes. METHODS: A background on the Total Worker Health concept is provided, and a review of research on the relationship between work-life stress and health behaviors is presented. RESULTS: Research evidence indicates that work-life stress serves as a negative occupational exposure relating to poor health behaviors, including smoking, poor food choices, low levels of exercise, and even decreased sleep time. CONCLUSION: The association between work-life stress and adverse health behaviors suggests that interventions at both the occupational (health protection) and individual (health promotion) level may be helpful in mitigating effects of work-life stress, consistent with the Total Worker Health approach. Further study is needed to investigate gains from an integrated prevention strategy.
Authors: Paul A Schulte; Rebecca J Guerin; Anita L Schill; Anasua Bhattacharya; Thomas R Cunningham; Sudha P Pandalai; Donald Eggerth; Carol M Stephenson Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2015-06-11 Impact factor: 9.308
Authors: Tori L Crain; Leslie B Hammer; Todd Bodner; Ryan Olson; Ellen Ernst Kossek; Phyllis Moen; Orfeu M Buxton Journal: J Occup Health Psychol Date: 2018-05-28
Authors: Lisa F Berkman; Sze Yan Liu; Leslie Hammer; Phyllis Moen; Laura Cousino Klein; Erin Kelly; Martha Fay; Kelly Davis; Mary Durham; Georgia Karuntzos; Orfeu M Buxton Journal: J Occup Health Psychol Date: 2015-05-11
Authors: Glorian Sorensen; Deborah L McLellan; Erika L Sabbath; Jack T Dennerlein; Eve M Nagler; David A Hurtado; Nicolaas P Pronk; Gregory R Wagner Journal: Prev Med Date: 2016-08-12 Impact factor: 4.018
Authors: Orfeu M Buxton; Soomi Lee; Chloe Beverly; Lisa F Berkman; Phyllis Moen; Erin L Kelly; Leslie B Hammer; David M Almeida Journal: Sleep Date: 2016-10-01 Impact factor: 5.849
Authors: Glorian Sorensen; Emily Sparer; Jessica A R Williams; Daniel Gundersen; Leslie I Boden; Jack T Dennerlein; Dean Hashimoto; Jeffrey N Katz; Deborah L McLellan; Cassandra A Okechukwu; Nicolaas P Pronk; Anna Revette; Gregory R Wagner Journal: J Occup Environ Med Date: 2018-05 Impact factor: 2.162
Authors: Tori L Crain; Leslie B Hammer; Todd Bodner; Ellen Ernst Kossek; Phyllis Moen; Richard Lilienthal; Orfeu M Buxton Journal: J Occup Health Psychol Date: 2014-04
Authors: Leslie B Hammer; Ryan C Johnson; Tori L Crain; Todd Bodner; Ellen Ernst Kossek; Kelly D Davis; Erin L Kelly; Orfeu M Buxton; Georgia Karuntzos; L Casey Chosewood; Lisa Berkman Journal: J Appl Psychol Date: 2015-09-07