Publications

Douglas Martin, MD, has been installed as ACOEM's new president for 2022-2023. The inauguration ceremony took place at the 106th annual membership meeting held during the College’s 2022 American Occupational Health Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In more than 6,000 health care practitionerswho were temperature screened, a San Francisco hospital detected no COVID-19 cases. Results indicate that such screening has no utility in detecting COVID-19 or controlling its transmission reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

The health of Japanese office workers deteriorated during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even among those who were not infected, health problems increased including a higher incidence of overweight and other risks, reports a study in the April Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
 

Employees with insomnia symptoms are more likely to have reduced productivity on the job, regardless of their level of physical activity. Workers with insomnia and low physical activity had increased absenteeism, reports a study in the March Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Effect Is Greater When Desks Are Combined With Training, Study Finds
Work-from-home employees who are provided with height-adjustable desks had reduced sitting time during the workday. This effect was even greater when desks were compined with training reports a study in the February Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
 

During emergency shutdowns in the early days of COVID-19, Japanese employees who suddenly found themselves working from home had increased rates of low back and shoulder pain and other physical symptoms. Even working form home one or two days per week increased symptoms, reports a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
 

A study in the December Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine suggests
that early in the COVID pandemic, even short-term closures decreased positive tests.

ACOEM has submited comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in support of including work information as core data elements for version 3 United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI v3).

Minorities show greater mental health impact of COVID-related job loss reports study in the November issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.