Publications

Participating in employer-sponsored sports programs during the COVID‑19 pandemic may lessen the impact of job insecurity on employee well-being, reports a study in the April Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

New study first to examine the prevalence of and attitudes toward vaping in the workplace. Most employees think workplace vaping is bothersome and decreases productivity reports a survey study of 1,607 employees published in the January issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Employees who work from home are more likely to work when sick reports a study in the December issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
 

Lack of proper PPE during COVID-19 is linked to greater anxiety, depression, and PTSD in nurses reports a study in the November issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

A study to determine the best filters for homemade masks found only 2 of 6 commonly used materials meet industry standards according to research published in the October issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Even people who are still employed during the COVID-19 pandemic, worry about future job loss and its financial impact. This job insecurity is linked to depression, and indirectly related to greater anxiety symptoms due to greater financial concern, reports a study in the September issue of JOEM.
 

ACOEM and the American Psychological Association in collaboration with NIOSH convened a Patient-reported Functional Status Symposium in June 2019, to discuss and promote the use of functional patient-reported outcomes measures (fPROMs) in all medical practice settings.

Risk for long-term sickness absence (LTSA) increases by 60 percent where employees rate leadership quality low reports a study in the August issue of JOEM.

Firefighters are at high risk of cardiovascular disease. A new study in July's JOEM discusses diet and other changes to help prevent cardiac events in firefighters.