This explored two industry sectors with high risk of both musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and mental health disorders (MHDs) and what workplace risk management practices are in place to manage those issues. Safety documents were revised and interviews were obtained from organisations within both sectors. 10 logistics/transport companies & 9 residential aged care facilities were selected;… Continue reading Workplace risk management practices to prevent musculoskeletal and mental health disorders: What are the gaps?
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Psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: A meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis
What are the links between psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes? Pretty substantial according to this 2021 meta-analysis. 72 reviews were included. They found: · “The associations between psychosocial work factors and cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders were in general significant, and the magnitude of these associations was stronger for mental disorders than for cardiovascular diseases”… Continue reading Psychosocial work exposures and health outcomes: A meta-review of 72 literature reviews with meta-analysis
Certified Safety Management Systems, making things auditable, and the struggles of complex psychosocial factors
How well can safety management system approaches manage and improve psychosocial factors and complex sociotechnical factors? With considerable challenge, according to a few papers. Given that I’m getting closer to publishing my next two papers on auditing, I feel more comfortable sharing some of the central research that informed my own research (I try to… Continue reading Certified Safety Management Systems, making things auditable, and the struggles of complex psychosocial factors
