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| Title | Link | Publication Details |
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| Community Resident Perceptions of and Experiences with Precarious Work at the Neighborhood Level: The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project | Read the article online here. | Hebert-Beirne, J., Felner, J. K., Berumen, T., Gonzalez, S., Chrusfield, M. M., Pratap, P., & Conroy, L. M. (2021). Community Resident Perceptions of and Experiences with Precarious Work at the Neighborhood Level: The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11101. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111101 |
| Demystifying How Academic-Community Partnerships Use Reflexivity and Praxis to Promote Participatory Research Principles of Equity and Justice. | Read the article online here. | Hebert-Beirne, J., Gonzalez, S., Chrusfield, M., Holloway, A., Lopez, J.P., Castañeda, D. (2023). Demystifying How Academic-Community Partnerships Use Reflexivity and Praxis to Promote Participatory Research Principles of Equity and Justice. In: Anderson, E.E. (eds) Ethical Issues in Community and Patient Stakeholder–Engaged Health Research. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 146. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40379-8_5 |
| Development of the Healthy Work Collaborative: Findings From an Action Research Study to Inform a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Capacity-Building Initiative Addressing Precarious Employment | Read the article online here. | Welter, C., Jarpe-Ratner, E., Bonney, T., Pinsker, E. C., Fisher, E., Yankelev, A., . . . Zanoni, J. (2020). Development of the Healthy Work Collaborative: Findings from an Action Research Study to Inform a Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change Capacity-Building Initiative Addressing Precarious Employment. Health Promotion Practice. doi:10.1177/1524839920953116 |
| Employment precarity and increased risk of hazardous occupational exposures among residents of high socioeconomic hardship neighborhoods. | Read the article online here. | Bonney, T., Rospenda, K. M., Forst, L., Conroy, L. M., Castañeda, D., Avelar, S., … & Hebert-Beirne, J. (2022). Employment precarity and increased risk of hazardous occupational exposures among residents of high socioeconomic hardship neighborhoods. Annals of work exposures and health, 66(9), 1122-1135. |
| Evaluation Results From the Healthy Work Collaborative: A Cross-Sectoral Capacity Building Partnership to Address Precarious Employment | Read the article online here. | Welter, C., Jarpe-Ratner, E., Bonney, T., Pinsker, E., Fisher, E., Deb, N., Yankelev, A., Kapadia, D., Love, M., & Zanoni, J. (2022). Evaluation Results From the Healthy Work Collaborative: A Cross-Sectoral Capacity Building Partnership to Address Precarious Employment. Health Promotion Practice, 152483992110690. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399211069099 |
| Health and Safety Issues for Workers in Nonstandard Employment | Read the article online here. | Ahonen, E.Q.; Baron, S.L.; Brosseau, L.M.; Vives, A. Health and Safety Issues for Workers in Nonstandard Employment. Oxford Research Encyclopedias. 2018. |
| Impact of precarious work on neighborhood health: Concept mapping by a community/academic partnership. | Read the article online here. | Velonis, A. J., Hebert‐Beirne, J., Conroy, L. M., Hernandez, M., Castaneda, D., & Forst, L. Impact of precarious work on neighborhood health: Concept mapping by a community/academic partnership. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2019, doi: 10.1002/ajim.23055 |
| The Importance of Human-centered Design in Equitable Health Promotion Initiatives | Read the article online here. | Sherman, B. W., Stiehl, E., Gupta, R., & Pratap, P. L. (2024). The Importance of Human-centered Design in Equitable Health Promotion Initiatives. American Journal of Public Health, 28(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171241232057f |
| Leveraging Key Informant Interviews to Inform Intervention Development: The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project. | Read the article online here. | Grant A.K., Felner J.K., Castañeda Y., Pratap P., Hebert-Beirne J. Leveraging Key Informant Interviews to Inform Intervention Development: The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 2023;0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/2752535X231196395 |
| Methodological Insights About Photovoice as a Pedagogical Tool From Implementation With Graduate Students as Co-Researcher-Participants | Read the article online here. | Kersten, M., Avelar, S., Montgomery, A., Castañeda, D., & Hebert-Beirne, J. (2024). Methodological insights about photovoice as a pedagogical tool from implementation with graduate students as Co-Researcher-Participants. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. https://doi.org/10.1177/23733799241287205 |
| The Nature of Employment in a High Socioeconomic Hardship Community: Data From the Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Survey | Read the article online here. | Bonney, T., Rospenda, K. M., Chaudry, A., Forst, L., Conroy, L. M., Holloway, A., Berumen, T., Castaneda, D., Castaneda, Y., Gonzalez, S., & Hebert-Beirne, J. (2024). The Nature of Employment in a High Socio-economic Hardship Community: Data from the Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Survey. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000003200 |
| Occupational Safety and Health Equity Impacts of Artificial Intelligence: A Scoping Review | Read the article online here. | Fisher, E., Flynn, M. A., Pratap, P., & Vietas, J. A. (2023). Occupational Safety and health Equity Impacts of Artificial Intelligence: A scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(13), 6221. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136221 |
| Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health®: Proceedings From a Workshop | Read the article online here. | Tamers, L.S; Goetzel, R; Kelly, K.. Luckhaupt, S.; Nigam, J.; Pronk, N.; Rohlman, D.; Baron, S.; Brosseau, L.; Sorensen, G.; et. al. Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health®: Proceedings From a Workshop. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2018, 60, 968-978. |
| Role of technical assistance in U.S. labor and health sector collaboration to address precarious work | Read the article online here. | Bonney, T., Welter, C., Jarpe-Ratner, E., Velonis, A., Conroy, L. Role of technical assistance in U.S. labor and health sector collaboration to address precarious work, Health Promotion International, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa124 |
| Support Decent Work for All as a Public Health Goal in the United States | Click here to read the policy statement. | Pratap P, Sokas R, Landsbergis P, Lewis N, Porter N, Gascon L, et al. Support Decent Work for All as a Public Health Goal in the United States. American Public Health Association policy document 20223, approved November 7, 2022. |
| Total Worker Health | For more details click here. | Hudson, H. L., Nigam, J. a. S., & Sauter, S. L. (2019). Total Worker Health. American Psychological Association (APA). |
| Understanding the Role of Academic Partners as Technical Assistance Providers: Results from an Exploratory Study to Address Precarious Work | Read the article online here. | Bonney, T.; Welter, C.; Jarpe-Ratner, E.; Conroy, L.M. Understanding the Role of Academic Partners as Technical Assistance Providers: Results from an Exploratory Study to Address Precarious Work. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3903. |
| Unique Barriers to Workplace Health Promotion Programs by Wage Category: A Qualitative Assessment of Secondary Data | Read the article online here. | Stiehl, E., Bales, S., Jenkins, K. R., & Sherman, B. (2022). Unique Barriers to Workplace Health Promotion Programs by Wage Category: A Qualitative Assessment of Secondary data. American Journal of Health Promotion, 36(5), 843–852. https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171211069546 |
| Why Don't Employees Participate in Well-being Programs? A Research-Informed Systems-Based Model | Read the article online here. | Sherman, B. W., Stiehl, E., Wator, C., & Pratap, P. L. (2024). Why Don’t Employees Participate in Well-being Programs? A Research-Informed Systems-Based Model. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 66(2), 156. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003012 |
| Work as a social determinant of health; a landscape assessment of employers in two historically disinvested urban communities | Read the article online here. | Forst, L, Grant, A, Hebert‐Beirne, J. Work as a social determinant of health; a landscape assessment of employers in two historically disinvested urban communities. Am J Ind Med. 2020; 1‐ 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23174 |