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Our Research

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Publications

TitlePublication Details
Community Resident Perceptions of and Experiences with Precarious Work at the Neighborhood Level: The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work ProjectHebert-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

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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 EmploymentWelter, 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
Evaluation Results From the Healthy Work Collaborative: A Cross-Sectoral Capacity Building Partnership to Address Precarious EmploymentWelter, 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 EmploymentAhonen, E.Q.; Baron, S.L.; Brosseau, L.M.; Vives, A. Health and Safety Issues for Workers in Nonstandard Employment. Oxford Research Encyclopedias. 2018.

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Impact of precarious work on neighborhood health: Concept mapping by a
community/academic partnership.
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
Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health®: Proceedings From a WorkshopTamers, 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 workTessa Bonney, Christina Welter, Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner, Alisa Velonis, Lorraine Conroy, Role of technical assistance in U.S. labor and health sector collaboration to address precarious work, Health Promotion International, , daaa124, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaa124
Support Decent Work for All as a Public Health Goal in the United StatesPratap 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.

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Total Worker HealthEdited by Heidi L. Hudson, Jeannie A. S. Nigam, Steven L. Sauter, L. Casey Chosewood, Anita L. Schill, and John Howard

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Understanding the Role of Academic Partners as Technical Assistance Providers: Results from an Exploratory Study to Address Precarious WorkBonney, 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.
Work as a social determinant of health; a landscape assessment of employers in two historically disinvested urban communitiesForst, 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

Webinars

TitleDetailsRecording Link
Healthy Work Collaborative Labor PanelHealthy Work Collaborative Labor Panel presented by Alison Dickson of the Project for Middle Class Renewal, Lonnie Golden of the Economic Policy Institute, and Ana Guajardo of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos. Click here to view the webinar.

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How to Write a Case StudyHow to Write a Case Study presented by Alan Talaga, Program Lead at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.Click here to view the webinar.

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Organizing, Research, and Policy Approaches
Towards Improving Job Quality in
Nonstandard and Informal Work Arrangements
-Dawn Gearhart, Future of Work Campaign Director, Gig Economy Researcher, National Domestic Workers Alliance. Dawn is continuing her work from Norway where she conducts research to inform global governments and decision makers about issues and opportunities facing workers in the new economy.

-Nik Theodore, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will share results of the National Domestic Workers Alliance's report, Home Economics: The Invisible and Unregulated World of Domestic Work. Based on surveys of 2,087 domestic workers in 14 cities, Home Economics sheds light on the health and safety hazards faced by informally employed nannies, house cleaners, and caregivers.

-Maya Pinto, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst at the National Employment Law Project, and co-author of Rights at Risk: Gig Companies’ Campaign to Upend Employment as We Know It, will discuss the corporate campaign to lock service sector workers into independent contractor status, stripping them of critical labor rights and protections.
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Identifying and Preventing Work Stressors to Reduce Chronic Disease: The Healthy Work CampaignMarnie Dobson, PhD
Peter Schnall, MD, MPH
Paul A. Landsbergis, PhD, MPH

Center for Social Epidemiology & Healthy Work Campaign
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