36 episodes

The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences is housed within Oregon Healthy & Science University. Our mission is to improve the lives of workers through biomedical and occupational health research. We explore a range of questions with regard to work-related injury and disease, and develop evidence-based strategies to prevent these negative outcomes and improve the health of workers. We actively engage with community organizations, businesses, and stakeholders through Total Worker Health to improve workplace safety, health, and well-being.

What's work got to do with it‪?‬ OccHealthSci at OHSU

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The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences is housed within Oregon Healthy & Science University. Our mission is to improve the lives of workers through biomedical and occupational health research. We explore a range of questions with regard to work-related injury and disease, and develop evidence-based strategies to prevent these negative outcomes and improve the health of workers. We actively engage with community organizations, businesses, and stakeholders through Total Worker Health to improve workplace safety, health, and well-being.

    Assessing Workplace Culture And Climate For Safety, Health, And Respect With Dr. Emily Huang

    Assessing Workplace Culture And Climate For Safety, Health, And Respect With Dr. Emily Huang

    In this episode of the What's Work Got to do With It podcast, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences Associate Professor Emily Huang discusses how tools she and her research team develop can be used to help organizations measure their safety, health, and respectful workplace climates, information that can be used to improve workplace safety and retention.

    • 14 min
    Sedentary Work

    Sedentary Work

    Learn about Ryan Olson and Brad Wipfli's Oregon Healthy Workforce Center research. They discuss how their Total Worker Health interventions have helped decrease sedentary behavior (sitting time) and increase physical activity in the workplace. Dr. Olson shares insight into studying team truck drivers in the Tech4Rest study and Dr. Wipfli shares his research studying call center workers in the Active Workplace study.

    Dr. Ryan Olson is a behavioral and occupational health psychologist who specializes in safety and health interventions for isolated workers, such as truck drivers and home care workers. Ryan is the Co-Director of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, a NIOSH Center of Excellence in Total Worker Health®. He also leads an Internationally recognized research program, funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, that is focused on the safety, health and well-being of commercial drivers.
     
    Dr. Brad Wipfli is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Graduate Academic Affairs in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. Brad's research concentrates on health promotion and health behavior, particularly on  identifying strategies to increase physical activity and improve physical and mental health.

    Learn about Dr. Brad Wipfli: https://ohsu-psu-sph.org/faculty-directory/name/brad-wipfli

    Access the Active Workplace Toolkit: https://www.yourworkpath.com/activeworkplace

    Learn about Dr. Ryan Olson: https://www.ohsu.edu/people/ryan-b-olson-phd

    Learn about the Olson Lab: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/ryan-olson-lab

    Learn about Tech4Rest: https://www.yourworkpath.com/tech4rest

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    Episode information: What's Work Got to Do With The Great Resignation?

    Guests: Ryan Olson, PhD and Brad Wipfli, PhD
    Host: Helen Schuckers, MPH
    Edited by: Helen Schuckers, MPH
    Produced by: Helen Schuckers, MPH and Anjali Rameshbabu, PhD
    Music by: Sam Greenspan, MPH

    Connect with us Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center on social media:
    Twitter: twitter.com/OHSUOccHealth
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/occhealthsci.ohsu
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/occhealthsci
    Blog: blogs.ohsu.edu/occupational-health-sciences

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    • 51 min
    Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance

    Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance

    The Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon OSHA and SAIF Corporation signed the first state-wide Total Worker Health® Alliance to expand the knowledge and application of Total Worker Health® principles by leveraging the strengths of three state-based organizations. This unique Alliance is forging partnerships between Oregon's state OSHA, Oregon's not-for-profit, state-chartered workers' compensation insurance company, and an Oregon-based academic research institute.

    Liz Hill is the Total Worker Health Adviser for SAIF Corporation. Liz has twenty five plus years of experience in professional health and safety and a short stint of international health work. Prior to working at SAIF, Liz worked in a variety of industries from oil and gas to higher education. Liz has B.S. in Industrial Hygiene and a Master’s of Public Health. She has designation as a Certified Industrial Hygienist and a Certified Safety Professional. She is currently serving as chair on the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s (AIHA) Total Exposure Health/Total Worker Health® Advisory Group, as a member of the Multidisciplinary Collaborative for Occupational Health Professionals and is past chair of AIHA Safety Committee.

    Dede Montgomery is Program Manager for Our Good Health and Well-Being at Legacy Health. She has more than 35 years of experience working in occupational safety, health and well-being in academia, consulting and government sectors. She has her B.A. in Biology, M.S. in Public Health/Environmental Health Sciences and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist. Dede is past president of the Columbia-Willamette Chapter of American Society of Safety Professional ASSP, participated on ASSP Total Worker Health Task Force, and served as Co-Principal Investigator for Outreach and Education at the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, one of NIOSH’s ten academic Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health. Dede recently worked at the Institute supporting outreach for 18 years. Dede is also an avid blogger and the author of four books.

    Resources:

    Learn more about the Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/oregon-total-worker-healthr-alliance

    SAIF Total Worker Health resources: https://www.SAIF.com/TWH

    Upcoming OccHealthSci Total Worker Health training and symposia: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/training-and-symposia

    NIOSH Total Worker Health: https://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/twh-
    NIOSH Total Worker Health Affiliate Program: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/twh/affiliate.html

    Total Worker Health Toolkits and Tools from Oregon Healthy Workforce Center: https://www.yourworkpath.com

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    Episode information: What's Work Got to Do With The Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance?

    Guest: Liz Hill, MPH and Dede Montgomery, MS, CIH
    Produced and Hosted: Anjali Rameshbabu, PhD
    Produced and edited by: Helen Schuckers, MPH
    Music by: Sam Greenspan, MPH

    Connect with us Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center on social media:
    Twitter: twitter.com/OHSUOccHealth
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/occhealthsci.ohsu
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/occhealthsci
    Blog: blogs.ohsu.edu/occupational-health-sciences/

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    • 43 min
    The Great Resignation

    The Great Resignation

    Dr. Berrin Erdogan discusses factors leading employees to leave their jobs in large numbers, the resulting pressures and major challenges facing organizations and employees left behind and the opportunities arising from this experience to reshape the future of work.

    Dr. Erdogan is Professor of Management at Portland State University's School of Business. Her research focuses on the employer-employee relationship as it relates to employee well-being, effectiveness, engagement and retention in the workplace. She conducted studies and partnered with organizations in industries including food services, education, technology, public sector, retail, hospitality, insurance and banking. She is a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the Association for Psychological Sciences (APS).

    Learn more about her research by visiting her PSU faculty profile: https://www.pdx.edu/profile/berrin-erdogan

    Dr. Erdogan gave our keynote talk at our 2022 Spring Symposium, "The Great Resignation: Challenges, opportunities and implications for employees and organizations." Listen to other talks here: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/great-resignation-great-reconfiguration

    Save-the-date for our 2022 Fall Symposium on Friday, December 9th
    "Supporting a Diverse Workforce in the Face of Ongoing Societal Trauma." Visit: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/supporting-diverse-workforce-face-ongoing-societal

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    Episode information: What's Work Got to Do With The Great Resignation?

    Guest: Berrin Erdogan, PhD
    Introductions: Helen Schuckers, MPH
    Produced and edited by: Helen Schuckers, MPH
    Music by: Sam Greenspan, MPH

    Connect with us Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center on social media:
    Twitter: twitter.com/OHSUOccHealth
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/occhealthsci.ohsu
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/occhealthsci
    Blog: blogs.ohsu.edu/occupational-health-sciences/

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    • 47 min
    Fishing Forward

    Fishing Forward

    In our latest podcast episode, we invite the Fishing Forward podcast team to share important research that can help improve the safety and health for commercial fishermen and their families. The Fishing Forward team brings stories of fishermen to the community.

    Fishing Forward is a podcast inspired by fishermen, for fishermen. Fishing Forward focuses on the well-being of the commercial fishing industry and is funded by the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety and produced by the team at Coastal Routes Radio at the University of Guelph.

    Resources from this episode:

    Listen to the Fishing Forward podcast here: https://coastalroutes.org/fishingforwardpod
    Topics include: Safety Culture and Survival at Sea, Crew, Aging Fleets and Infrastructures, Health in Fishing Communities, Trauma and PTSD, Sleep, Cooking and Relationships, Hydration, Diet and Nutrition, and more!

    Learn more about the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: https://necenter.org/fishing

    Visit the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association's website: https://www.mainecoastfishermen.org

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    What's Work Got to Do With Fishing Forward?
    Guests: Julie Sorensen, Hannah Harrison, Monique Coombs and Rebecca Weil
    Hosted and Edited by: Helen Schuckers
    Produced by: Helen Schuckers and Anjali Rameshbabu
    Music by: Sam Greenspan

    Julie Sorensen is the Director of the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. Dr. Sorensen was responsible for funding the podcast and assisted with identifying content experts for a number of episodes, as well as reviewing and providing feedback on content.

    Rebecca Weil is the commercial fishing research coordinator at the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety. Along with Maryellen Driscoll, Weil co-led the meetings and outreach for the Fishing Forward team, assisting with identifying topics, fishermen and researchers for episodes.

    Monique Coombs is the Director of Community Programs at the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association. Monique's programs include topics like Working Waterfront and Fishermen Wellness. She is also part of a commercial fishing family.

    Hannah Harrison is a human ecologist and assistant professor of marine affairs at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is one of the hosts for the Fishing Forward podcast. She is interested in the human dimensions of small-scale fisheries and fisheries conservation. You can connect with her on most social media platforms @ fishpeopleplace

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    Connect with us Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center on social media:
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/OHSUOccHealth
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/occhealthsci.ohsu/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/occhealthsci/
    Blog: https://blogs.ohsu.edu/occupational-health-sciences/

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    • 35 min
    Supporting Low-Wage Essential Workers During COVID

    Supporting Low-Wage Essential Workers During COVID

    In our latest podcast episode, we highlight a 2021 Fall Symposium talk from Dr. Tori Crain where she addresses the topic of supporting low-wage essential workers' nonwork life during the pandemic and the numerous stressors they have faced and are still facing.

    Although much of the focus during the pandemic has been on the experiences of healthcare workers, essential vulnerable workers in other industries have not received the same attention. This talk highlighted obstacles faced by essential, lower-wage shift workers, with a specific focus on the work-life challenges of fast-food workers whose experiences can be generalized to other vulnerable occupational groups.

    Additionally, Dr. Crain shared strategies on supportive solutions that organizations and supervisors can explore, which have been generated from in-depth interview studies conducted during the pandemic with these essential workers and supervisors.

    Dr. Tori Crain is an Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology at Portland State University. Her research is focused on the diverse work-nonwork experiences of underrepresented and vulnerable workers, especially in industries and occupations that are high risk, where health and safety protections are less common, and where discriminatory practices are often at play. She has worked with a variety of union and industry partners, including construction, healthcare, manufacturing, and the gig economy, with the goal of increasing support and equity for workers and their families.

    To learn more about Dr. Crain's research, visit Dr. Crain's Lab website: https://sites.google.com/pdx.edu/crain-lab/home

    Dr. Crain was a guest speaker during our 2021 Fall Symposium. She spoke on the topic, " Supporting Low-Wage, Essential Workers' Nonwork Life in the Context of COVID-19."

    View our other Fall Symposium talks at: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-institute-occupational-health-sciences/work-life-challenges-and-integration-context-covid

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    Episode information:
    What's Work Got to Do With Supporting Low-Wage Essential Workers During COVID?
    Guest: Tori Crain, PhD
    Host: Helen Schuckers, MPH
    Produced and edited by: Helen Schuckers, MPH

    Connect with us Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Oregon Healthy Workforce Center on social media:
    Twitter: twitter.com/OHSUOccHealth
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/occhealthsci.ohsu
    LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/occhealthsci
    Blog: blogs.ohsu.edu/occupational-health-sciences/

    Community feedback is important to us. If you love our podcast and want to further support our podcast, please consider leaving us a review. Thank you!

    • 39 min

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I am highly imptressed by the planning, the depth of information and the importance of the topics in these podcasts. Congartualtions to Helen, Anjali and Sam at OHSU's Occ Health Sci.

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