Psychosocial aspects of interventions in occupational safety and health

✍ Scribed by Janet Cahill

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 588 KB
• Volume: 29
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-3586
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199604)29:4<308::aid-ajim6>3.0.co;2-k

✦ Synopsis

Attention to psychosocial Iza,-ards in work environments should become an increasingly important component of ocwpationnl sujety und health interventions. Rfsetri-c,hfir.ldings have linked a number ?f measurable psychosocial characteristics with negative psychological and physiological consequences. Some serious phvsical health hazards have cilso been found to have psychosocicll components. Several ec,onomic trends indicate that more jobs will be created with high levels of psvchosocial hazards. These economic trends indude a decline in wages, a move awaj ,from a munufirc~turing base, increased hours of work. o decline in unionization rates, and poorly itnplemented technological changes. Inten~ention strategies developed to reduce psychosocial stressors must address the multiple cause of p hazcirds w d the rnultiple symptoms they produce. Additional chnllenges include assessing psychosocicil chuiiges within the sometimes contrndictoiy ,framework ?f organizational and social changes. Nevertheless, comprehensive efforts to improve both the health and .sqfety and the o\verall quality of nvrking life need to incorporate pswhosocial vciriahles into their designs.