Benjamin C Amick
Biographic Data
| ID | 149757 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin C Amick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin C |
| FAMILY NAME | Amick |
| SIGNATURE | AMICK B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3468-9451 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 178 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Fairness in Low Birthweight Predictive Models
Adjustment to the Covid-19 pandemic
Characterizing Cancer and Work Disparities Using Electronic Health Records
Advancements in cancer diagnosis and treatment have resulted in improvements in survivor outcomes; however, cancer survivors are more likely to experience adverse employment outcomes such as job loss, reduced working hours, and early retirement. The purpose of this study was to examine employment disparities among cancer survivors. Our study collected data from 29,136 cancer survivors (ages 18-65) between 2015 and 2021 using electronic health rec…
Evaluation of measurement properties of the German Work Role Functioning Questionnaire
With the WRFQ German version, the extent can be measured, to which employees with a certain health level experience problems can meet their work demands. This widely used health-related work outcome measurement tool, that helps to identify employees with decreasing work functioning, is now also available in German. This gives researchers and practitioners the opportunity to address work functioning in practice, e.g. in intervention studies in occ…
Does the timing and duration of mental health problems during childhood and adolescence matter for labour market participation of young adults
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the timing and duration of mental health problems (MHPs) on young adults' labour market participation (LMP). This life-course study aims to examine whether and how the timing and duration of MHPs between childhood and young adulthood are associated with LMP in young adulthood. METHODS: Logistic regression analyses were performed with data from the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS), a Dutch pr…
Investigating young adults’ mental health and early working life trajectories from a life course perspective
BACKGROUND: Many young adults leave the labour market because of mental health problems or never really enter it, through early moves onto disability benefits. Across many countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, between 30% and 50% of all new disability benefit claims are due to mental health problems; among young adults this moves up to 50%-80%. OUTLINE: We propose a research agenda focused on transitions in buil…
Larger Workplaces, People-Oriented Culture, and Specific Industry Sectors Are Associated with Co-Occurring Health Protection and Wellness Activities
Employers are increasingly interested in offering workplace wellness programs in addition to occupational health and safety (OHS) activities to promote worker health, wellbeing, and productivity. Yet, there is a dearth of research on workplace factors that enable the implementation of OHS and wellness to inform the future integration of these activities in Canadian workplaces. This study explored workplace demographic factors associated with the …
Patients' expectations about total knee arthroplasty outcomes
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to ascertain Patients' pre-operative expectations of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) recovery. METHODS: Two hundred and thirty-six patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who underwent TKA completed self-administered questionnaires before their surgery. Patients' expectations of time to functional recovery were measured using an ordinal time-response scale to indicate expected time to recovery for each of 10 func…
Healthy and productive workers
In general, intervention mapping was a useful method to develop a workplace health promotion and wellness program aimed at reducing presenteeism. The methodology provided a step-by-step process to unravel a complex problem. The process compelled participants to think critically, collaboratively and in nontraditional ways
Mortality following unemployment in Canada, 1991–2001
Consistent with results reported from other long-duration cohort studies, unemployed men and women in this cohort had an elevated risk of mortality for accidents and violence, as well as for chronic diseases. The persistence of elevated mortality risks over two consecutive multi-year periods suggests that exposure to unemployment in 1991 may have marked persons at risk of cumulative socioeconomic hardship
Regulating and inspecting working conditions could be good for both workers and business
Work participation is central to human well-being. Whether and how people participate in work remains a key determinant of health and health inequalities.1 Regulating and enforcing safe and fair working conditions (including employment conditions, such as type of contract, salary, occupational hazards and social protection benefits) are essential to maintain and improve health and reduce disparities. Some contend regulations destroy jobs and busi…
Preventing Chronic Disease in the Workplace
Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Risk factors and work conditions can be addressed through health promotion aimed at improving individual health behaviors; health protection, including occupational safety and health interventions; and efforts to support the work–family interface. Responding to the need to address chronic disease at worksites, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control …
Social capital, income inequality, and self-rated health in 45 countries
Assessing a conceptual framework of health-related quality of life in a HIV/Aids population
Arab immigrants
Validity of the household and leisure time activities questionnaire (HLTA) in a multiethnic HIV-positive population
As individuals with HIV/AIDS continue to have longer life expectancies, it is vital that other health outcomes, such as functional status, be considered. The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of a new functional status measure, the Household and Leisure Time Activities (HLTA) questionnaire, in a multiethnic low-income HIV/AIDS population. The HLTA is an 11-item questionnaire consisting of two scales designed to asse…
Psychosocial factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees
Study objective: To examine the association between psychosocial work factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees by sex. Design: A cross sectional survey conducted in 2000 of a representative sample of the European Union total active population, aged 15 years and older. The independent variables were psychological job demands and job control as measures of psychosocial work environment, and work related …
Relationship of Employee-Reported Work Limitations to Work Productivity
BACKGROUND: Work limitation rates are crucial indicators of the health status of working people. If related to work productivity, work limitation rates may also supply important information about the economic burden of illness. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to assess the productivity impact of on-the-job work limitations due to employees' physical or mental health problems. RESEARCH DESIGN: Subjects were asked to complete a self-administered surve…
Relationship Between All-Cause Mortality and Cumulative Working Life Course Psychosocial and Physical Exposures in the United States Labor Market From 1968 to 1992
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between cumulative exposures to psychosocial and physical work conditions and mortality in a nationally representative sample. METHODS: A working cohort was created using the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Information on psychosocial and physical work conditions were imputed using the Job Characteristics Scoring System exposure matrix for the period 1968 through 1991 to construct working life courses. …
The Work Limitations Questionnaire
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work was to develop a psychometrically sound questionnaire for measuring the on-the-job impact of chronic health problems and/or treatment ("work limitations"). RESEARCH DESIGN: Three pilot studies (focus groups, cognitive interviews, and an alternate forms test) generated candidate items, dimensions, and response scales. Two field trials tested the psychometric performance of the questionnaire (studies 1 and 2). …
The social context of health selection
The migraine work and productivity loss questionnaire
The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ)
The Angina-related Limitations at Work Questionnaire
Racial and ethnic disparities in self‐assessed health status
We examined racial and ethnic disparities in global health assessment and functional limitations of daily activities among whites, blacks and Hispanics, and within the Hispanic origin among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and 'Others'. Logistic regression were employed to estimate the log odds of reporting 'poor health' and 'having functional limitations' among 12,814 respondents from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households. Com…
Social capital, income inequality, and self-rated health in 45 countries
The social context of health selection
Arab immigrants
Racial and ethnic disparities in self‐assessed health status
We examined racial and ethnic disparities in global health assessment and functional limitations of daily activities among whites, blacks and Hispanics, and within the Hispanic origin among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and 'Others'. Logistic regression were employed to estimate the log odds of reporting 'poor health' and 'having functional limitations' among 12,814 respondents from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households. Com…
Race and self assessed health status
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate relative odds ratios and to ascertain the relative contribution of each socioeconomic covariate in explaining racial disparities in self assessed health status (for example, global health perceptions and functional limitations of daily activities). DESIGN: National representative data from the 1987-88 national survey of families and households, a multistage, stratified probability sample of non-institutionalised Ameri…
Investigating young adults’ mental health and early working life trajectories from a life course perspective
BACKGROUND: Many young adults leave the labour market because of mental health problems or never really enter it, through early moves onto disability benefits. Across many countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, between 30% and 50% of all new disability benefit claims are due to mental health problems; among young adults this moves up to 50%-80%. OUTLINE: We propose a research agenda focused on transitions in buil…
Does the timing and duration of mental health problems during childhood and adolescence matter for labour market participation of young adults
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the timing and duration of mental health problems (MHPs) on young adults' labour market participation (LMP). This life-course study aims to examine whether and how the timing and duration of MHPs between childhood and young adulthood are associated with LMP in young adulthood. METHODS: Logistic regression analyses were performed with data from the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS), a Dutch pr…
Psychosocial factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees
Study objective: To examine the association between psychosocial work factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees by sex. Design: A cross sectional survey conducted in 2000 of a representative sample of the European Union total active population, aged 15 years and older. The independent variables were psychological job demands and job control as measures of psychosocial work environment, and work related …
Preventing Chronic Disease in the Workplace
Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Risk factors and work conditions can be addressed through health promotion aimed at improving individual health behaviors; health protection, including occupational safety and health interventions; and efforts to support the work–family interface. Responding to the need to address chronic disease at worksites, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control …
Regulating and inspecting working conditions could be good for both workers and business
Work participation is central to human well-being. Whether and how people participate in work remains a key determinant of health and health inequalities.1 Regulating and enforcing safe and fair working conditions (including employment conditions, such as type of contract, salary, occupational hazards and social protection benefits) are essential to maintain and improve health and reduce disparities. Some contend regulations destroy jobs and busi…
Factors Influencing the Diagnosis of Mental Disorder Among Primary Care Patients
Understanding the role primary care physicians play in the recognition and management of mental disorder among their patients is a research topic that has assumed considerable importance because of the high prevalence combined with low recognition of mental morbidity in primary care settings. Patient characteristics that influence diagnostic patterns have been one important focus of this research. This paper presents data from a study in two prim…
Society and health
How do some families create more healthful environments for their children? How do we explain the health status differences between men and women, blacks and whites, and different communities or cultures? How is stress generated in the workplace? What accounts for the persistent social class differences in mortality rates? Why do societies experience higher rates of mortality after economic recession? Such fundamental questions about the social d…
Racial and ethnic disparities in self‐assessed health status
We examined racial and ethnic disparities in global health assessment and functional limitations of daily activities among whites, blacks and Hispanics, and within the Hispanic origin among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and 'Others'. Logistic regression were employed to estimate the log odds of reporting 'poor health' and 'having functional limitations' among 12,814 respondents from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households. Com…
Race and self assessed health status
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate relative odds ratios and to ascertain the relative contribution of each socioeconomic covariate in explaining racial disparities in self assessed health status (for example, global health perceptions and functional limitations of daily activities). DESIGN: National representative data from the 1987-88 national survey of families and households, a multistage, stratified probability sample of non-institutionalised Ameri…
The Angina-related Limitations at Work Questionnaire
The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ)
The migraine work and productivity loss questionnaire
The Work Limitations Questionnaire
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this work was to develop a psychometrically sound questionnaire for measuring the on-the-job impact of chronic health problems and/or treatment ("work limitations"). RESEARCH DESIGN: Three pilot studies (focus groups, cognitive interviews, and an alternate forms test) generated candidate items, dimensions, and response scales. Two field trials tested the psychometric performance of the questionnaire (studies 1 and 2). …
The social context of health selection
Relationship Between All-Cause Mortality and Cumulative Working Life Course Psychosocial and Physical Exposures in the United States Labor Market From 1968 to 1992
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between cumulative exposures to psychosocial and physical work conditions and mortality in a nationally representative sample. METHODS: A working cohort was created using the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Information on psychosocial and physical work conditions were imputed using the Job Characteristics Scoring System exposure matrix for the period 1968 through 1991 to construct working life courses. …
Relationship of Employee-Reported Work Limitations to Work Productivity
BACKGROUND: Work limitation rates are crucial indicators of the health status of working people. If related to work productivity, work limitation rates may also supply important information about the economic burden of illness. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to assess the productivity impact of on-the-job work limitations due to employees' physical or mental health problems. RESEARCH DESIGN: Subjects were asked to complete a self-administered surve…
Validity of the household and leisure time activities questionnaire (HLTA) in a multiethnic HIV-positive population
As individuals with HIV/AIDS continue to have longer life expectancies, it is vital that other health outcomes, such as functional status, be considered. The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric properties of a new functional status measure, the Household and Leisure Time Activities (HLTA) questionnaire, in a multiethnic low-income HIV/AIDS population. The HLTA is an 11-item questionnaire consisting of two scales designed to asse…
Psychosocial factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees
Study objective: To examine the association between psychosocial work factors and work related sickness absence among permanent and non-permanent employees by sex. Design: A cross sectional survey conducted in 2000 of a representative sample of the European Union total active population, aged 15 years and older. The independent variables were psychological job demands and job control as measures of psychosocial work environment, and work related …
Assessing a conceptual framework of health-related quality of life in a HIV/Aids population
Arab immigrants
Social capital, income inequality, and self-rated health in 45 countries
Preventing Chronic Disease in the Workplace
Chronic disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Risk factors and work conditions can be addressed through health promotion aimed at improving individual health behaviors; health protection, including occupational safety and health interventions; and efforts to support the work–family interface. Responding to the need to address chronic disease at worksites, the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control …
Mortality following unemployment in Canada, 1991–2001
Consistent with results reported from other long-duration cohort studies, unemployed men and women in this cohort had an elevated risk of mortality for accidents and violence, as well as for chronic diseases. The persistence of elevated mortality risks over two consecutive multi-year periods suggests that exposure to unemployment in 1991 may have marked persons at risk of cumulative socioeconomic hardship
Regulating and inspecting working conditions could be good for both workers and business
Work participation is central to human well-being. Whether and how people participate in work remains a key determinant of health and health inequalities.1 Regulating and enforcing safe and fair working conditions (including employment conditions, such as type of contract, salary, occupational hazards and social protection benefits) are essential to maintain and improve health and reduce disparities. Some contend regulations destroy jobs and busi…
Patients' expectations about total knee arthroplasty outcomes
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to ascertain Patients' pre-operative expectations of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) recovery. METHODS: Two hundred and thirty-six patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who underwent TKA completed self-administered questionnaires before their surgery. Patients' expectations of time to functional recovery were measured using an ordinal time-response scale to indicate expected time to recovery for each of 10 func…
Healthy and productive workers
In general, intervention mapping was a useful method to develop a workplace health promotion and wellness program aimed at reducing presenteeism. The methodology provided a step-by-step process to unravel a complex problem. The process compelled participants to think critically, collaboratively and in nontraditional ways
Larger Workplaces, People-Oriented Culture, and Specific Industry Sectors Are Associated with Co-Occurring Health Protection and Wellness Activities
Employers are increasingly interested in offering workplace wellness programs in addition to occupational health and safety (OHS) activities to promote worker health, wellbeing, and productivity. Yet, there is a dearth of research on workplace factors that enable the implementation of OHS and wellness to inform the future integration of these activities in Canadian workplaces. This study explored workplace demographic factors associated with the …
Investigating young adults’ mental health and early working life trajectories from a life course perspective
BACKGROUND: Many young adults leave the labour market because of mental health problems or never really enter it, through early moves onto disability benefits. Across many countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, between 30% and 50% of all new disability benefit claims are due to mental health problems; among young adults this moves up to 50%-80%. OUTLINE: We propose a research agenda focused on transitions in buil…
Does the timing and duration of mental health problems during childhood and adolescence matter for labour market participation of young adults
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the timing and duration of mental health problems (MHPs) on young adults' labour market participation (LMP). This life-course study aims to examine whether and how the timing and duration of MHPs between childhood and young adulthood are associated with LMP in young adulthood. METHODS: Logistic regression analyses were performed with data from the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS), a Dutch pr…
Characterizing Cancer and Work Disparities Using Electronic Health Records
Advancements in cancer diagnosis and treatment have resulted in improvements in survivor outcomes; however, cancer survivors are more likely to experience adverse employment outcomes such as job loss, reduced working hours, and early retirement. The purpose of this study was to examine employment disparities among cancer survivors. Our study collected data from 29,136 cancer survivors (ages 18-65) between 2015 and 2021 using electronic health rec…
Medicine (24 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (14 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Public health (10 works) · Sociology (9 works)