Laura Punnett
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 246749 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Laura Punnett |
| NOMBRES | Laura |
| APELLIDO | Punnett |
| FIRMA | PUNNETT L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9270-9946 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
A Protocol to Assess Contextual Factors During Program Impact Evaluation
Program evaluations that lack experimental design often fail to produce evidence of impact because there is no available control group. Theory-based evaluations can generate evidence of a program's causal effects if evaluators collect evidence along the theorized causal chain and identify possible competing causes. However, few methods are available for assessing competing causes in the program environment. Effect Modifier Assessment (EMA) is a m…
Biomechanical Exposure to Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk Factors in Hospital Laboratories
Exposure to ergonomic risk factors has been reported for laboratory workers over decades. However, these exposures are not well characterized with respect to the type of laboratory or work organization. This study compared biomechanical exposure to upper extremity (UE) postures and hand activity levels (HALs) in general hospital laboratories by job, work, and laboratory type. The study used observational data gathered using a revised version of t…
High Emotional Demands at Work and Poor Mental Health in Client-Facing Workers
This study investigated the association between emotional demands and depression or anxiety in a wide range of jobs. We used data from the third Korean Working Conditions Survey ( n = 50,032) for all occupational classifications, with no limitations placed on job title or employment type. Among the full set of regular paid workers in addition to self-employed, unpaid family workers, and informal employees such as independent contractors, 23,989 r…
Evaluation of the HearWell Pilot Program
Our objective was to pilot test HearWell, an intervention created to preserve hearing among highway maintainers, by using a participatory Total Worker Health ® (TWH) approach to designing, implementing and evaluating interventions. Regional maintenance garages were randomized to control ( n = 6); HearWell ( n = 4) or HearWell Design Team ( n = 2) arms. Maintainer representatives from the HearWell Design Team garages identified barriers to hearing…
Feasibility of Virtual Focus Groups in Program Impact Evaluation
Focus groups are often used for qualitative investigations. We adapted a published focus group method for evaluating impact of an organizational intervention for virtual delivery using video conferencing. The method entailed convening small groups of three to five participants for a 2-hour facilitated workshop. We delivered the virtual workshops, adding qualitative evaluation with researchers and participants, to assess the effectiveness of the p…
A Corporate Wellness Program and Nursing Home Employees' Health
Background: Chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases are highly prevalent among the American working population. Some workplaces provide opportunities for health promotion including education, resources, and encouragement to make healthy life choices. Despite growing popularity of workplace health promotion programs, there is no consensus about their effectiveness. Objective: The aim was to evaluate a company-spon…
Safety and Health through Integrated, Facilitated Teams (SHIFT)
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04251429 (retrospectively registered January 29, 2020), protocol version 1
Work Environment Factors and Prevention of Opioid-Related Deaths
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose deaths (OODs) are prevalent among US workers, but work-related factors have not received adequate attention as either risk factors or opportunities for OOD prevention. Higher prevalence of OOD in those with heavy physical jobs, more precarious work, and limited health care benefits suggest work environment and organizational factors may predispose workers to the development of OUD. Organizational poli…
Prospective Evaluation of Fidelity, Impact and Sustainability of Participatory Workplace Health Teams in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Organizational features of work often pose obstacles to workforce health, and a participatory change process may address those obstacles. In this research, an intervention program sought to integrate occupational safety and health (OSH) with health promotion (HP) in three skilled nursing facilities. Three facilities with pre-existing HP programs served as control sites. The intervention was evaluated after 3-4 years through focus groups, intervie…
Working on Wellness
In the United States, worksite wellness programs are more often offered by larger employers. The Massachusetts Working on Wellness (WoW) program is an innovative, statewide capacity-building model designed to increase the number of smaller employers (200 or fewer workers) adopting health promotion initiatives. This article describes the WoW program design and approaches to recruitment, implementation, and evaluation. WoW provides employer trainin…
Preventing Opioid Use Disorders among Fishing Industry Workers
Fishing industry workers are at high risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and injuries. Prescription opioids used to treat pain injuries may put these workers at increased risk for developing substance disorders. Using a Community-Based Participatory Research approach, formative research was conducted to inform the eventual development of relevant interventions to prevent and reduce opioid use disorders among fishing industry wo…
Perceived discrimination and low back pain among 28,532 workers in South Korea
The association of major depressive episodes with income inequality and the human development index
The social distribution of risk at work
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
Workers' compensation recipients with carpal tunnel syndrome
OBJECTIVES. This study compared the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of self-reported measures of health related quality of life in recipients and non-recipients of workers' compensation who have carpal tunnel syndrome. METHODS. Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome complete questionnaires at study enrollment and 6 months later scales measuring symptom severity functional status, and satisfaction were included. The scales internal consist…
The association of major depressive episodes with income inequality and the human development index
Work Environment Factors and Prevention of Opioid-Related Deaths
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose deaths (OODs) are prevalent among US workers, but work-related factors have not received adequate attention as either risk factors or opportunities for OOD prevention. Higher prevalence of OOD in those with heavy physical jobs, more precarious work, and limited health care benefits suggest work environment and organizational factors may predispose workers to the development of OUD. Organizational poli…
Feasibility of Virtual Focus Groups in Program Impact Evaluation
Focus groups are often used for qualitative investigations. We adapted a published focus group method for evaluating impact of an organizational intervention for virtual delivery using video conferencing. The method entailed convening small groups of three to five participants for a 2-hour facilitated workshop. We delivered the virtual workshops, adding qualitative evaluation with researchers and participants, to assess the effectiveness of the p…
Workers' compensation recipients with carpal tunnel syndrome
OBJECTIVES. This study compared the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of self-reported measures of health related quality of life in recipients and non-recipients of workers' compensation who have carpal tunnel syndrome. METHODS. Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome complete questionnaires at study enrollment and 6 months later scales measuring symptom severity functional status, and satisfaction were included. The scales internal consist…
Perceived discrimination and low back pain among 28,532 workers in South Korea
Workers' compensation recipients with carpal tunnel syndrome
OBJECTIVES. This study compared the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of self-reported measures of health related quality of life in recipients and non-recipients of workers' compensation who have carpal tunnel syndrome. METHODS. Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome complete questionnaires at study enrollment and 6 months later scales measuring symptom severity functional status, and satisfaction were included. The scales internal consist…
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
The social distribution of risk at work
The association of major depressive episodes with income inequality and the human development index
Perceived discrimination and low back pain among 28,532 workers in South Korea
Preventing Opioid Use Disorders among Fishing Industry Workers
Fishing industry workers are at high risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and injuries. Prescription opioids used to treat pain injuries may put these workers at increased risk for developing substance disorders. Using a Community-Based Participatory Research approach, formative research was conducted to inform the eventual development of relevant interventions to prevent and reduce opioid use disorders among fishing industry wo…
Prospective Evaluation of Fidelity, Impact and Sustainability of Participatory Workplace Health Teams in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Organizational features of work often pose obstacles to workforce health, and a participatory change process may address those obstacles. In this research, an intervention program sought to integrate occupational safety and health (OSH) with health promotion (HP) in three skilled nursing facilities. Three facilities with pre-existing HP programs served as control sites. The intervention was evaluated after 3-4 years through focus groups, intervie…
Working on Wellness
In the United States, worksite wellness programs are more often offered by larger employers. The Massachusetts Working on Wellness (WoW) program is an innovative, statewide capacity-building model designed to increase the number of smaller employers (200 or fewer workers) adopting health promotion initiatives. This article describes the WoW program design and approaches to recruitment, implementation, and evaluation. WoW provides employer trainin…
A Corporate Wellness Program and Nursing Home Employees' Health
Background: Chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases are highly prevalent among the American working population. Some workplaces provide opportunities for health promotion including education, resources, and encouragement to make healthy life choices. Despite growing popularity of workplace health promotion programs, there is no consensus about their effectiveness. Objective: The aim was to evaluate a company-spon…
Safety and Health through Integrated, Facilitated Teams (SHIFT)
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04251429 (retrospectively registered January 29, 2020), protocol version 1
Work Environment Factors and Prevention of Opioid-Related Deaths
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose deaths (OODs) are prevalent among US workers, but work-related factors have not received adequate attention as either risk factors or opportunities for OOD prevention. Higher prevalence of OOD in those with heavy physical jobs, more precarious work, and limited health care benefits suggest work environment and organizational factors may predispose workers to the development of OUD. Organizational poli…
Evaluation of the HearWell Pilot Program
Our objective was to pilot test HearWell, an intervention created to preserve hearing among highway maintainers, by using a participatory Total Worker Health ® (TWH) approach to designing, implementing and evaluating interventions. Regional maintenance garages were randomized to control ( n = 6); HearWell ( n = 4) or HearWell Design Team ( n = 2) arms. Maintainer representatives from the HearWell Design Team garages identified barriers to hearing…
Feasibility of Virtual Focus Groups in Program Impact Evaluation
Focus groups are often used for qualitative investigations. We adapted a published focus group method for evaluating impact of an organizational intervention for virtual delivery using video conferencing. The method entailed convening small groups of three to five participants for a 2-hour facilitated workshop. We delivered the virtual workshops, adding qualitative evaluation with researchers and participants, to assess the effectiveness of the p…
Biomechanical Exposure to Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk Factors in Hospital Laboratories
Exposure to ergonomic risk factors has been reported for laboratory workers over decades. However, these exposures are not well characterized with respect to the type of laboratory or work organization. This study compared biomechanical exposure to upper extremity (UE) postures and hand activity levels (HALs) in general hospital laboratories by job, work, and laboratory type. The study used observational data gathered using a revised version of t…
High Emotional Demands at Work and Poor Mental Health in Client-Facing Workers
This study investigated the association between emotional demands and depression or anxiety in a wide range of jobs. We used data from the third Korean Working Conditions Survey ( n = 50,032) for all occupational classifications, with no limitations placed on job title or employment type. Among the full set of regular paid workers in addition to self-employed, unpaid family workers, and informal employees such as independent contractors, 23,989 r…
A Protocol to Assess Contextual Factors During Program Impact Evaluation
Program evaluations that lack experimental design often fail to produce evidence of impact because there is no available control group. Theory-based evaluations can generate evidence of a program's causal effects if evaluators collect evidence along the theorized causal chain and identify possible competing causes. However, few methods are available for assessing competing causes in the program environment. Effect Modifier Assessment (EMA) is a m…
Medicine (15 obras) · Psychology (12 obras) · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (8 obras) · Nursing (8 obras) · Environmental health (6 obras) · Occupational safety and health (6 obras) · Workplace Health and Well-being (6 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Public health (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras)