Lorraine Wallace
Biographic Data
| ID | 6060346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorraine Wallace |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorraine |
| FAMILY NAME | Wallace |
| SIGNATURE | WALLACE L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5963-9189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Using Total Worker Health® Implementation Guidelines to Design an Organizational Intervention for Low-Wage Food Service Workers
Total Worker Health ® (TWH) interventions that utilize integrated approaches to advance worker safety, health, and well-being can be challenging to design and implement in practice. This may be especially true for the food service industry, characterized by high levels of injury and turnover. This paper illustrates how we used TWH Implementation Guidelines to develop and implement an organizational intervention to improve pain, injury, and well-b…
Implementation of an organizational intervention to improve low-wage food service workers’ safety, health and wellbeing
This study was retrospectively registered with the Clinical Trials. Gov Protocol and Results System on June 2, 2021 with assigned registration number NCT04913168
Improving Working Conditions to Promote Worker Safety, Health, and Wellbeing for Low-Wage Workers
This paper addresses a significant gap in the literature by describing a study that tests the feasibility and efficacy of an organizational intervention to improve working conditions, safety, and wellbeing for low-wage food service workers. The Workplace Organizational Health Study tests the hypothesis that an intervention targeting the work organization and environment will result in improvements in workers' musculoskeletal disorders and wellbei…
Trends in Health Insurance Status of US Children and their Parents, 1998–2008
Dissemination of a Tobacco Cessation Program for Unionized Workers
Many multilevel, contextually relevant, evidenced-based health promotion programs are not disseminated widely. The purpose of this study is to describe the adaptation of a published effective tobacco-use cessation intervention, which was implemented and evaluated in a broader population of unionized workers partnering with a health and welfare fund health benefits carrier. 68 tobacco users enrolled. Implementation and effectiveness outcomes indic…
Comparing Type of Health Insurance Among Low-Income Children
Promoting Behavior Change Among Working-Class, Multiethnic Workers
Objectives. We examined the efficacy of a cancer prevention intervention designed to improve health behaviors among working-class, multiethnic populations employed in small manufacturing businesses. Methods. Worksites were randomly assigned to an intervention or minimal-intervention control condition. The intervention targeted fruit and vegetable consumption, red meat consumption, multivitamin use, and physical activity. Results. Employees in the…
Promoting Behavior Change Among Working-Class, Multiethnic Workers
Objectives. We examined the efficacy of a cancer prevention intervention designed to improve health behaviors among working-class, multiethnic populations employed in small manufacturing businesses. Methods. Worksites were randomly assigned to an intervention or minimal-intervention control condition. The intervention targeted fruit and vegetable consumption, red meat consumption, multivitamin use, and physical activity. Results. Employees in the…
Promoting Behavior Change Among Working-Class, Multiethnic Workers
Objectives. We examined the efficacy of a cancer prevention intervention designed to improve health behaviors among working-class, multiethnic populations employed in small manufacturing businesses. Methods. Worksites were randomly assigned to an intervention or minimal-intervention control condition. The intervention targeted fruit and vegetable consumption, red meat consumption, multivitamin use, and physical activity. Results. Employees in the…
Comparing Type of Health Insurance Among Low-Income Children
Trends in Health Insurance Status of US Children and their Parents, 1998–2008
Dissemination of a Tobacco Cessation Program for Unionized Workers
Many multilevel, contextually relevant, evidenced-based health promotion programs are not disseminated widely. The purpose of this study is to describe the adaptation of a published effective tobacco-use cessation intervention, which was implemented and evaluated in a broader population of unionized workers partnering with a health and welfare fund health benefits carrier. 68 tobacco users enrolled. Implementation and effectiveness outcomes indic…
Improving Working Conditions to Promote Worker Safety, Health, and Wellbeing for Low-Wage Workers
This paper addresses a significant gap in the literature by describing a study that tests the feasibility and efficacy of an organizational intervention to improve working conditions, safety, and wellbeing for low-wage food service workers. The Workplace Organizational Health Study tests the hypothesis that an intervention targeting the work organization and environment will result in improvements in workers' musculoskeletal disorders and wellbei…
Using Total Worker Health® Implementation Guidelines to Design an Organizational Intervention for Low-Wage Food Service Workers
Total Worker Health ® (TWH) interventions that utilize integrated approaches to advance worker safety, health, and well-being can be challenging to design and implement in practice. This may be especially true for the food service industry, characterized by high levels of injury and turnover. This paper illustrates how we used TWH Implementation Guidelines to develop and implement an organizational intervention to improve pain, injury, and well-b…
Implementation of an organizational intervention to improve low-wage food service workers’ safety, health and wellbeing
This study was retrospectively registered with the Clinical Trials. Gov Protocol and Results System on June 2, 2021 with assigned registration number NCT04913168
Environmental health (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Public health (5 works) · Intervention (counseling (4 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (4 works) · Occupational Health and Safety Research (3 works) · Occupational safety and health (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works)