A5042074853- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Disaster Response and Management
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Physical Activity and Health
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Quality and Safety in Healthcare
- Occupational Health and Performance
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2021-2025
Colorado School of Public Health
2018-2022
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
2018-2021
Newman University
2020
Sinclair Pharma
2020
The Centers
2018-2019
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018-2019
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
2019
University of Colorado Denver
2018-2019
Harvard University
2019
Background: Research on catastrophic injuries and medical conditions among majority girls’ women’s sports are underrepresented. In this study, we describe the incidence, characteristics, mechanisms of severe softball injuries/medical between 2014 2021. Hypothesis: Catastrophic injury illness patterns will be observed with a higher incidence rate at collegiate level. Study Design: Descriptive epidemiologic study. Level Evidence: 3. Methods: Events from National Center for Sport Injury...
To determine the incidence rates (IRs) of catastrophic injuries and exertional medical events in lacrosse athletes.
Objective: This study examines employee perceptions of safety and health climates for well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample small businesses. Methods: We evaluated changes to employees’ work home life resulting from climates. Cross-sectional relationships were assessed using multivariable linear regression models 491 employees 30 businesses Colorado May 2020. Results: Employee significantly related their self-reported first wave COVID-19, even when there childcare, ability...
Objective: This study evaluates the motivational processes between employee occupational safety and health climates behaviors using Theory of Self-Determination in a sample diverse small businesses. Methods: We used cross-sectional data to assess whether safety/health intrinsic, identified, external motives mediate relationship climate behavior. Results: All three types motivation mediated behaviors. Conclusion: Small businesses seeking engage employees Total Worker Health efforts should...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Total Worker Health® (TWH) business strategies and employee perceptions leadership commitment safety health climates. Using data from 53 small enterprises 1271 their workers collected as part Small + Safe Well (SSWell) Study, we confirm primacy workplace climate. After accounting for safety, business-reported policies practices that promote health, well-being (i.e., TWH strategies) were no longer related In contrast,...
The COVID-19 pandemic created workplace challenges for employee safety and health, especially in small enterprises. We used linear mixed-effects regression to examine changes health climate, worker well-being, prior the at two timepoints during it. also examined whether employees organizations that had received a TWH leadership development intervention would better maintain pre-pandemic perceptions of climates well-being. final study cohort consisted 261 from 31 organizations. No differences...
Leadership is an important factor in creating a safe and healthy work environment. Little known about its influence small organizations. This study assessed the relationship between leadership, climate, employee behavior organizations with less than 500 employees.We examined organizational factors worker perceptions of leadership safety/health behaviors analysis 1271 employees 53 Colorado Cross-sectional relationships were using multivariable linear regression models.Perceived commitment to...
Total Worker Health® (TWH) is a framework for integrating worker and workplace safety, health, well-being, which has achieved success in European US settings. However, the not been implemented Latin America or agricultural sectors, leaving large vulnerable populations underrepresented implementation evaluation of these strategies to improve safety promote health well-being. This study presents case how TWH approach can be applied multinational American agribusiness. We describe process...
The Functional Movement Screen (FMS™) is a screening tool used to assess an individual's ability perform fundamental movements that are necessary do physically active tasks. purpose of this study was the FMS predict occupational injury among Denver Fire Department firefighters.FMS tests were administered from 2012 2016. Claim status defined as any claim occurrence vs. no and overexertion claim/other within 1 year FMS. To associations between score status, scores dichotomized into ≤14 > 14....
Abstract Background There is a lack of trained Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) professionals able to meet the current future demand for such expertize in United States. Many OSH are required perform duties, which outside their primary area expertize; thus, expansion continuing education (CE) may be necessary properly train individuals new responsibilities. Methods The National Institute Health‐funded Education Research Centers collectively developed distributed an internet‐based survey...
Abstract Background The Total Worker Health® (TWH) approach is a best practice method to protect and promote worker safety, health, well-being. Central this leadership support health safety climates that day-to-day use of policies programs. There some research supports these relationships, but there limited amongst small businesses. Furthermore, it remains be shown what role TWH business strategies, as reflected by organizational programs, play in process. purpose study characterize...
Abstract Background Leadership commitment to worker safety and health is one of the most important factors when organizations develop implement a Total Worker Health ® approach. We aimed assess effectiveness (“TWH”) leadership development program that targeted owners other senior-level positions on changing organizational outcomes from baseline one-year later. Methods The Small + Safe Well study included small businesses variety industries in state Colorado, USA were participating Links™....
The aim of this study was o examine how work and nonwork health-related factors contribute to workers' compensation (WC) claims by gender.Workers (N = 16,926) were enrolled in the Pinnacol Assurance Health Risk Management study, a multiyear, longitudinal research program assessing small medium-sized enterprises Colorado. Hypotheses tested using gender-stratified logistic regression models.For both women men, having incurred prior WC claim increased odds future claim. combination incurring...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Physical activity at schools is an important component in combatting childhood obesity. Studies have shown that physical school positively associated with academic outcomes. The purpose of this study to examine associations between opportunity time and METHODS This statewide, cross‐sectional utilized 2 data sources from the Georgia Department Education Shape 860 schools. Multivariable linear regression analysis assessed impact amount standardized test scores, controlling...
is a rare event that occurs following blunt, non-penetrating trauma to the chest, precipitating ventricular arrhythmia.
Sufficient sleep is essential for well-being. We examined the relationship between work-related social support, work stress, and sufficiency, predicting that workers with higher support would report sufficiency across varying levels of stress.
There is little longitudinal research on whether changes to Total Worker Health® (TWH) policies and programs are associated with in health climate safety climate. We hypothesize that as TWH change, employees will report from baseline 1 year.Twenty-five diverse small businesses their participated assessments completed approximately year apart. The exposures of interest, programs, were measured using the business-level Healthy Workplace Assessment™ which collects information six benchmarks....
Background: Participation in high school cross-country and track has increased over the last few decades. At same time, rate of pedestrian-involved motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) also increased. In context organized sport, pedestrian safety among runners is often not highlighted, despite risk catastrophic injury. Purpose: To describe incidents MVCs involving student athletes captured by National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSIR) at University North Carolina Chapel Hill....
Few studies investigate the influence of body part injured and industry on future workers' compensation claims.Using claims incurred from 1 January 2005 to 31 July 2015 (n = 77 494) largest insurer in Colorado, we assessed associations between worker characteristics, second involving any same part. We utilized Cox proportional hazards models approximate probability a claim.First represented 74.9% 58 007) 25.2% 19 487) total claims. Sex, age, industry, first claim were associated with...