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Critical research needs to address occupational safety and health of nanomaterial workers Open

Paul A. Schulte, V. Murashov, Laura Hodson, Mark D. Hoover, Gary A. Roth , et al. · 2025

Conceptually, the initial phase of nanomaterial occupational safety and health research is now largely completed and the next phase targeting more refined research is starting. The pending question is what is the critical research that sho…

The Challenge of New Forms of Work, Innovative Technologies, and Aging on Decent Work: Opportunities for Occupational Safety and Health Open

Paul A. Schulte, Frida Marina Fischer, Ivo Iavicoli, Iracimara de Anchieta Messias, Donald L. Fisher , et al. · 2024

Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) can be relevant in achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal of decent work by 2030. However, further OSH actions are needed. This paper identifies the role of OSH in addressing two of …

An urgent call to address work‐related psychosocial hazards and improve worker well‐being Open

Paul A. Schulte, Steven L. Sauter, Sudha P. Pandalai, Hope M. Tiesman, L. Casey Chosewood , et al. · 2024

Work‐related psychosocial hazards are on the verge of surpassing many other occupational hazards in their contribution to ill‐health, injury, disability, direct and indirect costs, and impact on business and national productivity. The risk…

Responsible Development of Emerging Technologies Open

Paul A. Schulte, Veruscka Leso, Ivo Iavicoli · 2024

Objectives This paper identifies approaches to the responsible development of emerging technologies to secure worker safety and health. Methods A retrospective analysis was used to describe the history of the responsible development of wor…

NIOSH worker well-being questionnaire (WellBQ). Open

Steven L. Sauter, Chia‐Chia Chang, L. Casey Chosewood, Paul A. Schulte, Anita Schill , et al. · 2024

NIOSH extends special

Updated assessment of occupational safety and health hazards of climate change Open

Paul A. Schulte, Brenda Jacklitsch, Anasua Bhattacharya, HeeKyoung Chun, Nicole Edwards , et al. · 2023

Workers, particularly outdoor workers, are among the populations most disproportionately affected by climate-related hazards. However, scientific research and control actions to comprehensively address these hazards are notably absent. To …

U. S. federal perspective on critical research issues in nanoEHS Open

Janet Carter, Rhema Bjorkland, William K. Boyes, Charles L. Geraci, Vincent A. Hackley , et al. · 2023

This article discusses critical issues and opportunities in nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety (nanoEHS) research from the perspective of many U.S. NEHI agencies.

Occupational Medicine and Total Worker Health®: from preventing health and safety risks in the workplace to promoting health for the total well-being of the worker Open

Ivo Iavicoli, Giovanna Spatari, L. Casey Chosewood, Paul A. Schulte · 2022

Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of Public Health interventions for global social and economic development. Still, the community’s well-being depends on each individual’s health. In addition to pandemics, health…

Expanding the Focus of Occupational Safety and Health: Lessons from a Series of Linked Scientific Meetings Open

Paul A. Schulte, George L. Delclos, Sarah A. Felknor, Jessica M. K. Streit, Michelle McDaniel , et al. · 2022

There is widespread recognition that the world of work is changing, and agreement is growing that the occupational safety and health (OSH) field must change to contribute to the protection of workers now and in the future. Discourse on the…

In Search of a Value Proposition for COVID-19 Testing in the Work Environment: A Social Marketing Analysis Open

Claudia Parvanta, Alberto J. Caban‐Martinez, Naciely Cabral, Cynthia K. Ball, Kevin G. Moore , et al. · 2022

Background: This study examined employer experience with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) asymptomatic testing through a social marketing lens. Social marketing uses commercial marketing principles to achieve socially beneficial ends including improv…

Barriers to SARS-CoV-2 Testing among U.S. Employers in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Analysis Conducted January through April 2021 Open

Alberto J. Caban‐Martinez, Claudia Parvanta, Naciely Cabral, Cynthia K. Ball, Adrienne Eastlake , et al. · 2022

During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. companies were seeking ways to support their employees to return to the workplace. Nonetheless, the development of strategies to support the access, use, and interpretation of SARS-CoV-2…

Occupational Safety and Health Staging Framework for Decent Work Open

Paul A. Schulte, Ivo Iavicoli, Luca Fontana, Stavroula Leka, Maureen F. Dollard , et al. · 2022

The 2030 United Nations Goal 8 for sustainable development focuses on decent work. There is utility in identifying the occupational safety and health aspects of Goal 8, as they pertain to the four pillars of decent work: job creation, soci…

Applying Translational Science Approaches to Protect Workers Exposed to Nanomaterials Open

Paul A. Schulte, Rebecca J. Guerin, Thomas R. Cunningham, Laura Hodson, Vladimir Murashov , et al. · 2022

Like nanotechnology, translational science is a relatively new and transdisciplinary field. Translational science in occupational safety and health (OSH) focuses on the process of taking scientific knowledge for the protection of workers f…

Special Session 53 Critical Issues in the Future of Decent Work Open

Paul A. Schulte · 2022

Ethics and Scientific Issues of New Technologies: Lessons from Nanotechnology Open

Paul A. Schulte · 2022

Overview of Framework for Decent Work of Occupational Safety and Health Open

Paul A. Schulte · 2022

Public Health Impacts of Underemployment and Unemployment in the United States: Exploring Perceptions, Gaps and Opportunities Open

Preethi Pratap, Alison Dickson, Marsha Love, Joe Zanoni, Caitlin Donato , et al. · 2021

Background: Unemployment, underemployment, and the quality of work are national occupational health risk factors that drive critical national problems; however, to date, there have been no systematic efforts to document the public health i…

Response to Letter to the Editor: “The Role of Occupational Risk Assessment and Health Surveillance in SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing of Unexposed Asymptomatic Workers in Selected Workplaces” Open

Paul A. Schulte, John Piacentino, David N. Weissman, Marie De Perio, Sophia Chiu , et al. · 2021

To the Editor: We appreciate the comments of Chirico and Szarpak1 and their efforts to elucidate several important issues related to antigen testing in the employment setting. We agree that screening testing is one part of a comprehensive …

Nano- and microplastics in the workplace Open

Vladimir Murashov, Charles L. Geraci, Paul A. Schulte, John Howard · 2021

The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a dramatic increase in the use of N95 respirators, barrier face coverings, disposable gloves, gowns, and other measures to control the spread of SARS-...

Aging and the Future of Decent Work Open

Frida Marina Fischer, Maria Carmen Martínez, Camila Helaehil Alfredo, João Silvestre Silva-Júnior, Jodi Oakman , et al. · 2021

The United Nations identified decent work and economic growth as a sustainable development goal for 2030. Decent work is a term that sums up aspirations for people in their working lives. One of the factors that influences the achievement …

How Will the Future of Work Shape OSH Research and Practice? A Workshop Summary Open

Sarah A. Felknor, Jessica M. K. Streit, Michelle McDaniel, Paul A. Schulte, L. Casey Chosewood , et al. · 2021

Growth of the information economy and globalization of labor markets will be marked by exponential growth in emerging technologies that will cause considerable disruption of the social and economic sectors that drive the global job market.…

Proposed Framework for Considering SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Testing of Unexposed Asymptomatic Workers in Selected Workplaces Open

Paul A. Schulte, John Piacentino, David N. Weissman, Marie A. de Perio, Sophia Chiu , et al. · 2021

Objectives: To propose a framework for considering SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing of unexposed asymptomatic workers in selected workplaces. Methods: This is a commentary based on established occupational safety and health principles, published…

Current intelligence bulletin 70: health effects of occupational exposure to silver nanomaterials. Open

John J. Howard, Eileen D. Kuempel, Jenny R. Roberts, Gary A. Roth, Kevin Dunn , et al. · 2021

When the U.S

NIOSH worker well-being questionnaire (WellBQ). Open

Steven L. Sauter, Chia‐Chia Chang, L. Casey Chosewood, Paul A. Schulte, Anita Schill , et al. · 2021

NIOSH extends special

Considerations for Pooled Testing of Employees for SARS-CoV-2 Open

Paul A. Schulte, David N. Weissman, Sara E. Luckhaupt, Marie A. de Perio, Don Beezhold , et al. · 2020

Objectives: To identify important background information on pooled tested of employees that employers workers, and health authorities should consider. Methods: This paper is a commentary based on the review by the authors of pertinent lite…

How Will the Future of Work Shape the OSH Professional of the Future? A Workshop Summary Open

Sarah A. Felknor, Jessica M. K. Streit, L. Casey Chosewood, Michelle McDaniel, Paul A. Schulte , et al. · 2020

Rapid and profound changes anticipated in the future of work will have significant implications for the education and training of occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals and the workforce. As the nature of the workplace, work, a…

Envisioning the future of work to safeguard the safety, health, and well‐being of the workforce: A perspective from the CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Open

Sara L. Tamers, Jessica M. K. Streit, Rene Pana‐Cryan, Tapas Ray, Laura N. Syron , et al. · 2020

The future of work embodies changes to the workplace, work, and workforce, which require additional occupational safety and health (OSH) stakeholder attention. Examples include workplace developments in organizational design, technological…

Translation research in occupational health and safety settings: Common ground and future directions Open

Thomas R. Cunningham, Pamela J. Tinc, Rebecca J. Guerin, Paul A. Schulte · 2020

A global perspective on addressing occupational safety and health hazards in the future of work Open

Paul A. Schulte · 2020

Potential Scenarios and Hazards in the Work of the Future: A Systematic Review of the Peer-Reviewed and Gray Literatures Open

Paul A. Schulte, Jessica M. K. Streit, Fatima Sheriff, George L. Delclos, Sarah A. Felknor , et al. · 2020

It would be useful for researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers to anticipate the hazards that workers will face in the future. The focus of this study is a systematic review of published information to identify and characterize sce…

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