Center for Work, Health, and Well-being
The Center for Work, Health, and Well-being is a multidisciplinary center advancing worker safety, health, and well-being through research and dissemination of evidence-based practices, programs, and policies.
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Publications
An integral component of the Center’s work is the dissemination of research findings and evidence-based policy recommendations through papers in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and viewpoint pieces. Below is a collection of the Center’s key publications across numerous topics focusing on an array of working populations. Our publications are also listed on the Center for Work, Health, & Well-being Google Scholar page.
Sabbath EL, Lovejoy M, Schneider DK, Diaz-Linhart Y, DeHorn G, Peters SE. Engaging low-wage workers in health and well-being survey research: strategies from 5 occupational studies. Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print November 14, 2024:e1–e8.
Peters SE, Dennerlein JT, Wagner GR, Sorensen G. Work and worker health in the post-pandemic world: A public health perspective. Lancet Public Health 2022, 7(2):e188-e194.
Lovejoy M, Kelly EL, Kubzansky LG, Berkman LF. Work Redesign for the 21st Century: Promising Strategies for Enhancing Worker Well-Being. Am J Public Health 2021, 111, 1787_1795.
Sorensen G, Dennerlein JT, Peters SE, Sabbath EL, Kelly EL, Wagner GR. The Future of Research on Work, Safety, Health and Wellbeing: A Guiding Conceptual Framework. Soc Sci Med 2021 Jan, 269:113593.
Sorensen G, McLellan DL, Dennerlein, JT, Nagler EM, Sabbath EL, Pronk NP, Wagner GR. A Conceptual Model for Guiding Integrated Interventions and Research: Pathways through the Conditions of Work. In: Hudson HL, Nigam JS, Sauter SL, Chosewood LC, Schill AL, Howard J. Total Worker Health. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association 2019.
Sorensen G, McLellan DL, Sabbath EL, Dennerlein JT, Nagler EM, Hurtado DA, Pronk NP, Wagner GR. Integrating worksite health protection and health promotion: A conceptual model for intervention and research. Prev Med 2016, 91, 188–196.
Nielsen N, Sorensen G, El-Salanti N, Munch-Hansen M. Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Sustainable Interventions in Organizations: The How-To of Improving Worker Health and Well-being. 2025. Oxford University Press: New York, NY.
Lovejoy M, Berkman L, Kelly E, Kubzansky L, Winter A, Bolin, J. Implementing a Work Design for Health Approach: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Healthier Workplace. Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies: Boston, MA, USA, 2024.
Pronk NP. Work, the Workplace, and the Mental Health of Workers. ACSM’s Health & Fitness J 27(3):p 50-52, 5/6 2023.
Pronk NP. A Call to Action for Dissemination and Implementation: Response from the Workplace. ACSM’s Health & Fitness J 2022, 26(1):55-58.
Kelly KM, Newman LS, Cherniack M, Punnett L, Hammer LB, Sorensen G. Critical Points in Lemke’s Total Worker Health Calculus. J Occup Environ Med 2021 Nov 1, 63(11):e821-e822.
Pronk NP, McLellan DL, Dennerlein JT, Anderson P, Nagler EM, Schmidt D, Spoonheim J, Karapanos M, Wallace LM, Sorensen G. Building Capacity for Implementation of Integrated Occupational Safety, Health, and Well-Being Initiatives Using Guidelines for Total Worker Health®. J Occup Environ Med 2021 May 1, 63(5):411-421.
Newman LS, Scott JG, Childress A, Linnan L, Newhall WJ, McLellan DL, Campo S, Freewynn S, Hammer LB, Leff M, Macy G, Maples EH, Rogers B, Rohlman DS, Tenney L, Watkins C. Education and Training to Build Capacity in Total Worker Health®: Proposed Competencies for an Emerging Field. J Occup Environ Med 2020 Aug, 62(8):e384-e391.
Pronk NP. Total Worker Health®: An emerging innovation in workplace health and well-being. ACSM’s Health & Fitness J 2020, 24(1):42-44.
Pronk NP. Public health, business, and the shared value of workforce health and wellbeing. Lancet Public Health 2019 Jul, 4(7):e323.
López Gómez MA, Sparer-Fine E, Sorensen G, Wagner GR. Literature Review of Policy Implications from Findings of the Center for Work, Health and Well-being. J Occup Environ Med 2019 Nov, 61(11):868-876.
Center researchers conducted a review of Center publications between 2011-2019 to identify cross-cutting themes from our research findings relevant to working conditions or related health outcomes and their organizational and public policy implications.
Katz AS, Pronk NP, McLellan DL, Dennerlein JT, Katz JN. Perceived Workplace Health and Safety Climates: Associations with Worker Outcomes and Productivity. Am J Prev Med 2019 Oct, 57(4):487-494.
Tamers SL, Goetzel R, Kelly KM, Luckhaupt S, Nigam J, Pronk NP, Rohlman DS, Baron S, Brosseau LM, Bushnell T, Campo S, Chang CC, Childress A, Chosewood LC, Cunningham T, Goldenhar LM, Huang TT, Hudson H, Linnan L, Newman LS, Olson R, Ozminkowski RJ, Punnett L, Schill A, Scholl J, Sorensen G. Research Methodologies for Total Worker Health®: Proceedings from a Workshop. J Occup Environ Med 2018 Nov, 60(11):968–978.
McLellan D, Moore W, Nagler E, Sorensen G. Implementing an Integrated Approach: Weaving Worker Health, Safety, and Well-Being into the Fabric of Your Organization. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Boston, MA, USA, 2017.
McLellan D, Moore W, Nagler E, Sorensen G. Implementando un enfoque integrado Incorporando la salud, la seguridad y el bienestar de los empleados en el ensamble de su organización. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Boston, MA, USA, 2017.
McLellan D, Williams JA, Katz JN, Pronk NP, Wagner GR, Cabán-Martinez AJ, Nelson CC, Sorensen G. Key organizational characteristics for integrated approaches to protect and promote worker health in smaller enterprises. J Occup Environ Med 2017 Mar, 59(3):289–294.
Pronk NP, McLellan DL, McGrail MP, Olson SM, McKinney ZJ, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G. Measurement Tools for Integrated Worker Health Protection and Promotion: Lessons Learned from the SafeWell Project. J Occup Environ Med 2016 May 18.
Sorensen G, Nagler EM, Hashimoto D, Dennerlein JT, Theron J, Stoddard AM, Buxton OM, Wallace L, Kenwood C, Nelson CC, Tamers SL, Grant MP, Wagner GR. Implementing an integrated health protection/health promotion intervention in the hospital setting: Lessons learned from the Be Well, Work Well Study. J Occup Environ Med 2016 Feb, 58(2):185-94.
McLellan DM, Caban-Martinez A, Nelson CC, Pronk NP, Katz JN, Allen JD, Davis K, Wagner G, Sorensen G. Organizational characteristics influence implementation of worksite health protection and promotion programs: Evidence from smaller businesses. J Occup Environ Med 2015 Sep, 57(9):1009-1016.
Nelson CC, Allen J, McLellan D, Pronk N, Davis K. Integrating health promotion & occupational safety and health in manufacturing worksites: Perspectives of leaders from small-to-medium sized businesses. Work 2015, 52(1):169-176.
Pronk NP, Lagerstrom D, Haws J. Lifeworks@TURCK: A Best Practice Case Study Showing How Design of a Workplace Wellbeing Program Drives Success. ACSM’s Health Fit J, Worksite Health Promotion Column 2014 Nov/Dec, 19(3) 2014.
Harris J, Hannon P, Beresford S, Linnan L, McLellan D. Health Promotion in Smaller Workplaces in the United States. Annu Rev Public Health 2014. 35:12.1-12.16. doi: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182416.
Pronk NP. Integrated Worker Health Protection and Promotion Programs: Overview and Perspectives on Health and Economic Outcomes. J Occup Environ Med 2013 Dec, 55(12 0): S30–S37.
Sorensen G, McLellan D, Dennerlein J, Pronk N, Allen J, Boden L, Okechukwu C, Hashimoto D, Stoddard A, Wagner G. Integration of Health Protection and Health Promotion: Rationale, Indicators, and Metrics. J Occup Environ Med 2013 Dec, 55 (Suppl):S12-18.
Sorensen G, Landsbergis P, Hammer L, Amick III B, Linnan L, Yancey A, Welch L, Goetzel R, Flannery K, Pratt C. Preventing Chronic Disease in the Workplace: A Workshop Report and Recommendations. Am J Public Health 2011 Dec, 101(Suppl 1): S196–S207.
Cherniack M, Henning R, Merchant JA, Punnett L, Sorensen G, Wagner G. Statement on national worklife priorities. Am J Ind Med 2011 Jan, 54(1):10-20. doi:10.1002/ajim.20900.
Sorensen G, Sparer EH, Williams JAR, Gundersen D, Boden LI, Dennerlein JT, Hashimoto D, Katz JN, McLellan DL, Okechukwu CA, Pronk NP, Revette AC, Wagner GR. Measuring best practices for workplace safety, health and wellbeing: The Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Assessment. J Occup Environ Med 2018 May, 60(5):430-439.
Williams J, Nelson CC, Caban-Martinez A, Katz JN, Pronk NP, Wagner G, Sorensen G, McLellan DM. Validation of a New Metric for Assessing Approaches Integrating Health Protection and Health Promotion. J Occup Environ Med 2015 Sep, 57(9):1017-1021.
Stelson E, Sorensen G, Berkman L, Ballou S, Hashimoto D, Kubzansky LD, Sabbath EL. Physical Health Consequences of Vicarious Trauma: Prospective Relationship Between Hospital Patient Care Worker Vicarious Trauma Symptoms and Gastrointestinal Disorders. J Occup Environ Med 2025 August, 67(8):p 654-665.
Boden LI, Pan Y, Gregas M, McTernan M, Peters SE, Bhagia D, Wagner GR, Sabbath EL. Who do you ask? Predicting injury rates from survey responses. Work 2024 Jul 3.
Sabbath EL, Pan Y, McTernan ML, Peters SE, Lovett SM, Stelson EA, Wagner GR, Hopcia K, Boden LI. Adding injury to insult: unfair treatment at work and occupational injury among hospital patient-care workers. Am J Ind Med 2024 May 13, 1-10.
Maglalang DD, Katigbak Carina, López Gómez MA, Sorensen G, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Pandey S, Takeuchi DT, Sabbath EL. Workplace Discrimination and Short Sleep among Healthcare Workers. J Occup Environ Med 2021 May 12.
Maglalang DD, Sorensen G, Hopcia K, Hashimoto DM, Katigbak C, Pandey S, Takeuchi D, Sabbath EL. Job and family demands and burnout among healthcare workers: The moderating role of workplace flexibility. SSM Population Health 2021, 14.
López Gómez MA, Williams JAR, Boden L, Sorensen G, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Sabbath E. The relationship of occupational injury and use of mental health care. J Safety Res 2020 Sep, 74:227-232.
López Gómez MA, Sabbath E, Boden L, Williams JAR, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Organizational and Psychosocial Working Conditions and Their Relationship With Mental Health Outcomes in Patient-Care Workers. J Occup Environ Med 2019 Dec, 61:12.
Sabbath EL, Yang J, Dennerlein JT, Boden LI, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Paradoxical impact of a patient-handling intervention on injury rate disparity among hospital workers. Am J Public Health 2019, 109(4), 618-625.
Miller JA, Hopcia K, Wagner GR, Boden LI, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G, Sabbath EL. Job satisfaction and the psychosocial work environment: Does the relationship vary by worker age? J Workplace Behav Health 2019, 33(3-4):221-240.
Sabbath EL, Hashimoto D, Boden LI, Dennerlein J, Williams JAR, Orechia T, Hopcia K, Tripodis Y, Wagner GR, Sorensen G. Cohort Profile: The Boston Hospital Workers Health Study. Int J Epidemiology 2018 Dec 1, 47(6):1739-1740g.
Sabbath EL, Williams JAR, Boden LI, Tempesti T, Wagner GR, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Mental Health Expenditures: Association with Workplace Incivility and Bullying Among Hospital Patient Care Workers. J Occup Environ Med 2018 Aug, 60(8):737-742.
Sparer EH, Boden LI, Sorensen G, Dennerlein J, Stoddard A, Wagner GR, Nagler E, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Sabbath EL. The relationship between organizational policies and practices and work limitations among a group of hospital patient care workers. Am J Ind Med 2018 Aug, 61(8): 691-698.
Sabbath EL, Shaw J, Stidsen A, Hashimoto D. Protecting Mental Health of Hospital Workers After Mass Casualty Events: A Social Work Imperative. Social Work 2018 Jul 1, 63(3):272-275.
Sabbath EL, Sparer EH, Boden LI, Wagner GR, Hashimoto DM, Hopcia K, Sorensen G. Preventive care utilization: Association with individual- and workgroup-level policy and practice perceptions. Prev Med 2018 Jun, 111:235-240.
Grant MP, Okechukwu CA, Hopcia K, Sorensen G, Dennerlein JT. An Inspection Tool and Process to Identify Modifiable Aspects of Acute Care Hospital Patient Care Units to Prevent Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. Workplace Health Saf. 2018 Mar;66(3):144-158.
Hurtado DA, Kim SS, Subramanian SV, Dennerlein JT, Christiani DC, Hashimoto DM, Sorensen G. Nurses’ but not supervisors’ safety practices are linked with job satisfaction. J Nurs Manag. 2017 Oct;25(7):491-497.
Williams JA, Sorensen G, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Wagner GR, Boden LI. Impact of occupational injuries on nonworkers’ compensation medical costs of patient-care workers. J Occup Environ Med 2017, 59(6):e119-24.
Dennerlein JT, O’Day ET, Mulloy DF, Somerville J, Stoddard AM, Kenwood C, Teeple E, Boden LI, Sorensen G, Hashimoto D. Lifting and exertion injuries decrease after implementation of an integrated hospital-wide safe patient handling and mobilisation programme. J Occup Environ Med 2017, 74:336–343.
Sabbath EL, Boden LI, Williams JAR, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Sorensen G. Obscured by administrative data? Racial disparities in occupational injury. Scan J Work Environ Health 2017 Mar 1, 43(2):155-162.
Arias OE, Umukoro PE, Stoffel SD, Hopcia K, Sorensen G, Dennerlein JT. Associations between trunk flexion and physical activity of patient care workers for a single shift: A pilot study. Work 2017, 56(2):247-255.
Hurtado DA, Glymour MM, Reme SE, Berkman LF, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Schedule Control and Mental Health: The Relevance of Coworkers’ Reports. Community Work Fam 2015, 18(4):416-434.
Boden LI, Petrofsky YV, Hopcia K, Wagner GR, Hashimoto D. Understanding the hospital sharps injury reporting pathway. Am J Ind Med 2015 Mar, 58(3):282-9.
Hurtado DA, Nelson CC, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Supervisors’ support for nurses’ meal breaks and mental health. Workplace Health Saf. 2015 Mar,63(3):107-15.
Tveito TH, Sembajwe G, Boden LI, Dennerlein JT, Wagner GR, Kenwood C, Stoddard AM, Reme SE, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Shaw WS, Sorensen G. Impact of organizational policies and practices on workplace injuries in a hospital setting. J Occup Environ Med 2014 Aug, 56(8):802-8.
Reme SE, Shaw WS, Boden LI, Tveito TH, O’Day ET, Dennerlein JT, Sorensen G. Worker assessments of organizational practices and psychosocial work environment are associated with musculoskeletal injuries in hospital patient care workers. Am J Ind Med 2014 Jul, 57(7):810-8.
Jacobsen H, Reme SE, Sembajwe G, Hopcia K, Stoddard A, Kenwood C, Stiles T, Sorensen G, Buxton O. Work-family conflict, psychological distress, and sleep deficiency among patient care workers. Workplace Health Saf 2014 Jul, 62(7):282-91.
Kim SS, Okechukwu CA, Dennerlein JT, Boden LI, Hopcia K, Hashimoto DM, Sorensen G. Association between perceived inadequate staffing and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2014 Apr, 87(3):323-30.
Nelson CC, Wagner GR, Caban-Martinez AJ, Buxton OM, Kenwood CT, Sabbath EL, Hashimoto DM, Hopcia K, Allen JD, Sorensen G. Physical activity and BMI: the contribution of age and workplace characteristics. Am J Prev Med 2014, 46(3S1):S42-S51.
Sabbath E, Hurtado D, Okechukwu C, Tamers S, Nelson C, Wagner G, Sorensen G. Occupational injury among hospital patient-care workers: What is the association with workplace verbal abuse? Am J Ind Med 2014. Feb,57(2):222-232.
Jacobsen H, Reme SE, Sembajwe G, Hopcia K, Stiles T, Sorensen G, Porter J, Marino M, Buxton O. Work stress, sleep deficiency and predicted 10-year cardiometabolic risk in a female patient care worker population. Am J Ind Med 2014. 57:940-949.
Caspi CE, Dennerlein J, Kenwood C, Stoddard A, Hopcia K, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Results of a pilot intervention to improve health and safety for healthcare workers. J Occup Environ Med 2013, 55:1449–1455.
Sembajwe G, Tveito TH, Hopcia K, Kenwood C, O’Day ET, Stoddard A, Dennerlein J, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Psychosocial stress and multi-site musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional survey of patient care workers. Workplace Health Saf 2013, 61(3):117-125.
Kim SS, Okechukwu CA, Buxton OM, Dennerlein JT, Boden LI, Hashimoto DM, Sorensen G. Association between work-family conflict and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers. Am J Ind Med 2013 Apr, 56(4):488-95.
Reme SE, Dennerlein JT, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Musculoskeletal pain and psychological distress in hospital patient care workers. J Occup Rehabil 2012 Dec, 22(4):503-10.
Hopcia K, Dennerlein JT, Hashimoto D, Orechia T, Sorensen G. Occupational injuries for consecutive and cumulative shifts among hospital registered nurses and patient care associates: a case-control study. Workplace Health Saf 2012 Oct, 60(10):437-44.
Buxton OM, Hopcia K, Sembajwe G, Porter JH, Dennerlein JT, Kenwood C, Stoddard AM, Hashimoto D, Sorensen G. Relationship of sleep deficiency to perceived pain and functional limitations in hospital patient care workers. J Occup Environ Med 2012 Jul, 54(7):851-8.
Dennerlein JT, Hopcia K, Sembajwe G, Kenwood C, Stoddard AM, Tveito TH, Hashimoto DM, Sorensen G. Ergonomic practices within patient care units are associated with musculoskeletal pain and limitations. Am J Ind Med 2012 Feb, 55(2):107-16.
Boden LI, Sembajwe G, Tveito TH, Hashimoto D, Hopcia K, Kenwood C, Stoddard AM, Sorensen G. Occupational injuries among nurses and aides in a hospital setting. Am J Ind Med 2012 Feb, 55(2):117-26.
Sorensen G, Stoddard AM, Stoffel S, Buxton O, Sembajwe G, Hashimoto D, Dennerlein JT, Hopcia K. The role of the work context in multiple wellness outcomes for hospital patient care workers. J Occup Environ Med 2011 Aug, 53(8):899-910.
Low-Wage Workers in Nursing Homes
Roy S, Collins JE, Boden LI, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G, Williams J. Predicting COVID-19 Cases in Nursing Homes of California and Ohio: Does the Work Environment Matter? J Occup Environ Med 66(10):p e460-e466, October 2024.
Williams J, Collins JE, Gandhi A, Yu H, Boden L, Katz J, Wagner G, Sorensen G. Can Better Leadership Reduce Nursing Home Staff Turnover? J Am Med Dir Assoc 2024 March, ISSN 1525 8610.
Collins JE, Boden LI, Gundersen DA, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G, Williams JAR. Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Program Uptake in Nursing Homes: Associations with Ownership. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021, 18(21), 11313.
López Gómez MA, Gundersen DA, Boden LI, Sorensen G, Katz JN, Collins JE, Wagner G, Vriniotis MG, Williams JA. Validation of the Workplace Integrated Safety and Health (WISH) assessment in a sample of nursing homes using Item Response Theory (IRT) methods. BMJ Open 2021 Jun 18, 11(6):e045656.
Williams JAR, Vriniotis MG, Gundersen DA, Boden LI, Collins JE, Katz JN, Wagner GR, Sorensen G. How to ask: Surveying nursing directors of nursing homes. Health Science Reports 2021, 4:e304.
Substance Use Treatment Providers
Stelson EA, Sabbath-Clayton LL, Sorensen G, Kubzansky LD, Berkman LF, Sabbath EL. Residential addiction treatment providers: Identifying the role of social context in worker health and turnover. Soc Sci Med 2022 Dec, 314:115462.
Stelson, E., Sabbath-Clayton, L.L., Sorensen, G., & Sabbath, E.L. (2022). Working conditions, worker health and wellbeing & turnover of residential addiction treatment providers in Massachusetts. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Work, Health, & Well-being.
Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Schult TM, Nagler EM, Sorensen G, Sullivan JL, Gendreau N, Seibert RG, Mohr DC. Employee Perceptions of Safety, Health, and Well-Being: Focus Group Findings from One Veterans Affairs Medical Center. J Occup Environ Med 2018 Nov, 60(11):e582-e588.
Williams J, Schult T, Nelson C, Caban-Martinez A, Katz J, Wagner G, Pronk N, Sorensen G, McLellan D. Validation and Dimensionality of the Integration of Health Protection and Health Promotion Score: Evidence from the PULSE small business and VA Medical Center Surveys. J Occup Environ Med 2016 May, 58(5)499-504.
Buchbinder M, Arora KS, McKetchnie SM, Sabbath EL. Medical uncertainty in the shadow of Dobbs: Treating obstetric complications in a new reproductive frontier. Soc Sci Med 2025; 369,117856.
Buchbinder M, & Sabbath EL. Reproductive Healthcare After Dobbs: Rethinking Obstetric Harm in the United States. Med Anthropol 2024, 44(1), 6-21.
Buchbinder M, Arora KS, McKetchnie SM, Sabbath EL. Sources of moral distress among obstetrician-gynecologists after Dobbs: A qualitative, multi-state study. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, Volume 6, 2024.
Sabbath EL, McKetchnie SM, Arora KS, & Buchbinder M. Are state abortion bans an occupational health hazard for obstetrician-gynecologists? Findings from a multistate qualitative study. Occup Environ Med 2024; 81:493-497.
Sabbath EL, Arora KS, Buchbinder M. Supporting OB-GYNs in Abortion-Restrictive States—A Playbook for Institutions. JAMA. June 24, 2024.
Sabbath EL, McKetchnie SM, Arora KS, Buchbinder M. US Obstetrician-Gynecologists’ Perceived Impacts of Post–Dobbs v Jackson State Abortion Bans. JAMA Network Open. Jan 17, 2024, 7(1):e2352109.
Voss MW, Halvorsen CJ, Yadav K, Neidlinger SM, Wagner GR, Peters SE. Thriving from Work Questionnaire: Validation of a Measure of Worker Wellbeing Among Older U.S. Workers. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2025; 22(9):1428.
Neidlinger SM, Peters SE, Gundersen DA, Felfe J. Thriving from Work Questionnaire: German translation and validation. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jun 19,24(1):1634.
Peters SE, Gundersen DA, Neidlinger SM, Ritchie‐Dunham JL, Wagner GR. Thriving from Work Questionnaire: Spanish translation and validation. BMC Public Health 2024 April 27, 1187.
Peters SE, Gundersen DA, Katz JN, Sorensen G, Wagner GR. Thriving from Work Questionnaire: Dimensionality, reliability, and validity of the long and short form questionnaires. Am J Ind Med 2023 Feb 7, 1-16.
Peters SE, Sorensen G, Katz JN, Gundersen DA, Wagner GR. Thriving from Work: Conceptualization and Measurement. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021, 18(13):7196.
Siebach KR, Lovejoy M, Kelly EL, Díaz-Linhart Y, Mangelsdorf ME. Starting a Workplace Health and Well-Being Committee: A Step-By-Step Guide for Managers. MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research, July 2025.
Kelly EL, Siebach KF, DeHorn G, Lovejoy M. The Fulfillment Center Intervention Study: Protocol for a Group-Randomized Control Trial of a Participatory Workplace Intervention. PLoS ONE 2024 July 19(7): e0305334.
Halvorsen C, Lopez B. Supporting Older Workers: Trends in Employer-Provided Benefits — 2010 to 2020. January 10, 2025.
A report using descriptive data to highlight the share of older workers who have access to workplace-provided benefits and supports.
Halvorsen C, Lai PHL. Documenting the health, well-being, and experiences of older workers in the Senior Community Service Employment Program: Topline results of SCSEP respondents in Massachusetts. Boston College School of Social Work. January 2023.
Halvorsen C, Lai PHL. Documenting the health, well-being, and experiences of older Asian workers in the Senior Community Service Employment Program: Topline Massachusetts results. Boston College School of Social Work. August 2022.
Halvorsen CJ, Werner K, McColloch E, Yulikova O. How the Senior Community Service Employment Program influences participant well-being: A participatory research approach with program recommendations. Research on Aging. June 16, 2022.
Dennerlein JT, Eyllon M, Garverich S, Weinstein D, Manjourides J, Vallas SP, Lincoln AK. Associations Between Work-Related Factors and Psychological Distress Among Construction Workers. J Occup Environ Med 2021 Dec 1, 63(12):1052-7.
Eyllon M, Vallas SP, Dennerlein JT, Garverich S, Weinstein D, Owens K, Lincoln AK. Mental health stigma and wellbeing among commercial construction workers: a mixed methods study. J Occup Environ Med 2020 Aug 1;62(8):e423-30.
Peters SE, Trieu HD, Manjourides J, Katz JN, Dennerlein JT. Designing a Participatory Total Worker Health® Organizational Intervention for Commercial Construction Subcontractors to Improve Worker Safety, Health, and Well-being: The “ARM for Subs” Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020, 17,5093.
Manjourides J, Dennerlein JT. Testing the associations between leading and lagging indicators in a contractor safety pre-qualification database. Am J Ind Med 2019, 62(4): 317-324.
Peters SE, Grant MP, Rodgers J, Manjourides J, Okechukwu CA, Dennerlein JT. A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Total Worker Health® Intervention on Commercial Construction Sites. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018, 15(11):2354.
Manjourides J, Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Dennerlein JT. The Effect of Workforce Mobility on Intervention Effectiveness Estimates. Ann Work Expo Health 2018 Mar 12, 62(3):259-268.
Sparer EH, Okechukwu CA, Manjourides J, Herrick RF, Katz JN, Dennerlein JT. Length of time spent working on a commercial construction site and the associations with worker characteristics. Am J Ind Med 2015 Jun 29.
Sparer EH, Herrick R, Dennerlein JT. Development of a Safety Communication and Recognition Program for Construction. New Solutions 2015 May, 25(1):42-58.
Zhang M, Sparer EH, Murphy LA, Dennerlein JT, Fang D, Katz JN, Caban-Martinez AJ. Development and validation of a fatigue assessment scale for U.S. construction workers. Am J Ind Med 2015 Feb, 58(2):220-8.
Arias OE, Caban-Martinez AJ, Umukoro PE, Okechukwu CA, Dennerlein JT. Physical activity levels at work and outside of work among Commercial Construction Workers. J Occup Environ Med 2015 Jan, 57(1):73-8.
Caban-Martinez AJ, Lowe K, Herrick R, Kenwood C, Gagne JJ, Becker JF, Schneider S, Dennerlein JT, Sorensen G. Construction workers working in musculoskeletal pain and engaging in leisure-time physical activity: Findings from a mixed-methods pilot study. Am J Ind Med 2014 Jul, 57(7):819-25.
Nielsen N, Sorensen G, El-Salanti N, & Munch-Hansen M. Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Sustainable Interventions in Organizations: The How-To of Improving Worker Health and Well-being. [In press]. 2025. Oxford University Press: New York, NY.
Roodbari H, Nielsen K, Axtell C, Peters S, Sorensen G. Testing Middle Range Theories in Realist Evaluation: A Case of an Organisational Intervention. Int J Workplace Health Manag 2022 Jul 19.
Sorensen G, Peters SE, Nielsen K, Stelson E, Wallace LM, Burke L, Nagler EM, Roodbari H, Karapanos M, Wagner GR. Implementation of an organizational intervention to improve low-wage food service workers’ safety, health and wellbeing: Findings from the Workplace Organizational Health Study. BMC Public Health 2021, 21:1869.
Nagler EM, Stelson EA, Karapanos M, Burke L, Wallace L M, Peters SE, Nielsen K, Sorensen G. Using Total Worker Health® Implementation Guidelines to Design an Organizational Intervention for Low-Wage Food Service Workers: The Workplace Organizational Health Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021, 18(17), 9383.
Roodbari H, Axtell C, Nielsen K, Sorensen G. Organisational interventions to improve employees’ health and wellbeing: A realist synthesis. J Appl Psychol 2021 Aug 23, 71(3).
Roodbari H, Nielsen K, Axtell C, Peters SE, Sorensen G. Developing initial middle range theories in realist evaluation: a case of an organizational intervention. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021, 18(16): 8360.
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