Work Stress Prevention Alliance
Overview
The Work Stress Prevention Alliance is a group of individuals representing academic research, labor and other occupational health and safety advocates. The Alliance was formed in response to an urgent call to address the high prevalence of work-related stress (due to psychosocial hazards) in the U.S.
We aim to bring together cross-sector and interdisciplinary expertise needed to advance broad initiatives such as the development of guidelines, resources, and laws/regulations to reduce and prevent work-related stress in the US.
The Problem
We recognize the problem of work-related stress and its impact on the mental health (such as burnout), physical health (such as high blood pressure and heart disease), safety and well-being of U.S. workers and organizations. While there are a variety of approaches to prevention of work-related stress in the U.S., they are often limited, and there are very few laws/regulations in the U.S., to address this problem.
Our Goals
- Identify gaps in addressing work-related stress in the U.S.
- Develop or support partnership-based expert guidance.
- Build a broad coalition to support the adoption of guidelines and laws/regulations in the U.S.
Who We Are
Amy Bahruth, M.S.
American Federation of Teachers
Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH, CMLE, QME, MRO, FACOEM, FACPM, FIAIME
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dept of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine & Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health, UC Irvine Joe C Wen School of Population & Public Health
Dave Bonauto, MD., MPH
Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention Program, WA State Department of Labor & Industries
Claire Bryant, MPH
CHES
Jennifer Cavallari, ScD, CIH
The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace
Ellen P Cobb, J.D.
Ellen P Cobb Associates
Katia M. Costa-Black, Ph.D.
Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
I. David Daniels, Ph.D., CSD, VPS
ID2 Solutions, LLC and Society for Total Worker Health
Marnie Dobson, Ph.D.
Healthy Work Campaign, Center for Social Epidemiology
Pouran Faghri, MD, MS, FACSM
UCLA Department of Environmental Health Sciences
M.Gloria Gonzalez-Morales, Ph.D.
Society for Occupational Health Psychology; Claremont. Graduate University
Leslie Hammer, Ph.D
Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences & the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center
Rachel Jones, Ph.D., CIH.
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
Zack Kaldveer
Healthy Work Campaign
Paul Landsbergis Ph.D., MPH
SUNY Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, NY
David LeGrande, MA, RN
Healthy Work Campaign, Center for Social Epidemiology
Suzanne Nobrega, Ph.D.
The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Laura Punnett, Sc.D.
University of Massachusetts Lowell; Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW)
Anjali Rameshbabu, Ph.D.
Oregon Healthy Workforce Center at Oregon Health & Science University
Serena Rice, MS.
University of Massachusetts Lowell; Society for Total Worker Health
Jenna Richardson, LMSW, MPH
The National Safety Council
Steven Sauter, Ph.D.
Academy of Senior Professional at Eckerd College
Peter Schnall,M.D.,MPH
Healthy Work Campaign, Center for Social Epidemiology
Paul Schulte, PH.D.
Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International, Inc.
Bob Sinclair, Ph.D.
Clemson University, Department of Psychology
Kalim Wigfall, DBH
American Board of First Responder Behavioral Healthcare (FRBH)
Leven Chuck Wilson, MSW
American Federation of Teachers
Liu-Qin Yang, Ph.D.
Society for Occupational Health Psychology; Occupational Health Psychology-Total Worker Health Program, Portland State University
If you have any questions about the Alliance or would like to join the group as an individual or have your organization support these efforts, please contact us at: contact@healthywork.org