Oude Hengel KM

The association of psychosocial work quality with changes in the mental health of young adults starting career work Objective This study investigated whether (i) young adults’ mental health problems change when starting career work, (ii) potential changes in mental health problems differ by psychosocial work quality, and (iii) mental health problems during adolescence moderate potential changes in mental health by psychosocial work quality.

Capturing occupational risk of airborne disease: An international job-exposure matrix based on five exposure factors Objective This study aimed to construct a job-exposure matrix (JEM) for the risk of being infected by infectious agents through airborne or droplet transmission in an occupational setting, which might lead to a respiratory disease. Methods An established COVID-19-JEM formed the basis for the development of the general airborne infectious agents JEM.

Decades of workplace health promotion research: marginal gains or a bright future ahead The potential of workplace health promotion Unhealthy behaviors (eg, insufficient physical activity, an unhealthy diet, high alcohol intake and smoking) and obesity are risk factors for adverse health outcomes (1, 2), productivity loss due to presenteeism or sickness absence (3–6), and early exit from paid employment (7, 8).