Center Accomplishments
Journal Articles (since start of OHWC in 2011)
- Olson, R., Johnson, P. W., Shea, S. A., Marino, M., Springer, R., Rice, S. P. M., Rimby, J., & Donovan, C. (2023). The Tech4Rest randomized controlled trial: Applying the hierarchy of controls to advance the sleep, health, and well-being of team truck drivers. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002941. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002941
- Brossoit, R. M., Hammer, L. B., Crain, T. L., Leslie, J. J., Bodner, T. E., & Brockwood, K. J. (2023). The Effects of a Total Worker Health Intervention on Workplace Safety: Mediating Effects of Sleep and Supervisor Support for Sleep. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 28(4) 263–276. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000357
- Marin-Farrona, M., Wipfli, B., Thosar, S.S., Colino, E., Garcia-Unanue, J., Gallardo, L., Felipe, J., & Lopez-Fernandez, J. (2023). Effectiveness of worksite wellness programs based on physical activity to improve workers’ health and productivity: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 12, 87. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02258-6
- Olson, R., Hess, J. A., Turk, D., Marino, M., Greenspan, L., Alley, L., . . . Rice, S. P. M. (2023). COMMunity of Practice And Safety Support for Navigating Pain (COMPASS-NP): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial with home care workers. Trials, 24(1), 264. doi:10.1186/s13063-023-07149-8
- Hurtado DA, Greenspan SA, Valenzuela S, McGinnis W, Everson T, Lenhart A. Promise and perils of leader-employee check-ins in reducing emotional exhaustion in primary care clinics: quasi-experimental and qualitative evidence. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.12.012
- Olson, R., Cunningham, T.R., Nigam, J.A.S., Anger, W.K., Rameshbabu, A., & Donovan, C. (2022). Total Worker Health® and Organizational Behavior Management: Emerging Opportunities for Improving Worker Well-being. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, DOI: 10.1080/01608061.2022.2146256
- Hammer, L. B., Allen, S. J., & Dimoff, J. K. (2022). The Missing Link: The Role of the Workplace in Mental Health. Workplace health & safety, 70(8), 384. https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799221105176
- Hammer, L.B. (2021). The Interplay of Workplace Redesign and Public Policy in the 21st Century. American Journal of Public Health, 11(10), 1784-1786, DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306368
- Valley, M. A., & Stallones, L. (2021). Impact of a Mindfulness Intervention on Hospice Care Worker Safety and Well-Being. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 06(03), 1–1. https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2103029
- Wipfli, B., Wild, S., Richardson, D. M., & Hammer, L. (2021). Work as a Social Determinant of Health: A Necessary Foundation for Occupational Health and Safety. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002370. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002370.
- Wipfli, B., Wild, S., Donovan, C., Hanson, G. C., & Thosar, S. S. (2021). Sedentary work and physiological markers of health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), 3230. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063230
- Hanson, G., Rameshbabu, A., Bodner, T., Hammer, L., Rohlman, D., Olson, R., Wipfli, B., Kuehl, K., Perrin, N., Alley, L., Schue, A., Thompson, S., Parish, M. (2021). A comparison of safety, health, and well-being risk factors across five occupational samples. Frontiers in Public Health, section Occupational Health and Safety, 9:614725. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.614725
- Wipfli, B., Wild, S., Hanson, G. C., Shea, S. A., Winters-Stone, K., & Thosar, S. S. (2021). The active workplace study: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial with sedentary workers. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 103, 106311. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106311
- Olson, R., Johnson, P., Shea, S., Marino, M., Rimby, J., Womack, K., Wang, F., Springer, R., Donovan, C., & Rice, S. (2020). Advancing the safety, health, and well-being of commercial driving teams who sleep in moving semi-trucks: The Tech4rest pilot study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62 (12), 1082-1096. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002063
- Perry, M. L., El-Askari, L. M., Hammer, L. B., & Brown, N. D. (2020). Securing your own mask before assisting others: Effects of a supervisor training intervention on supervisors and employees. Occupational Health Science, 4, 417-443, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-020-00075-0.
- Watkins, S., Shannon, S., Hurtado, A., Shea, S., Bowles, N. (2020). Interactions between home, work, and sleep among firefighters. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23194
- Greenspan, L. S., Alley, L., Rice, S. P., & Olson, R. (2020). Exploring biopsychosocial correlates of pain, pain management strategies, and risk for opioid misuse among home care workers in Washington State. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 1-21. DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2020.1810191
- Womack, K.N.; Alvord, T.W.; Trullinger-Dwyer, C.F.; Rice, S.P.; Olson, R. (2020) Challenging Aggressive Behaviors Experienced by Personal Support Workers in Comparison to Home Care Workers: Relationships between Caregiver Experiences and Psychological Health. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17, 5486. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17155486.
- Newman, L., Scott, J., Childress, A., ....Hammer, L., .....Watkins, C. (2020). Education and Training to Build Capacity in Total Worker Health(R): Proposed Competencies for an Emerging Field. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, e-pub ahead of print. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001906
- Wipfli, B. & Wild, S. (2019). Sedentary Work and Measuring Physical Activity in Applied Sedentary Behavior Research. Society for Occupational Health Psychology Newsletter, Volume 21, 11-12, http://sohp-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-Spring.pdf.
- Aryal, A., Parish, M., Rohlman, D.S. (2019) Generalizability of the Total Worker Health® online training for young Workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040577
- Hammer, L. B., Truxillo, D. M., Bodner, T. Pytlovany, A. C., & Richman, A. (2019). Exploration of the impact of organizational context on a workplace safety and health intervention. Work and Stress, 33(2), 192-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2018.1496159
- Brossoit, R. M., Crain, T. L., Leslie, J. J., Hammer, L. B., Truxillo, D. M., & Bodner, T. E. (2019). The effects of sleep on workplace cognitive failure and safety. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24, 411-422. https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000139.
- Olson, R., Hess, J.A., Parker, K.N., Thompson, S.V., Rameshbabu, A., Luther Rhoten, K., & Marino, M. From Research-to-Practice: An Adaptation and Dissemination of the COMPASS Program for Home Care Workers (2018). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 2777. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122777
- Anger, W.K., Kyler-Yano, J., Vaughn, K., Wipfli, B., Olson, R., Blanco, M. (2018). Total Worker Health® intervention for construction workers alters safety, health, well-being measures. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60 (8), 700-709. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001290
- Yaldiz, L. M., Truxillo, D. M., Bodner, T., & Hammer, L. B. (2018). Do resources matter for employee stress? It depends on how old you are. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 107, 182-194. doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2018.04.005
- Postma, J., Tuell, E., James, L., Graves, J., Butterfield, P. (2017) Nursing Students' Perceptions of the Transition to Shift Work: A Total Worker Health Perspective. Workplace Health & Safety, 65 (11), 533-538. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2165079917719713
- Nery-Hurwit, M., Kincl., L., Driver, S., Heller, B. (2017). Stakeholder evaluation of an online program to promote physical activity and workplace safety for individuals with disability. Evaluation and Program Planning, 63, 39-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2017.03.005
- Rineer, J. R., Truxillo, D.M., Bodner, T., Hammer, L.B., & Krainer, M. (2017). The Moderating Effects of Perceived Organizational Support on the Relationship between Organizational Justice and Objective Measures of Cardiovascular Health. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 26 (3), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2016.1277207
- Olson, R., Thompson, S.V., Elliot, D.L., Hess, J.A., Rohten, K.L., Parker, K.L., et al. (2016). Safety and health support for home care workers: The COMPASS randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Public Health, 106, 1823-1832. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303327
- Rohlman, D.S., Parish, M., Elliot D.L., Hanson, G., & Perrin, N. (2016). Addressing young workers' needs: the Promoting U through Safety and Health (PUSH) trial outcomes. Healthcare: Special Issue Occupational Health Issues in the New Millennium, 4(3), 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare4030055
- Zaniboni, S., Truxillo, D. M., Rineer, J. R., Bodner, T. E., Hammer, L. B., & Kraner, M. (2016). Relating age, decision authority, job satisfaction, and mental health: A study of construction workers. Work, Aging and Retirement, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waw006
- Parish, M., Rohlman, D.S., Elliot, D.L., Lasarev, M. (2016). Factors associated with occupational injuries in seasonal young workers. Occupational Medicine, 66(2),166-167. DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqv183
- Anger, K., Elliot, D., Bodner, T., Olson, R., Rohlman, D., Truxillo, D., Kuehl, K., Hammer, L., & Montgomery, D. (2015). Effectiveness of Total Worker Health interventions. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 20(2), 226-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0038340
- Hammer, L., Truxillo, D., Bodner, T., Rineer, J., Pytlovany, A., & Richman, A. (2015). Effects of a workplace intervention targeting psychosocial risk factors on safety and health outcomes: Psychosocial factors and workers health and safety. Biomed Research International, Article ID: 836967. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/836967
- Olson, R., Wright, R., Elliot, D., Hess, J., Thompson, S., Buckmaster, A.M., Luther, K. & Wipfli, B. (2015). The COMPASS pilot study: A Total Worker HealthTM intervention for home care workers. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 57(4), 406-416. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000374
- Elliot, D., Rohlman, D., Parish, M. (2015). Focus groups move online: Feasibility of Tumblr use of e-health curriculum development. Journal of Medical Internet – Research Protocols, 4(1), 1-6. DOI: 10.2196/resprot.3432
- Bodner, T., Kraner, M., Bradford, B., Hammer, L., & Truxillo, D. (2014). Safety, health, and well-being of municipal utility and construction workers. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 56(7), 771-778. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000178
- Olson, R., Elliot, D., Hess, J., Thompson, S., Luther, K., Wipfli, B., Wright, R., & Buckmaster, A. (2014). The COMmunity of Practice And Safety Support (COMPASS) Total Worker Health™ study among home care workers: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 15, 411. DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-411
- Olson, R., Wipfli, B., Wright, R., Garrigues, L., Nguyen, T., & Lopez de Castro, B. (2014). Reliability and validity of the home care STAT (Safety Task Assessment Tool). Applied Ergonomics. 45(4), 1157-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.02.004
- Rohlman, D., Parish, M., Elliot, D., Montgomery, D., & Hanson, G. (2013). Characterizing the needs of a young working population: Making the case for total worker health in an emerging workforce. Journal of Occupational &Environmental Medicine, 55, S69-S72. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000039
- Hammer, L. & Sauter, S. (2013). Total worker health and work–life stress. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 55, S25-S29. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000043
- Wipfli, B., Olson, R., Wright, R., Garrigues, L., & Lees, J. (2012). Characterizing hazards and injuries among home care workers. Home Healthcare Nurse, 30(7), 387-393. DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e31825b10ee
Book Chapters
- Hammer, L.B. & Brady, J. M. (2021). The Evolution of Worker Well-Being and Work-Life Issues. In L. Koppes Bryan (Ed.), Historical perspectives in industrial and organizational psychology (2nd ed., pp. xx). Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group.
- Anger, K., Rameshbabu, A., Parker, K., Wan, W., Hurtado, D., Olson, R., Rohlman, D., Wipfli, B., Bodner, T. (2019). Effectiveness of Total Worker Health Interventions: A Systematic Review. In Hudson, H.L., Nigam, J.A., Sauter, S.L., Chosewood, L.C., Schill, A.L. (Eds.). Total Worker Health. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Hammer, L.B. & Perry, M. (2019). Reducing Work-Life Stress: The Place for Integrated Interventions. In H. L. Hudson, J. A. S. Nigam, S. L. Sauter, L. C. Chosewood, A. L. Schill, & J. Howard (Eds.). Total Worker Health. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
For additional publications from OHWC’s affiliate projects, visit this page.
Annual Report
Articles
- Schuckers, Helen (2022). Seat technology to improve the safety and health of commercial drivers. Medium.
- Schuckers, Helen (2022). The future of work: The role of well-being. Medium.
- Schuckers, Helen (2021). Learning from different industries to improve safety, health, and well-being at work. Medium.
- Hammer, L and Alley, L. (2021). How managers can support employee well-being during a pandemic. Medium.
- Schuckers, H. and Rameshbabu, A. (2021). Looking for ways to support your employees? Start with work-life balance. Medium.
- Hammer, L and Alley, L. (2020). 4 Key Strategies to Support Employee Well-Being During COVID-19. Medium.
- Hammer, L and Alley, L. (2020). Lead with Empathy During the COVID-19 Crisis. The Conversation.
- Hammer, L. & Alley, L. (2020). Supporting Worker Sleep is Good for Business. The Conversation.
- Schuckers, H. (2020). 10 Things to Know About Total Worker Health. Medium.com.
- Olson, R. & Hill, A. (2020). Sleep, Circadian Biology, and Health: Action in the Behavioral Interactions! Association of Behavior Analysis International Blog.
- Montgomery, D., Hill, L., & Wood, M. (2019). Oregon Organizations Collaborate to Move the Needle Toward Total Worker Health. Professional Safety.
- Alley, L. (2019). Breaking the Silo: Modern Research on Employee Well-being. Medium.
- Hill, L., Montgomery, D., Bowers-Payne, R. (2019) The Journey to "Be Well: Implementing Total Worker Health in Eugene, Oregon. American Industrial Hygiene Association Synergist.
Media Mentions
- Bottino, B. (2022). Do Women Feel Safe at Work? Safety and Health Magazine. Retrieved from: https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/22260-do-women-feel-safe-at-work?
- Russo, M. & Morandin, G. (2019). Better Work-Life Balance Starts with Managers. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from: https://hbr.org/2019/08/better-work-life-balance-starts-with-managers?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=hbr

Building capacity for Total Worker Health in practice: Emerging from our landmark Oregon Total Worker Health® Alliance [OHWC’s home Institute, SAIF (Oregon workers’ compensation provider and NIOSH TWH Affiliate), and Oregon OSHA], our practitioner-focused trainings have continued to reach new audiences in our first year of the new cycle. We reached ~340 practitioners and held 14 sessions. Learn about the various TWH course offerings.
Testimonials from our course attendees:
WOW! THANK YOU! This training was on my Safety and Wellbeing bucket list! I was so thrilled to participate! I am going to hang this on my wall with pride! I have truly believed in this approach for years because it makes so much sense! I am so looking forward to finding opportunities to share this with others! I know it will make positive impacts to help keep people safe and healthy! I plan to recommend this as a valuable tool when helping companies develop their Safety, Wellbeing, and Retention strategies. I know it will be a win-win and now just need to find these future partners! Linda S.
Great stuff and as you stated, wonderful sharing and networking. Looking forward to our next connection and the train the trainer in 2023. Jamal A.

Summer Institute: Total Worker Health® approaches in industry and academia: Key elements and implementation (July 19, 2022, 85 attendees). As research increasingly shows evidence for Total Worker Health® as an effective approach for worker well-being, we are faced with a growing need to educate and train students and industry professionals on TWH concepts and implementation. Our day-long 2022 Summer Institute highlighted current opportunities to learn and implement TWH concepts and strategies. Welcoming attendees from academia and industry, the morning session included a workshop-style deep dive into the TWH approach by the Oregon Total Worker Health Alliance, and in the afternoon, a panel of industry professionals shared their experiences with implementing TWH strategies within their organization. Watch recordings here.
Testimonials from our Summer Institute attendees:
This was a wonderful event. Everything that we learned can be applied to the workplace or at least the working knowledge of someone doing research.
New concepts that keep(s) resonating: WELL BEING HAZARDS. It truly captures all that needs to be prevented for TOTAL WORKER HEALTH.

Expanding our industries and increasing our reach: OHWC’s research projects in 2021-2026 bring Total Worker Health to new worker populations as our research journey draws us toward unique issues and work experiences of firefighters, home care workers, healthcare workers, and utility and manufacturing workers. Through our Alliance-led trainings, we have reached practitioners across the United States and Europe. Dr. Emily Huang, who leads the Total Worker Health Climate Scale Study, shared her TWH Climate expertise with professionals in Malaysia and a construction site in Singapore.
OHWC members have presented at a number of conferences thus far in our cycle. Some of these include the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)’s Safety 21 Conference, Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) Forum, HERO’s Healthy Workplaces Healthy Communities committee, HERO’s Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being Committee, Fall Think Tank 2022 HERO Forum, Work and Family Researchers Network 2022, Northwest Occupational Health Conference, APA Work, Stress, and Health 2021, European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, Oregon Public Health Association, NIOSH Extramural Community of Practice quarterly meeting, NIOSH’s all-extramural centers meeting, Region X Voluntary Protection Program Conference in Boise, ID, Occupational Health and Safety Magazine virtual summit, Blue Mountain Occupational Safety and Health Conference in Pendleton, OR, and the 2022 American Industrial Hygiene Conference in Nashville, TN.

Responding to the mental health crisis in our workforce and well-being needs of first responders: Three of OHWC’s four research projects in our 2021-2026 cycle are supported through NIOSH’s funding from the American Rescue Plan, which is addressing mental health in health care workers and first responders. Kicking off in FY22, these projects will lead us to examine shift schedules and health among firefighters (led by Dr. Nicole Bowles), adapt an intervention for pain management among home care workers (led by Dr. Ryan Olson), and develop an intervention to address burnout in healthcare workers (led by Drs. David Hurtado and Abigail Lenhart). Aside from research, OHWC’s Co-Director, Dr. Leslie Hammer has been called on to provide expert guidance on workplace mental health, advising the US Surgeon General, consulting for the American Psychological Association, and presenting for NIOSH. She has also published The Missing Link: The Role of the Workplace in Mental Health.

Growing our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) focus: We continue to make concerted efforts to meaningfully adopt a DEI-informed approach in OHWC’s planning, evaluation, research, and outreach activities. This takes shape in a number of ways at OHWC and our home, the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences. For example, we dedicate time during meetings to check in with each other following unsettling events around us, and discuss how it impacts us in our pursuit of worker well-being. We plan DEI-focused outreach and education events and continue to engage in a state-wide coalition called the Safe From Hate Alliance, which is focused on preventing harassment and prejudice among people of color in trade occupations and improving retention and safety across industries. Further, we continue to commit a standing item in our monthly Internal Steering Committee meetings that focuses on integrating DEI-informed strategies into our work – in this past year, we have discussed demographic data in our research, consent forms, race identity within Hispanic communities, equity in publishing, Public Psychology, the White House Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, and gender and sex in physiological measurements. We also presented with wellness and benefits professionals such as HERO on applying Total Worker Health approaches to develop inclusive workplace policies and practices with regard to gender identity and expression.

Celebrating awards, new members, and other news! OHWC Co-Director, Dr. Leslie Hammer, received a Distinguished Faculty Award from our home institution, OHSU. Leslie’s award is a recognition of her outstanding applied research in a largely medical and bench sciences-driven institution and reflects her extensive contributions to the field of worker well-being. Dr. Hammer also took on an additional role as Associate Director of Applied Research at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences. This new role complements her role as OHWC’s Co-Director. Finally, the Institute also welcomes a new Outreach Director, Dr. Erin Flynn. Erin leads the outreach team’s continued and evolving efforts toward increasing the public health impact of our worker safety, health, and well-being research. Read more about Erin on our blog.

We turned four! Launched in 2018, our podcast, What’s Work Got To Do With It? continues to showcase the public health relevance of workplace issues, and to offer a friendly, informal platform to share our research. During this past year, we released these episodes:
- Brain Cleansing Technology: Better Sleep For A Better Tomorrow? (177 plays)
- Inclusion And Worker Well-Being in The Trades Part 1 (229 plays)
- Inclusion And Worker Well-Being in The Trades Part 2 (200 plays)
- Flexible Work to Create a Just Economy for Black and Latinx Women (178 plays)
- Supporting Low-Wage Essential Workers During COVID (452 plays)
- Supporting Veterans Through Art and Dance (254 plays)
- Firefighter Shift Schedules (239 plays)
- 2021 Summer Interns (338 plays)
Metrics are updated in January and June of each year.
*Reporting period = 6 months
# To date
WEBSITE
- Oregon Healthy Workforce Center: 4,960 views*
- Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences: 35,526 views*
- YourWorkpath.com: 2,567 views (907 new visitors)*
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Oregon and the Workplace blog: average of 4-6 posts per month; 7,032 page views*
- Twitter: 1,199 followers#
- Facebook: 502 followers#
- LinkedIn: 450 followers#
- What's Work Got To Do With It Podcast: 1,663 plays
- YouTube channel: 585 views
DISSEMINATION IN NON-ACADEMIC OUTLETS
- NIOSH Total Worker Health in Action quarterly e-newsletter (since 2012)
- The Conversation: 2 posts (total = 59,100 views)
- Medium: 7 posts (404 views)
- Publication in trade journals: 2 articles