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Work Stress and Health 2006:
Making a Difference in the Workplace - Call for Papers

CONFERENCE TOPIC LIST

Use the two-digit topic number to select up to three categories that apply to your submission. Number them in order of relevance with #1 being the most applicable.

1. Prevention Strategies and Programs
___ (1.1) Organizational Interventions (work-family,flexibility programs, work redesign), Individual
Interventions (health promotion, stress management), and Multilevel Interventions
___ (1.2) Policy and Legislative Developments (new guidelines and codes of practice, new organizational policies, legislative developments, FMLA, workers’ compensation)
___ (1.3) Labor-management Initiatives
___ (1.4) Collaborations Between Researchers and Practitioners
___ (1.5) Program Evaluation
___ (1.6) Dissemination of Knowledge (best practices, case books, reference manuals, guidebooks)
___ (1.7) Other (please specify)
___________________________
2. Health Services
___ (2.1) EAPs
___ (2.2) Return to Work
___ (2.3) Disability Management Programs
___ (2.4) Quality of Care
___ (2.5) Other (please specify)
___________________________
3. Organizational Restructuring and Work Redesign
___ (3.1) Lean Production
___ (3.2) Downsizing, Resizing, and Outsourcing
___ (3.3) Continuous Improvement
___ (3.4) Process Reengineering/Restructuring
___ (3.5) New Technologies
___ (3.6) Telecommuting/Flexible Workplace
___ (3.7) Other (please specify)
___________________________
4. Alternative Emplyment Arrangements
___ (4.1) Contract Work
___ (4.2) Temporary Work
___ (4.3) Part-time Work
___ (4.4) Job Sharing
___ (4.5) Self-employment
___ (4.6) Other (please specify)
___________________________
5. Changing Health, Pension, and other Benefits Packages
___ (5.1) Health
___ (5.2) Retirement/Pensions
___ (5.3) Other (please specify)
___________________________
6. Hours of Work
___ (6.1) Overtime/Extended Hours
___ (6.2) Shift Work
___ (6.3) Flexible Work Hours
___ (6.4) Compressed Work Schedules
___ (6.5) Reduced Hours
___ (6.6) Unpredictable/On-call Schedules
___ (6.7) Other (please specify)
___________________________
7. Aspects of Work
___ (7.1) High Risk Occupations
___ (7.2) Job Task Characteristics
___ (7.3) Job Insecurity
___ (7.4) Underemployment
___ (7.5) Work Overload
___ (7.6) Organizational Climate and Culture
___ (7.7) Supervision and Leadership
___ (7.8) Moderators of Stress
___ (7.9) Positive Aspects of Work
___ (7.10) Multiple Jobs
___ (7.11) Other (please specify)
___________________________
8. Consequences and Burden of Job Stress
___ (8.1) Musculoskeletal
___ (8.2) Cardiovascular
___ (8.3) Immune Function
___ (8.4) Psychological
___ (8.5) Alcohol and Substance Abuse
___ (8.6) Injury and Disability
___ (8.7) Quality of Life
___ (8.8) Social and Economic Burden
___ (8.9) Job and Organizational Performance
___ (8.10) Medical Error
___ (8.11) Other (please specify)
___________________________
9. Work, Family, and Community
___ (9.1) Child/Elder Care
___ (9.2) Work-Family Balance
___ (9.3) Work at Home
___ (9.4) Volunteerism
___ (9.5) Other (please specify)
___________________________
10. Workplace Violence
___ (10.1) Violence Prevention
___ (10.2) Responding to Incidents
___ (10.3) Violence by Clients/Customers/Patients
___ (10.4) Co-worker or Supervisor Violence
___ (10.5) Domestic Violence
___ (10.6) Bullying
___ (10.7) Harassment
___ (10.8) Other (please specify)
___________________________
11. Theoretical and Methodological Developments
___ (11.1) Models of Stress and Health
___ (11.2) Research Methodologies
___ (11.3) Other (please specify)
___________________________
12. National and International Surveillance (Tracking)
___ (12.1) Hazard (Organization of Work) Surveillance
___ (12.2) Surveillance of Health, Stress, and Related Outcomes
___ (12.3) Other (please specify)
___________________________
13. Worker Demographics, Health, and Wellbeing
___ (13.1) Discrimination Against Named Groups
___ (13.2) Age
___ (13.3) Race/Ethnicity
___ (13.4) Gender
___ (13.5) Disability
___ (13.6) Socioeconomic Status
___ (13.7) Migrant Workers
___ (13.8) Immigrant Workers
___ (13.9) Other (please specify)
___________________________
14. Health Disparities in the Workforce
___ (14.1) Other (please specify)
___________________________
15. Women's Issues
___ (15.1) Discrimination
___ (15.2) Sexual Harassment
___ (15.3) Career Development and Advancement
___ (15.4) Pay Equity
___ (15.5) Other (please specify)
___________________________
16. Disasters, Terrorism and Traumatic Stress
___ (16.1) Health and Stress Consequences
___ (16.2) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
___ (16.3) Prevention and Therapeutic Intervention
___ (16.4) Job Performance and Productivity Consequences
___ (16.5) Other (please specify)
___________________________
17. Occupational Health Psychology Education and Training
___ (17.1) Conceptual Issues
___ (17.2) Training Programs
___ (17.3) Application
___ (17.4) Outreach to other Disciplines
___ (17.5) International Developments
___ (17.6) Other (please specify)
___________________________
18. Emerging Topics
___ (18.1) Other (please specify)
___________________________





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