Conference Abstracts--Thursday, March 11, 1999: 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Australian Mental Health Case Managers - Robert King, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia

Stressors in a Changing Health Care Environment: Research Insights - Stacey K. Moran, PhD, The St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Ocean Springs, MS

Home Care Workers as Specialists or Generalists - Quality in Work and Care - Wanja Astvik, Department for Work and Health, Swedish National Institute of Working Life, Solna, Sweden

Worker Power, Health, and Accommodation in a Global Economy - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Pamela Gibson, PhD, School of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

Workplace Power and the Production of Occupational Disease - Michael B. Lax, MD, MPH

Improving Workplace Access and Accommodation for Chemically Sensitive Employees - Mary D. Lamielle, National Center for Environmental Health Strategies, Voorhees, NJ

Failing To Accommodate Sensitive Populations: Individual and Cultural Consequences - Pamela Gibson, PhD, School of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

The Nature and Definition of Occupational Health Psychology in Europe - Tom Cox, PhD, Institute for Work, Health, and Organizations, University of Nottingham Business School, Nottingham, UK

National Policies, Research, and Practice: UK and Germany - Colin Mackay, PhD, Health and Safety Executive, UK; and Peter Ullsperger, MD, DSc, The Federal Institute for Occupational Health, Berlin, Germany

The Role of Universities in Research and Education: UK and Sweden - Amanda Griffiths, PhD, Institute for Work, Health, and Organizations, University of Nottingham Business School, Nottingham, UK; Curt Johansson, PhD, and Clemens Weikert, PhD, Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; and Sten-Olof Brenner, PhD, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden

Policy, Research, and Practice: The Scandinavian Perspective - Dr. Einar Baldursson, MSc, Department of Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark; and John Gravesgard, PhD, Danish Working Environment Services, Aarhus, Denmark

Promoting Occupational Health Psychology in Europe: Recent Developments - Tom Cox, PhD, Institute for Work, Health, and Organizations, University of Nottingham Business School, Nottingham, UK

CWA New Jersey State Workers' Visual Display Terminal Study - David LeGrande, MA, Communications Workers of America, Washington, DC

Opportunity or Obfuscation? Building Common Ground on Repetitive Strain Injuries - Michael Polanyi, MA, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Canada

Occupational Stress as a Predictor of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disability - Michael Feuerstein, PhD, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

Policy and Research Perspectives on Family Supportive Workplaces - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: June M. Fisher, MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA

How To Compare the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) With Related Scales - Towards a Standardized Format? - Per-Olof Ostergren, MD, PhD, Department of Community Medicine, Lund University, Malmo University Hospital, Sweden

Measurement of Psychological Job Demands in the National Danish Psychosocial Study - Tage S. Kristensen, DrMedSc, MS, National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark

Validity of Scales for Measurement of Four Core Dimension of the Psychosocial Work Environment in 10 Danish Studies - Vilhelm Borg, MPsych, National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark