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What is Occupational Health Psychology?
What is Occupational Health Psychology?
Occupational Health Psychology is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field that focuses on the science and practice of psychology in the promotion and development of workplace health- and safety-related initiatives. Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) researchers and practitioners draw from the domains of public health, preventive medicine, nursing, industrial engineering, law, epidemiology, and psychology (industrial-organizational, social/health, and clinical) to develop sound theory and practice for protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of individuals in the workplace and improving the quality of work life. Research in Occupational Health Psychology focuses on the work environment, the individual, and work/life balance.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health OHP Website
Milestones in the History of Occupational Health Psychology
Milestones in the History of Occupational Health Psychology
OHP and Total Worker Health ®
OHP and Total Worker Health ®
Our program is closely connected to the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, a NIOSH Total Worker Health (TWH) Center of Excellence:
For more information on TWH, check out the Huffington post article:
A Totally Cool New Way to Look at Worker Health
and the video below:
Simple Steps for Creating an Organization of Health
Recently, NIOSH and the CDC released a volume on TWH with PSU authors for academics, practitioners, and students.
Chapter 4: Effectiveness of TWH Interventions & 15: Reducing Work-Life Stress
Sources:
Barling, J., & Griffiths, A. (2011). A history of occupational health psychology. In J.C. Quick & L.E. Tetrick (Eds.), Handbook of occupational health psychology (2nd ed., pp. 21-34). Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association.
Cox, T., & Tisserand, M. (2006). Editorial: Work & Stress comes of age: Twenty years of occupational health psychology. Work & Stress, 20, 1-5.
Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association. (2002). Psychological Science Agenda, 15(1), 5.
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