Occupational Health and Safety International Influences and the New Epidemics

This text provides a theoretical and empirical approach to investigating the nature of emerging OSH (Occupational Health and Safety) epidemics across the industrialized world. The author of each chapter in this book deals with exposure to a particular OSH hazard and examines the epidemic nature of the resulting ill-health or injury outcome. The authors also evaluate the contribution of globalization and neoliberal policies in creating workplace environments which foster such new OSH epidemics.

Preface Kaj Frick CHAPTER 1Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety: International Influences and the "New" Epidemics Chris L. Peterson and Claire Mayhew CHAPTER 2 International Developments and Their Influence on Occupational Health and Safety in Advanced Market Economies David Walters CHAPTER 3Occupational Violence: The Emerging OHS Epidemic of the 21st Century Claire Mayhew CHAPTER 4The Hidden Epidemic of Injuries and Illness Associated with the Global Expansion of Precarious Employment Michael Quinlan CHAPTER 5Long Latency Disease: The Long-Lasting Epidemics James Leigh CHAPTER 6Work-Related Injuries among Adolescent and Child Workers: The Non-Reported OHS Epidemic Claire Mayhew CHAPTER 7The Epidemic of Stress Chris L. Peterson CHAPTER 8Pain Associated with Prolonged Constrained Standing: The Invisible Epidemic Karen Messing, Katherine Lippel, Ève Laperrière, and Marie-Christine Thibault CHAPTER 9The Discourse of Abuse in Return-to-Work: A Hidden Epidemic of Suffering Joan M. Eakin CHAPTER 10 Occupational Health and Safety, and Occupational Rehabilitation: The Nature of the Prevention-Rehabilitation Continuum Gregory C. Murphy CHAPTER 11Before the Epidemic Strikes: Identifying Warning Signs of an Emerging Epidemic and Conducting Baseline Empirical Studies in Industry Claire Mayhew CHAPTER 12Conclusion: Models of Epidemics Chris L. Peterson Contributors Index

Chris Peterson, Claire Mayhew