OHP Summer Institute
Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute 2018
Translation of
Workplace Interventions: Dissemination and Implementation
July 10 - 12, 2018
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Translation of Workplace Interventions: Dissemination and Implementation
How can researchers best share their evidence-based tools with the community? How can practitioners effectively implement these tools within their organization? What are some strategies to making a successful business case for best practices with organizational leaders? Our Summer Institute this year featured experts in academia and industry who helped answer some of these questions. Scroll for links to individual presentations and talk slides.
July 10-12, 2018, Portland State University, Portland, OR
DAY 1
- Ken Matos, Ph.D., Lead People Scientist, CultureAmp
From Research to Action: Using Data to Drive Leadership Decisions (keynote)
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Marnie Dobson Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Advancing the Healthy Work Campaign: Disseminating Work Stress Education and Prevention Strategies
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- Sabrina Freewynn, M.P.H.,Total Worker Health® Consultant SAIF Corporation
Building a Movement for Total Worker Health®
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- Anjali Rameshbabu, Ph.D., Center Manager, Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, OHSU
Taking on Translation
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Watch Webinar Mark Fleming, Ph.D., St. Mary's University
Translating Safety Research into Practice. Lessons Learned From 30 Years of Safety Culture Research
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- Casey Chosewood, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Office for Total Worker Health®National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
From Good Idea to Great Impact: Exploring the Total Worker Health® Model for Healthier Work (Keynote)
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Watch Webinar - Helen Schuckers, M.P.H. & Dede Montgomery, M.S., C.I.H., Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU
How to Promote and Expand Your Reach: Strategies to Effectively Promote Your Resources, Develop Networks, and Reach your Target Audiences
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Watch Webinar - Ryan Olson, Ph.D., Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU
Supportive Groups for Isolated Home Care Workers: A Successful State-University Dissemination Effort
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- MacKenna Perry, Ph.D., Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU
Dissemination Through Adaptation: Adapting a Supervisor Intervention to the U.S. Forest Service
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Watch Webinar - Kent Anger, Ph.D., Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU
Demonstration of BeSuper Toolkit for Supervisors in Construction
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- Lisa Brosseau, Sc.D., C.I.H., Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (retired)
Lessons Learned about Translation and Dissemination of Workplace Health and Safety Interventions for Small Businesses (Keynote)
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Focus on Mental Health Bolsters Workplace Wellness
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- Amy Beacom, Ed.D., Center for Parental Leave Leadership
Implementing the RETAIN Program for Parental Leave Support in the Workplace: Lessons Learned Click for abstract
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- Steve Hunt, Ph.D. & Autumn Krauss, Ph.D., SAP Success Factors
Using Technology to Implement Research-Based Well-Being Strategies at Work: Building Supportive, Inclusive, and Healthy Cultures Click for abstract
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- Translation to Practice
Panel Discussion
Casey Chosewood, Ken Matos, Lisa Brosseau, Anna Meiners, Amy Beacom, Steve Hunt, Autumn Krauss, Helen Schuckers, Dede Montgomery, Anjali Rameshbabu
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2016 Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) Summer Institute: OHP Innovation and Creative Strategies Leading to Total Worker Health
July 12-14, 2016
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Co-sponsored by the Oregon State Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
DAY 1
- Arnold Bakker, PhD, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Keynote: Creative Approaches to Employee Work Engagement
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- Jim McDonald, Meijer
Title : Creating a Safety of Culture
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- Michael P. Leiter, PhD, Centre for Organizational Research & Development, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
Title : Improving Civility Contributes to Well-being at Work
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Watch Webinar - Jennifer Rineer, PhD & Jamie Pina, PhD, MSPH, RTI International
Title : Organizational Barriers and Novel Solutions to Improving Occupational Health
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- Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Keynote: Work and Health: Evidence on the Pathways to Implementing Total Worker Health
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- Jennifer Dimoff, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Title : With a Little Help from My Boss: Supervisors as Resource Facilitators
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Webinar Recording not available - David Hurtado, ScD, Oregon Health & Science University
Title : Time at Work and Workers' Health
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Watch Webinar - Liu-Qin Yang, PhD, Portland State University
Title : Workplace Mistreatment Management: Nipping Mean Behavior Before It Start
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- Jack Dennerlein, PhD, Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences &Harvard School of Public HealthTitle : Safety Incentives, Safety Climate, and Total Worker Health®in the Dynamic Environment of Commercial Construction
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Watch Webinar - Eva Demerouti, PhDEindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Keynote: Bottom up Interventions to Stimulate Effective Functioning
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Webinar Recording not available - Amy B. Adler, PhD, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Title : Behavioral Health Leadership in a High-Risk Occupation
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- Alison Hopcroft, MA, Blue Zones Project, Healthways
Title : Design Your Workplace for Wellness Wins (And Live Longer, Better®!)
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2014 Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute: Advancing Theory and Practice in the Context of Total Worker Health
July 16-18, 2014, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
This 3-day institute featured regional, national, and
international researchers and practitioners in occupational health
psychology, total worker health, and safety research and practice.
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Institute Program
Day 1: Occupational Health Psychology - Scholarly Work Advancing Theory
Welcome and Introduction of OHP Summer Institute
Leslie Hammer, Ph.D., Director, Occupational Health Psychology
Program, Portland State University; Co-Director, Oregon Healthy
Workforce Center (OHWC)*
Bio & Summary
OHP in the Aging Workforce: Theoretical and Empirical Advancements
Mo Wang, Ph.D., University of Florida, National Science Foundation
President, Society for Occupational Health Psychology
Bio & Summary
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What Should we Actually DO for Older Workers? Identifying the research gaps in organizational practice and interventions
Donald Truxillo, Ph.D., Portland State University
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Economic Stress: A Primer for Occupational Health Researchers
Robert Sinclair, Ph.D., Clemson University
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Work-Life Boundary Control and Identity Management: A New Frontier for Occupational Health
Ellen E. Kossek, Ph.D., Purdue University
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Letting Go: Research on Recovery from Work Stress and Employee Well-being
Charlotte Fritz, Ph.D., Portland State University
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Day 2: Intersection of Theory & Practice: Total Worker Health
Institute Keynote Speaker:
TWH in the Context of Occupational Health Psychology: Integration of Health Protection and Health Promotion
Laura Punnett, Ph.D., Director, Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) *
Bio & Summary
So you want to improve TWH? Critical principles and tactics for creating organizational and behavior change
Ryan Olson, Ph.D., Project Principal Investigator, OHWC*
Bio & Summary
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PHLAME: An example of a complete TWH intervention program from conception to ROI
Kerry Kuehl, MD and Diane Elliot, MD - Project Principal Investigator/ISC Chair, OHWC*
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Panel Discussion: Building a TWH Center: From Nuts and Bolts to Politics
Laura Punnett, Ph.D., Director, CPH-NEW*
Kent Anger, Ph.D., Director, OHWC*
Jack Dennerlein, Ph.D., Associate Director, Harvard School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing *
Diane Rohlman, Ph.D., University of Iowa Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence (HWCE)*
Bio & Summary
What TWH Means to Early Adopting Organizations: The Practitioners Perspective
Dede Montgomery, MS, CIH, Education co-PI, OHWC*
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Evidence-Based TWH Programs: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
Kent Anger, Ph.D., Director, OHWC*
Bio & Summary
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*NIOSH-Funded Total Worker Health Center of Excellence (COE)
Day 3: Practical Interventions in the Workplace
Day 3 will be available soon below as a recorded webinar.
Featured Speaker:
Disseminating and Implementing Evidence-based Prevention in the Workplace
Jeffrey Harris, MD, MPH, MBA., University of Washington
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Mental Health Awareness Intervention
Kevin Kelloway, Ph.D., Saint Mary's University
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Self Monitoring and Self Management
Brad Wipfli, Ph.D., Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, OHSU *
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Work, Life & Stress - Reflections of an Occupational Medicine Physician
Carol Gunn, MD, CIH, Occupational Medicine, Portland, Oregon
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The Aging Workforce: An Ideal Application of TWH. So Why is it so Difficult?
Steven Hecker, MSPH, Co-Director Education Core, OHWC*
Bio & Summary
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Questions? Contact us.
The first annual Occupational Health Psychology Summer Institute: Improving Worker Safety, Health and Well-being, was held on July 16 - 19, 2012. This event was presented by the Occupational Psychology Program at Portland State University, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, the Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center, and the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety at St. Mary’s University.
The institute was attended by a mix of academic researchers and practitioners from around the world with topics ranging from safety climate, work organization, and stress, to employee health and the work family balance. It was particularly beneficial to share the differing perspectives found between researchers and practitioners.
Speakers included:
- Joseph Hurrell, PhD, NIOSH (ret.), Editor, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
- Dr. Yueng-hsiang (Emily) Huang, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
- Nanette Yragui, PhD, Occupational Health Research Psychologist
- David Cadiz, MBA, PhD, Research Associate, Oregon Nurses Foundation
- Arla Day, PhD, Saint Mary’s University
- Deborah Fell-Carlson, SAIF Corporation, Dede Montgomery, CROET
- Bing Lin, M.S., Doctoral Student Industrial/Organizational and Occupational Health Psychology Training Program, Portland State University
- Leslie Hammer, PhD, Portland State University, Occupational Health Psychology
- Dov Zohar, PhD, Technion, Haifa, Israel
- Natalie Schwatka, M.S., AEP, Doctoral Student, Ergonomics & Human Factors Training Program, Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Services, Colorado State University
- Krista Hoffmeister, M.S., Doctoral Student Industrial/Organizational Psychology Training Program, Colorado State University
- Tony Barsotti, Safety Manager, Temp Control Mechanical, Portland