A New Book “Psychosocial Occupational Health” Published

Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, and School of Nursing faculty member, Dr. Jian Li, has recently published a new book titled “Psychosocial Occupational Health,” together with Dr. Johannes Siegrist, Professor Emeritus of Medical Sociology at the Centre for Health and Society, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.

Psychosocial Occupational Health – Johannes Siegrist; Jian Li – Oxford University Press

The book contains:

  • A comprehensive and interdisciplinary review of the associations of modern working conditions and health
  • Provides evidence on the effects of stressful psychosocial work environments on physical and mental health, and demonstrates how reduced health affects work and employment
  • Brings together evidence from the fields of occupational medicine, social and behavioral sciences, and biomedical research
  • Explores current challenges including economic globalization, technological progress, and the ecological and pandemic crises
  • Offers recommendations on how to strengthen healthy work, addressing training needs and competences of future and current professionals in the field of occupational health
  • Accessible style of writing, supported with recommended readings and useful websites for further consultation

 

Access book through purchase here: Psychosocial Occupational Health – Johannes Siegrist; Jian Li – Oxford University Press (oup.com)

Johannes Siegrist, Jian Li: Psychosocial Occupational Health. An Interdisciplinary Textbook. Oxford University Press, 2024.