Link to Syllabus: http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5...
Instructor: Lois Tetrick
Course Description and/or Objectives (from syllabus): The purpose of this course is to review the major theories and empirical research showing the effects of the work environment on employees’ health and well- being. The primary emphasis will be on the development and maintenance of healthy people within healthy organizations focusing on prevention of illness, disease, health problems, and injuries in the work environment. Specific topics covered include occupational safety and health hazards, organization of work factors and their relation to employee safety and health, safety climate and training, the etiology of job stress and burnout, workplace health promotion programs and the role of employee assistance programs, the interface of work and non-work factors in maintaining occupational health, and epidemiological and other research and measurement issues.
