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Vidrine Damon J, Amick
III Benjamin C, Gritz Ellen R, Arduino Roberto C. Assessing a Proximal-Distal
Model of Quality of Life in an HIV-Positive Population. Quality of Life
Research (in press).
Breslin Curtis F, Amick
III, Benjamin C. The Labor Market and Health framework: Organizing and
integrating the multi-level determinants of work injuries among youth. Safety
Science (accepted for publication).
Dembe, Allard, Amick
III, Benjamin C. Racial and ethnic variations in office-based medical
care for work-related injuries and illnesses. Journal of Occupational
and Environmental Medicine (accepted for publication.)
Gimeno David, Benavides
Fernando G, Benach Joan, Amick III Benjamin C. Distribution of Sickness
Absence in the European Union Countries. Occupational and Environmental
Medicine. 2004; 61: 867-869.
Gimeno David,
Benavides Fernando G, Amick III Benjamin C, Benach Joan, Martínez
José Miguel. Psychosocial Factors and Work-related Sickness Absence among
Permanent and Non-permanent Employment. Journal of Epidemiology and Community
Health.
2004; 58: 870-876.
Hupert Nathaniel, Amick
III Benjamin C, Fossel Anne H, Coley Christopher M, Robertson Michelle
M, Katz Jeffery N. Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Functional
Impairment Related to Computer Use among College Students. Work: A Journal
of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation. 2004; 23: 85-93.
Amick III Benjamin
C, Ossmann Janet, Habeck Rochelle V, Fossel Anne H, Katz Jeffrey N. Predictors
of Successful Work Role Functioning Following Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery.Journal
of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; 2004 May; 46(5): 490-500.
Vidrine DJ, Amick III, Benjamin C, Gritz ER, Arduino RC. Validity of the Household and Leisure Time
Activities Questionnaire (HLTA) in a multiethnic HIV-positive population. AIDS
Care; 2004 Feb; 16(2): 187-197.
Gritz, E.R., Vidrine, D.J., Lazev, A.B., Amick III, Benjamin C., 3rd, & Arduino, R.C. Smoking behavior
in a low income multiethnic HIV/AIDS population. Nicotine & Tobacco Research;
2004 Feb; 6 (1): 71-77.
Amick III Benjamin C, Robertson Michelle M,
Bazzani Lianna, DeRango Kelly, Moore Anne, Rooney Ted, Harrist Ron H. Effects of an Office Ergonomic Intervention on
Musculoskeletal Symptoms. Spine; Dec 2003; (24): 2706–2711.
Lerner, Debra, Amick III, Benjamin C., Lee, Jennifer, Rooney, Ted,
Rogers, William H., Chang, Hong, Berndt, Ernest R. The Relationship of
Employee-Reported Work Limitations to Work Productivity. Medical Care, 41 (5),
649-659, 2003.
Vidrine Damon J, Amick III Benjamin C, Gritz Ellen
R, Arduino Robert C. Functional Status and Overall Quality of Life in a
Multiethnic HIV-Positive Population. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 2003
Apr;17(4):187-97.
Pearson, Brian, Katz, Steven E, Soucie, Valerie, Hunkley,
Enid, Moresman, Joel. Rooney, Ted, Amick III, Benjamin C. Evidence-Based
Care for Depression in Maine: Dissemination of the Kaiser Permanente Nurse
Telecare Program. Psychiatric Quarterly, 2003 Spring;74(1):91-102.
Schmidt, Lacey,
Amick III, Benjamin C, Katz, Jeffrey, Ellis, Barbara. Evaluation of Upper
Extremity Student-Role Functioning Scale Using Item Response Theory. Work: A
Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 19(2): 105-116, 2002.
Robertson, Michelle
M, Amick III, Benjamin C, Hupert, Nathaniel, Pellerin-Dionne, Mary, Cha,
Eugene, Katz, Jeffrey N. Effects of a Participatory Ergonomics Intervention
Computer Workshop for University Students: A Pilot Intervention to Prevent
Disability in Tomorrow’s Workers. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment
and Rehabilitation, 18(3): 305-314, 2002.
Cortes, Marissa C,
Amick III, Benjamin C, Hollis, Christine, Katz, Jeffrey N. An Invisible
Disability Among the University Student Community: Upper Extremity Disorders.
Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 18(3):
315-321, 2002.
Cheng, Ming-Shun,
Amick III, Benjamin C, Watkins, Mary P, Rhea, Katie D. Employer, Physical
Therapist and Employee Outcomes in the Management of Work-Related Upper
Extremity Disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 12(4):
257-267, 2002.
Bird, Chloe, Lang, Martha, Amick III, Benjamin C,
Chertoff, Jocelyn. Organizational Supports for and Barriers to Part-Time Work
Arrangements for Professionals: The Case of Radiology. Research in the Sociology
of Health Care: Social Inequalities in Health Care, 20: 159-182, 2002.
Amick III, Benjamin C., McDonough, Peggy, Chang, Hong, Rogers, William H.,
Duncan, Greg, Pieper, Carl. The Relationship Between All-Cause Mortality and
Cumulative Working Life Course Psychosocial and Physical Exposures in the United
States Labor Market from 1968-1992. Psychosomatic Medicine, 64(3): 370-381,
2002.
Bassuk, Shari, Berkman, Lisa, Amick III, Benjamin C. Socioeconomic
Status and Mortality among Elderly: Findings from Four Communities in
the United States.
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2002; 155 (6): 520-33.
Dembe, Allard E., Savageau, Judith A, Amick III,
Benjamin C, Banks, Steven M. Office-Based Medical Care Visits for Work-Related
Conditions: Findings form the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 1997-1998.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2002
Dec;44(12):1106-17.
Dennerlein, Jack, Soumekh, F. Sharonah, Amick III, Benjamin C., Keller, Robert,
Katz, Jeffrey N. Longer Distal Motor Latency Predicts Outcomes of Carpal Tunnel. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 44(2): 176-83, 2002.
Katz, Jeffrey, Amick III, Benjamin C., Hupert, Nathaniel, Cortes, Marissa, Fossel, Anne,
Robertson, Michelle, Coley, Christopher. Assessment of Upper Extremity
Role Functioning in Students, American Journal of Industrial Medicine,
40(1): 19-26,2002.
Chertoff, Jocelyn, Bird, Chloe, Sunshine, Jonathan, Amick III, Benjamin C. Career Paths in Radiology: Scope and Impact of
Part-Time Work, American Journal of Radiology, 221:485-494, 2001
McDonough, Peggy and Amick III, Benjamin C. The social context of health selection: a longitudinal study of health and
employment. Social Science and Medicine, 53(1): 135-145, 2001.
Katz, Jeffrey N, Losina, Elena, Amick III, Benjamin C., Fossel, Anne H., Bessette, Louis, and Keller, Robert.
Predictors of Outcomes of Carpal Tunnel Release. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 44(5): 1184-1193, 2001.
Lerner, Debra, Amick III, Benjamin C., Rogers, William H., Malspeis, Susan, Bungay, Kathleen, Cynn, Diane.
The Work Limitations Questionnaire. Medical Care, 39(1): 72-85, 2001.
Katz, Jeffrey N, Amick III, Benjamin C., Carroll, Barbara, Hollis, Christine, Fossel, Anne, Coley, Christopher M.
Prevalence of Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders in College Students, American
Journal of Medicine, 109(7): 586-588, November 2000.
Amick III, Benjamin C., Lerner, Debra, Rogers, William H., Rooney, Ted, and Katz, Jeffrey N.
A Review of Health-Related Work Outcome Measures and Their Uses, and Recommended Measures.
Spine, 25(24): 3152-3160, 2000.
Amick III, Benjamin C., Habeck, Rochelle V., Hunt, Allan, Fossel, Anne H., Chapin, Alice, Keller, Robert B., Katz, Jeffrey
N. Measuring the Impact of Organizational Behaviors on Work Disability Prevention and Management.
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 10(1): 21-38, 2000.
Goodman, Elizabeth, Amick III, Benjamin C., Rezendes, Maureen O., Levine, Sol, Kagan, Jerome, Rogers, William H., Tarlov,
Alvin R. Adolescents' Understanding of Social Class: A Comparison of White Upper Middle Class and Working
Class Youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 27(2): 80-83, 2000.
Lerner, D. J., Amick III, B. C., Malspeis, S., Rogers, W. H, Santanello, N., Gerth, W.C., and Lipton, R. B.
The migraine work and productivity loss questionnaire: Concepts and design. Journal of Quality of Life Research,
8: 699-710, 1999.
Ren Xinhua S, Amick Benjamin C, Williams David R. Racial/ethnic disparities in health: the interplay between discrimination
and socioeconomic status. Ethnicity & Disease, 9(2), 1999.
Mangione, Thomas W., Howland, Jonathan, Amick III, Benjamin C., Cote, Jennifer, Lee, Marianne, Bell, Nicole and Levine, Sol.
Employee Drinking Practices and Work Performance. Journal of Studies on Alcohol,
60: 261-270, 1999.
Amick III, Benjamin C, Swanson, Naomi G. and Chang, Hong, Office Technology and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Building an
Ecological Model. Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews,
14(1), 1999, Reprinted in NIOSH Publications on Video Display Terminals
(Third Edition), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public
Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health, September 1999.
Karasek, Robert, Brisson, Chantal, Kawakami, Norito,
Houtman, Irene, Bongers, Paulien, and Amick III, Benjamin C. The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): An
Instrument for International Comparative Assessments of Psychosocial Job
Characteristics. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 3(4): 322-355, 1998.
Ren, Xinhua Steve, Amick III, Benjamin, Zhou, Li, and Gandek, Barbara. Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of a Chinese
Version of the SF-36 Health Survey in the United States. Journal of Clinical
Epidemiology, 51(11): 1129-1138, 1998.
Amick III, Benjamin C., Kawachi, Ichiro, Coakley, Eugenie H., Lerner, Debra, Levine, Sol and Colditz, Graham A.
Relationship of job strain and iso-strain to health status in a cohort of women
in the U.S. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 24(1): 54-61, 1998.
Lerner, D.J., Amick III, B.C., Malspeis, S., Rogers, W.H, Gomes, D.R.J., and Salem,
D.N.
The Angina-related Limitations at Work Questionnaire, Journal of Quality of Life Research, Vol
7(1): 23-32, 1997.
Goodman, Elizabeth, Amick, Benjamin C, Rezendes, Maureen O., Tarlov, Alvin R., Rogers, William H., and Kagan, Jerome.
Influences of and Gender and Social Class on Adolescents’ Perceptions of Health. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent
Medicine, 151(9): 899-904, September 1997.
Bell, Nicole S., Mangione, Thomas W., Howland, Jonathan, Levine, Sol and
Amick III, Benjamin C. Worksite Barriers to the
Effective Management of Alcohol Problems. Journal of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, 38(12): 1213-1219, 1996.
Ren, Xinhua Steve and Amick III, Benjamin C. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in
Self-Assessed Health Status: evidence from the National Survey of Families and
Households. Ethnicity and Health, 1(3): 293-303, 1996.
Ren, Xinhua Steve and Amick III, Benjamin C. Race and self assessed health status: the
role of socioeconomic factors in the USA. Journal of Epidemiology and
Community Health, 50: 269-273, 1996.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Damron, Janet. A three-year longitudinal assessment of changes in office activities following
the introduction of microcomputers into a multinational bank. Applied Ergonomics, 24(6): 297-404, 1993.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Smith, Michael J. Stress, computer-based work monitoring
and measurement systems: a conceptual overview. Applied Ergonomics, 34:
6-16, 1992.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Celentano, David D. Structural determinants of the psychosocial work environment: introducing technology
in the work stress framework. Ergonomics, 34(5): 625-646, 1991.
Schleifer, Lawrence M. and Amick III, Benjamin C. System Response Time and Method of Pay: Stress Effects in Computer-Based Tasks.
International Journal of the Human-Computer Interaction, 1(1): 23-39, 1989.
Amick III, Benjamin C. Information Technology and Public Policy in the United States, Office: Technology and People,
3: 265-267,
1988.
Amick III, Benjamin C. Health and Safety in the Automated Office: National Policy,
Organizational Initiatives and Individual Choices. Office: Technology and
People, 3: 341-360, 1988.
Amick III, Benjamin C. The politics of the quality of
Worklife in Automated Offices in the USA. Behaviour and Information Technology, 6(4): 467-482, 1987.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Ostberg, Olov. Office Automation, Occupational Stress and Health: A Literature Analysis with Special
Attention to Expert Systems. Office: Technology and People, 3(3): 191-209, 1987.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Jacobs, Judith H. Assessing the impact of Office Automation on Employee Productivity and Health. Employee
Assistance Quarterly, 2(2), 1986. Reprinted in EAPs and the Information Revolution: The Dark Side of
Megatrends, Edited by Keith McClellan and Richard Miller, Haworth Press, New York, 1987.
Kessler, Larry G., Amick III, Benjamin C. and Thompson, James. Factors Influencing the Diagnosis of Mental Disorder Among
Primary Care Patients. Medical Care, 23(1): 50-62, 1985.
Journal Articles (Not Peer-Reviewed)
Breslin,
Curtis F. and Amick III, Benjamin C. Work Injuries and Youth: An Application
of the Labor Market and Health Framework. Institute for Work and Health
Working Paper Series,
#217, September 2003.
Amick III,
Benjamin C. Work Organization and Drinking. ABMRF Journal, 7(3): 111-123,
1997.
Kawachi, Ichiro, Levine, Sol, Miller, S.M., Lasch, Kathryn and Amick III,
Benjamin C. Income Inequality and Life Expectancy-Theory, Research, and
Policy. Society and Health Working Paper Series, 94-2, May 1994.
Amick
III, Benjamin C. Teamwork: Harnessing Your
Human Resources. American Movers, 44(2): 17-20, 1989.
Journal Articles (Under Review)
Durand Marie-Jose, Vachon Brigitte, Hing Quan Nha, Imbeau Daniel, Vezina Nicole, Amick III Benjamin C, Loisel, Patrick. The
Cross-Cultural Apdaptation of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire. (Submitted to International Journal of Rehabilitation Research).
Ghazal Read, Jen’nan, Amick III Benjamin C., Donato, Katharine M. Arab
Immigrants: A New Case for Ethnicity
and Health? (Submitted to Social Science & Medicine.)
Westmorland Muriel, Williams Renee, Amick III Benjamin C., Shannon Harry, Rasheed Farah.
Disability Management Practices in Ontario Workplaces: Employee’s Perceptions. (Submitted to International Journal of
Rehabilitation Research .)
Katz Jeffrey N, Amick III Benjamin C., Keller Robert, Fossel Anne H, Ossmann Janet, Soucie Valerie, Losina Elena.
Determinants of Work Absence Following Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. (Submitted to American Journal of Industrial Medicine).
Cullen Kimberly L, Williams Renee M, Shannon Harry S, Wessel Jean, Amick III Benjamin C., Westmoreland Murial.
Workplace Disability Management Practices in Ontario Educational Facilities: Part I—Demographics. (Submitted to Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation).
Cullen Kimberly L, Williams Renee M, Shannon Harry S, Wessel Jean, Amick III Benjamin C., Westmoreland Murial. Workplace
Disability Management Practices in Ontario Educational Facilities: Part II—Associations with Injury Claims Experience. (Submitted to Journal
of Occupational Rehabilitation).
Amick III Benjamin C, Robertson Michelle M, Fossel Anne H, Coley Christopher M, Hupert Nathaniel, Jenkins Mark, Tullar
Jessica, Katz Jeffery N. The Health Risk Associated with Daily and Binge Computing among College Students. (Submitted to American Journal of Industrial Medicine)
DeRango Kelly, Amick III Benjamin C, Robertson Michelle M, Bazzani Lianna, Moore Anne. The Productivity Consequences
of Two Ergonomic Interventions. (Submitted to the International Journal of Industrial and Labor Relations).
Williams, Renee M., Westmorland,
Murial G., Shannon, Harry, Rasheed,
Farah, Amick III, Benjamin C. Disability Management Practices in
Education, Hotel/Motel and Health Care Workplaces. (submitted to American
Journal of Industrial Medicine).
Robertson Michelle M., Amick III Benjamin C., Fossel
Anne H., Coley Christopher M., Hupert Nathaniel, Jenkins Mark, Tullar Jessica,
Katz Jeffery N. Undergraduate students' ergonomics knowledge of appropriate
computer workstation design and work habits: the emerging young knowledge
workforce (submitted to American Journal of Industrial Medicine)
Amick III, Benjamin C., Lerner, Debra J., Rhea, Katie, Rogers William H.,
Rooney, Ted, Katz, Jeffrey N. Development and Implementation of an Employer
Based Outcomes Assessment and Management System. (submitted to Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Health).
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Mangione, Thomas. Work Organization and
Drinking: A Comparison of Two Psychosocial Work Exposure Models (submitted to
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine).
Amick III, Benjamin C., Rezendes, Maureen, Goodman, Elizabeth, Kagan,
Jerome, Levine, Sol, Rogers, William H., Tarlov, Alvin. Adolescent Social Class
Identification: Behavioral and Biological Indicators (submitted to the Journal
of Behavioral Medicine).
Bird, Chloe E., Chertoff, Jocelyn, Amick III, Benjamin C., Downing-Park,
Jeanette. Gender and Alternative Work Arrangements among Radiologists (submitted
to Work & Occupations).
Chertoff, Jocelyn, Bird, Chloe, Dietch, Cynthia, Amick III, Benjamin C.
Career Paths in Radiology: Self-Reported Unfair Treatment and Sexual Harassment
of Radiologists (submitted to the American Journal of Radiology).
Book Chapters
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Mustard, Cam.
Labor Markets and Health: A Social Epidemiological Perspective
in Workforce/ Workplace Mismatch? Work, Family, Health and Well-Being. S.M.
Bianchi, L.M. Casper, K.E. Christensa, and R.B. King (eds.) (Submitted)
Amick III, Benjamin C. Job Strain
and Health. Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior. Norman Anderson and Ichiro
Kawachi (eds.) Thousand
Oaks: Sage Publications. 2004. pp 561-565.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Lavis, John N. Labor Markets and Health:
A Framework and Set of Applications. In The Society and Health Population
Health
Reader. A. Tarlov and R.F. St. Peter (eds.), New York: The New Press, 2000,
pp178-210.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Kasl, Stanislav V. Work Stress. In The Epidemiology of Work Related Diseases: Second Edition. J. Corbett McDonald
(ed.), BMJ Press, 2000, pp 283-308.
Ren, Xinhua and Amick III, Benjamin C. Cross-Cultural Use of
Measurements. In Handbook of Immigrant Health. S. Loue (ed.), New York: Plenum
Press, 1998, pp 81-99.
Kasl, Stanislav V. and Amick III, Benjamin C. Cumulative Trauma Disorder
Research: Methodological Issues and Illustrative Findings from the Perspective
of Psychosocial Epidemiology. In Beyond Biomechanics: Psychosocial Factors
and Musculoskeletal Disorders in Office Work, S. Moon and S. Sauter (eds.), New
York: Taylor and Francis, 1996, pp 263-284.
Amick III, Benjamin C., Levine, Sol, Tarlov, Alvin R. and Walsh, Diana
C. Introduction. In Society and Health, B. Amick, S. Levine, A. Tarlov, and
D.C. Walsh (eds.), New York: Oxford University Press, 1995, pp 1-17.
Kasl, Stanislav V. and Amick III, Benjamin C. Work Stress. In
Epidemiology of Work Related Diseases. Corbett McDonald (ed.), BMJ Publishing
Group, 1995, pp 239-266.
Smith, Michael J. and Amick III, Benjamin C. Electronic Monitoring
at the Workplace: Implications for Employee Control and Job Stress. In Job
Control and Worker Health, S. Sauter, J. Hurrell and C. Cooper (eds.), John Wiley & Sons,
New York, 1990, pp 275-289.
Amick III, Benjamin C. The Impacts of Office Automation on the Quality
of Worklife: Considerations for United States Policy. In Occupational Health
and Safety in Automation and Robotics. Elsevier Press: Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
1986, pp 218-233.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Celentano, David D. Human Factors
Epidemiology: An Integrated Approach to the Study of Health Issues in Office
Work. In Human Aspects in Office Automation, Barbara G.F. Cohen (ed.), Elsevier
Science Publishing: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1984, 153-166.
Proceedings of Symposia (Peer - Reviewed)
Tullar Jessica, Amick III Benjamin C, Roberston Michelle, Coley Christopher
M, Hupert Nathaniel, Jenkins Mark, Katz Jeffrey (2004). Computing workplace
risk factors for college students. In Lawrence Schulze (Ed.), Proceedings
of the 17th International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference:
Building Bridges to Healthy Workplaces. Houston: ISOES.
Amick III Benjamin C, Roberston Michelle, Bazzani Lianna, DeRango Kelly,
Chaumont Menendez Cammie, Rooney Ted, Harrist Ron, Moore Anne (2004). The health
impacts of two office ergonomic interventions. In Lawrence Schulze (Ed.), Proceedings
of the 17th International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference: Building
Bridges to Healthy Workplaces. Houston: ISOES.
Chaumont Menendez Cammie, Amick III Benjamin C, Bazzani Lianna, Robertson
Michelle, DeRango Kelly, Rooney Ted, Moore Anne, Harrist Ron (2004). The impact
of two office ergonomics interventions on visual symptoms. In Lawrence Schulze
(Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th International Occupational Ergonomics and
Safety Conference: Building Bridges to Healthy Workplaces. Houston: ISOES.
Chaumont Menendez Cammie, Amick III Benjamin C, Jenkins Mark, Robertson
Michelle, Janowitz Ira, Rempel David M, Dennerlein Jack T, Chang Che-Hsu, Katz
Jeffrey N, Harrist Ron (2004). Computing-related risk factors among college
students. In Lawrence Schulze (Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th International
Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference: Building Bridges to Healthy
Workplaces. Houston: ISOES.
DeRango Kelly, Amick III Benjamin C, Robertson Michelle, Bazzani Lianna,
Rooney Ted, Harrist Ron, Moore Ron (2004). The productivity impacts of two
office ergonomic interventions. In Lawrence Schulze (Ed.), Proceedings of
the 17th International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety Conference: Building
Bridges to Healthy Workplaces. Houston: ISOES.
Amick III Benjamin C, Robertson Michelle, Tullar Jessica, Fossel Anne, Coley
Christopher M, Hupert Nathaniel, Jenkins Mark, Katz Jeffery (2004). Regular
and binge computing and college student health. In Lawrence Schulze (Ed.),
Proceedings of the 17th International Occupational Ergonomics and Safety
Conference: Building Bridges to Healthy Workplaces. Houston: ISOES.
Amick III, Benjamin C., Robertson, Michelle M., DeRango, Kelly,
Palacios, Noe, Allie, Paul, Rooney, Ted, Bazzani, Lianna. An Overview of a
Longitudinal Quasi-Experimental Field Study to Evaluate the Effect of an Office
Ergonomics Training and a New Chair on Quality of Work Life, Health and
Productivity. Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific Conference on
Work
with Display Units. ERGONOMIC Institut für Arbeit-und Sozialforschung
Forschungsgesellschaft mbH: Berchtesgaden, Germany, May 2002.
DeRango, Kelly, Amick III, Benjamin C., Robertson, Michelle M., Palacios,
Noe, Allie, Paul, Rooney, Ted, Bazzani, Lianna. The Productivity Consequences of
Office Ergonomics Training and an Ergonomically Designed Chair. Proceedings
of
the 6th International Scientific Conference on Work with Display Units.
ERGONOMIC Institut für Arbeit-und Sozialforschung Forschungsgesellschaft mbH:
Berchtesgaden, Germany, May 2002.
Amick III, Benjamin C., Robertson, Michelle M., DeRango, Kelly, Palacios,
Noe, Allie, Paul, Rooney, Ted, Bazzani, Lianna. The Health Consequences of an
Office Ergonomics Training Couples with and Ergonomically Designed Chair:
Preliminary Results. Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific Conference
on Work with Display Units. ERGONOMIC Institut für Arbeit-und Sozialforschung
Forschungsgesellschaft mbH: Berchtesgaden, Germany, May 2002.
Palacios, Noe, Robertson, Michelle M., Amick III, Benjamin C., Allie,
Paul. Building a Transdisciplinary Team for User-Centered Design. Proceedings
of
the 6th International Scientific Conference on Work with Display Units.
ERGONOMIC Institut für Arbeit-und Sozialforschung Forschungsgesellschaft mbH:
Berchtesgaden, Germany, May 2002.
Robertson, Michelle M., Amick III, Benjamin C., DeRango, Kelly, Palacios,
Noe, Allie, Paul, Rooney, Ted, Bazzani, Lianna. The Impact of an Office
Ergonomics Training on Worker Knowledge, Behavior and Musculoskeletal Risk.
Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific Conference on Work with Display
Units. ERGONOMIC Institut für Arbeit-und Sozialforschung Forschungsgesellschaft
mbH: Berchtesgaden, Germany, May 2002.
Amick, Benjamin C.
Labour Market Experiences and Health. Canadian Population Health Initiative
Meeting. Canadian Institute for Health Information, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
March, 2002.
Amick III, Benjamin C.,
Work & Health; New Relationships in a Changing Economy, California and
International Perspectives, Co-hosted by The California Endowment, The
California Wellness Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation, March 15-16, 2001
San Francisco, California.
Robertson, Michelle M., Amick III, Benjamin C., Hupert, Nathaniel, Cha,
Elizabeth, Pellerin, Mary, & Katz, Jeffrey N. Using Participatory Ergonomics to
Develop a Workshop on Computer Ergonomics for Young Knowledge Workers. In Ed: M.
Smith and G. Salvendy; Systems, Social and Internationalization Design Aspects
of Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 2, pp. 86-90. Lawrence Associates, London,
2001.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Coates, Vary T. Trends in the Automation of
America's Offices: Implications for US Public Policy. Proceedings of the 2nd
International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational Design and
Management. Elsevier Science Publishers: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1986.
Amick III, Benjamin C. Ergonomics and Social Epidemiology: Where Should
Integration Begin? Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the International
Ergonomics Association. Taylor and Francis, Ltd: London, England, 1985.
Amick III, Benjamin C. and Damron, Janet. Considerations in Defining
Office Automation: A Case Study of the World Bank - Eastern Africa Region.
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Human Factors in
Organizational Design and Management. Elsevier Science Publishers: Amsterdam,
The Netherlands, 1984.
Amick III, Benjamin C., Weisman, Carol and Smith, Michael J. The
Implications of Technological Change for Worker Health: The Role of the Job
Redesign Model in Public Health. Proceedings of the First USA Japan Conference
on Human Computer Interaction. Elsevier Science Publishers: Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, 1984.
Books and Monographs
Wallerstein, Nina and Amick III, Benjamin C.
California Works for Better Health: A Theory of Change and Evaluation Model The
California Endowment: Woodland Hills, CA, 1999.
Ostberg, Olov, Whitaker, Randall and Amick III, Benjamin C. The Automated
Expert: Technical, Human and Organizational Considerations in Expert System
Applications (Teldok English Report Series). Teldok: Stockholm, Sweden, 1988.
Coates, Vary T., Amick III, Benjamin C., Kost, Robert and Madison, Mary
Ann, Criminal Justice, New Technologies and the Constitution - Special Report.
United States Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (OTA-CIT-366). US
Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1988.
Coates, Vary T., Amick III, Benjamin C., Kost, Robert and Madison, Mary
Ann, Science, Technology and the First Amendment - Special Report. United States
Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (OTA-CIT-369). US Government Printing
Office: Washington, DC, 1988.
Coates, Vary T., Amick III, Benjamin C., Kost, Robert and Madison, Mary
Ann, Science, Technology and the Constitution - Background Paper. United States
Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (OTA-BP-CIT-43). US Government
Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1987.
Coates, Vary T. and Amick III, Benjamin C. The Social Security
Administration and Information Technology - Special Report. United States
Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (OTA-CIT-311). US Government Printing
Office: Washington, DC, 1986.
Amick III, Benjamin C. Work Related Psychosocial Stress, Technology and
Health. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education,
The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1986.
Coates, Vary T., Amick III, Benjamin C., Gamble, M. Karen and Madison,
Mary Ann. Automation of America's Offices. United States Congress, Office of
Technology Assessment (OTA-CIT-287). US Government Printing Office: Washington
DC, 1985.
Edited Books and Journals
Amick, Benjamin C., Levine, Sol, Tarlov, Alvin R. and
Walsh, Diana C. (eds.) Society and Health. New York: Oxford University Press,
1995.
Amick III, Benjamin C. (Guest Editor) Information Technology and Public Policy
in the United States. Office: Technology and People, Vol 3(4), 1988.
Papers (Peer-Reviewed - Only Lead Author)
Predictors of Successful Work Role Functioning Following Carpal Tunnel
Release Surgery. NORA 2003 Symposium on Working Partnerships: Applying Research
to Practice. Hilton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, VA: June 23-24, 2003.
Labor Markets and Health: A Social Epidemiological Perspective. Workplace/Workforce
Mismatch: Work, Family, Health and Well-Being. Washington, D.C.: June 18,
2003.
Organizational Predictors of Successful Return to Work (with, Janet Ossmann,
Rochelle Habeck and Jeffrey Katz). 5th APA/NIOSH Conference on Work and
Health, Toronto, CA, DC, March 23-25, 2003.
Bringing the Organization Back into Workers’ Compensation Research (with
Janet Ossmann), Workers’ Compensation Research Group Meeting, Cambridge, MA,
March 2-3, 2002.
Old Health Problems and the New Economy: Pathways to Societal Change 129th
APHA Annual Meeting Atlanta, GA October 23, 2001
Results of Florida and Minnesota Surveys on Performance of Workers'
Compensation Systems. Workers' Compensation Research Group. Santa Monica, CA.
November 17, 2000.
Organizational Predictors of Reduced Work Disability. American Public Health
Association Meeting: Eliminating Health Disparities. Boston, MA. November 12-15,
2000.
Disability Outcomes in the Workplace. American Public Health Association
Meeting: Eliminating Health Disparities. Boston, MA, November 12, 2000.
Life Course Psychosocial Work Exposures and Mortality (with Peggy McDonough,
James House, Greg Duncan, Hong Chang, Carl Pieper). 4th APA/NIOSH Conference on
Work and Health, Washington, DC, March 12 – 14, 1999.
Predictors of Two Month Work Status in a Cohort of Workers Undergoing Carpal
Tunnel Release (with Rochelle Habeck and Jeffrey Katz). Workers’ Compensation
Research Group Meeting, Cambridge, MA, March 7-8, 1999.
Work, Household and Leisure Time Limitations in Work-Related Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome. Workers’ Compensation Research Group Meeting, Cambridge, MA, March
6-7, 1998.
Putting the Organization Back Into the Social Epidemiology of Work (with
Rochelle Habeck). American Sociological Association Meeting, Toronto, Canada,
August 9, 1997.
Developing A New Measure of Organizational Policy and Practices. Workers’
Compensation Research Group Meeting. Rutgers University. July 19 - 20, 1997
Questionnaire Design and Questionnaire Development: Lessons From the Field.
Workers’ Compensation Research Group Meeting, Rutgers University. July 19 - 20,
1997
Work Organization and Drinking: A Comparison of Two Exposure Models (with Tom
Mangione and Vivian Wu). American Public Health Association 126th Annual
Meeting, New York: November 3-8, 1996.
The Relationship of Drinking and Poor Job Design to Work-Related Injury.
American Public Health Association 124th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October
30-November 3, 1994.
‘Ergonomics and Your Health’: A Surveillance Program to Evaluate the
Effectiveness of Ergonomic Interventions (With Stanislav Kasl). American Public
Health Association 124th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: October 30-November 3,
1994.
The Relationship between Stress and Work Environments and Levels of Drinking
(with Rima Rudd and Diana Chapman Walsh). American Public Health Association's
121st Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA: October 24-28, 1993.
Ergonomics in U.S. Industry: Findings from 1990-91 OSHA Medical Surveillance
Survey (with Hugh Conway). American Public Health Association's 121st Annual
Meeting, San Francisco, CA: October 24-28, 1993.
The Politics of Science or Science-Based Policy: The Case of the San
Francisco VDT Ordinance, Human Factors Society, San Francisco, CA, 1991.
Evaluating Expert Systems: Rule- or Skill-Based? Conference on Culture,
Language and Artificial Intelligence, Stockholm, Sweden, 1988.
Continued Automation in USA Insurance Companies and Banks: Expert Systems at
the Underwriter Level (translated into Swedish by Olov Ostberg, Forstatt
Automatisering av USAs Forsakringsbolag och Banker Expertsystem pa
Handlaggarniva). TCO Tidningen, Stockholm, Sweden, 1988.
Computers in the Work Place and the OSHA Standard Setting Process (with Roger
Stephens). Second International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational
Design and Management, Vancouver, Canada, 1986.
Translating Research on New Technology Into Public Policy: Is There a Role
for Ergonomists? (with Tapas Sen) Second International Symposium on Human
Factors in Organizational Design and Management, Vancouver, Canada, 1986.
Trends in the Automation of America's Offices: Implications for US Public
Policy (with Vary T. Coates).Second International Symposium on Human Factors in
Organizational Design and Management, Vancouver, Canada, 1986.
The Impacts of Office Automation on the Quality of Worklife: Considerations
for the United States Congress. The 5th UOEH International Symposium:
Occupational Safety and Health In Automation and Robotics, Kitakyushu, Japan,
1985.
A Three-Year Follow-Up of Changes in the Task Structure of Office Workers
During Office Automation. (with Janet Damron) International Ergonomics
Association Meetings, Bournemouth, England, 1985.
Ergonomics and Social Epidemiology: Where Should Integration Begin?
International Ergonomics Association Meetings, Bournemouth, England, 1985.
The Implications of Technological Change for Worker Health: The Role of Job
Redesign in Public Health. (with Carol S. Weisman and Michael J. Smith) First
International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational Design and
Management, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984.
Considerations in Defining Office Automation: A Case Study of the East
African Region of the World Bank. (with Janet Damron) First U.S.A.-Japan
Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984.
Technology, Work-Related Stress and Health among U.S. Postal Workers. (with
David D. Celentano and Michael J. Smith) American Public Health Association
Meetings, Dallas, TX, 1983.
The Health Consequences of Technological Change. (with Jeffrey V. Johnson and
Ellen Hall) American Public Health Association Meetings, Montreal, Canada, 1982.
Invited Lectures (only those where presenter)
Relationship between All-Cause Mortality and Cumulative Working
Life Course Psychosocial and Physical Exposures in the United States from 1968-1992. National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health. Washington, DC June 26, 2002
Labor Market Experiences: What Do Policy Makers Need to Know
to Improve Population Health? Canadian Population Health Initiative Partnership
Meeting Ottawa, Canada March 13-15, 2002
Measuring the Impact of Illness and Injury
on Work
Performance. Institute for Work and Health Plenary, Toronto,
CA, January 16, 2002.
The Labor Markets and Health Framework:
A Tool for Building a Competitive Advantage University of Texas School of Public
Health - Dallas Dallas, Texas December 17, 2001
Social Inequalities in Health: From Public Health Research
to Public Health Action. School of Medicine, St. George’s University. Grenada,
West Indies, October 9, 2001.
Health and Productivity: Building A
Competitive Advantage Institute for Health and Productivity Management Orlando,
FL Sept., 26, 2001 (Dr. Amick Made This Presentation on Behalf Of the Institute
for Work and Health)
The Worker Injury National Survey Project: Exploring
the Feasibility of Building a National Resource. 25th Annual National
Symposium on Workers' Compensation. Chicago, IL. July 18, 2001.
Assessing Work Organization Exposure: Towards a New
Occupational Epidemiology. Department of Preventative Medicine and
Community Health. The University of Texas Medical Branch. Galveston, TX.
April16, 2001.
The Changing Nature of Employer-Employee Contracts and
Health. Work and Health: New Relationships in a Changing Economy--California and
International Perspectives. California Family Health Council. San
Francisco, CA. March 14-18, 2001.
Labor Markets and Health: A Brief Reflection.
The California Endowment Foundation Board of Directors Meeting. Westin
Hotel, San Francisco, CA. March 14-18, 2001.
Measuring Organizational Policies and Practices as
Predictors of Successful Return to Work. Center for Society and Population
Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of
Public Health. Houston, TX. February 28, 2001.
Welfare to Work Transitions and their Health Consequences.
Institute for Work and Health. Toronto, Canada. February 17, 2001.
Life Course Psychosocial and Physical Work Exposures and
Mortality. Texas Institute for Society and Health Seminar Series.
Rice University. Houston, TX. November 28, 2000.
Thinking about How to Evaluate the Health Impacts of Ergonomic Interventions.
Steelcase Advisory Board. Grand Rapids, MI, November 1, 2000.
Linked Lives as Convoys of Stressors and Resources. James A. Baker Institute for Health Policy.
Rice University. Houston, TX, September 26,2000.
The Role of Workers’ Compensation in Health Services: Building a National Database.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Washington, DC, April 26, 2000.
Labor Markets and Health: Building a Competitive Advantage. National Policy
Association Meeting, Lifeline to a Healthy Workforce, Committee on New American
Realities, Austin, TX, April 13-15, 2000.
Do Organizations Play a Role in Return to Work? Measuring Organizational Policies
and Practices. Department of Psychology, Rice University, March 17th, 2000.
Physicians, Social Change, and Ethics, 2000 Ethics in Medicine Lecture
Series. University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, February 23, 2000.
Bringing the Organization Back into Return to Work Research: Measuring Organizational Policies and Practices.
Centers for Disease Control, NIOSH, Applied Psychology & Ergonomics Branch, Division of Applied Research and Technology
(DART), Robert Taft Labs, Cincinnati, OH, February 18, 2000.
Measuring Role Performance Moving Beyond the SF-36. Centers for Disease Control, NIOSH,
Applied Psychology & Ergonomics Branch, Division of Applied Research and
Technology (DART), Robert Taft Labs, Cincinnati, OH, February 18, 2000.
The Feasibility of a National Workers’ Compensation Medical Care Data Base: A Study
Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Workers’ Compensation Research
Initiative. NIOSH-wide Teleconference Presentation, February 17, 2000.
Life Course Psychosocial and Physical Work Exposures and Mortality. Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations
and Field Studies (DSHEFS), NIOSH, CDC, Cincinnati, OH, February 17, 2000.
USA Efforts To Reduce Social Inequalities in Health. European Network on Interventions to Reduce Social Inequalities
In Health, Helsinki, Finland, November 25, 1999.
Estimating Working Life Course Exposures for Labor Market Experiences: Letting the Genie
out of the Bottle? Faculty Research Symposium, University of Texas-Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX,
November 12, 1999.
Measuring Successful Return to Work Using the Work Limitations Questionnaire. The Medical Outcomes Trust State of the Art
Conference, Baltimore, MD, Oct 24-26, 1999.
Bringing the Organization Back Into Return to Work Research: Measuring Organizational
Policies and Practices. Ergonomic Barriers to Rehabilitation and Employment: A Symposium on Models and Methods,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 19-29, 1999.
Cumulative Psychosocial Work Organization Exposures and Mortality. ERC Seminar Series, Harvard School of Public
Health, April 22, 1999.
Life Course Models of Work Exposure: What Can We Do and What Should We Do? Laval
University Medical School, March 22, 1999.
If We Are Going to Intervene in Labor Markets to Improve Health then What Should
Our Measures of Success Be and Why? The Rockefeller Foundation, March 2nd, 1999.
Measuring Successful Return-to-Work Using the Work Limitations Questionnaire. Fourth International Conference on Upper
Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorders, San Francisco, CA December 9-10, 1998.
A Brief Reflection on Labor Markets and Health. The Board of Directors of The California Endowment, San Francisco, CA,
November 30th, 1998.
Measuring Generic- and Disease-Specific Measures of Functioning in Workers’ Compensation
Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Workshop on Workers’ Compensation,
September 17-18, 1998.
Ergonomics and Your Health Project. The Office Ergonomics Research Committee, Grand Rapids, MI, July 30, 1998.
The Work Limitations Questionnaire: Design & Development. The American College
of Occupational Medicine Seminar, Boston, MA, April 29, 1998.
Labor Markets and Health: A Framework and Illustrative Examples. Kansas
Conference on Health and Its Determinants, Wichita, KS, April 20-21, 1998.
Society and Health: From Social Determinants to Social Change. Global Health Equity Initiative Meeting, ChongQing, China, October 4, 1997.
Human and Economic Costs of Occupational Injury and Illness. National SENSOR Conference, Monterey, CA,
May 12 – 15, 1997.
Job Strain and Health Over the Life Course. Harvard Educational Resource Center of the Occupational Health Program,
April 21, 1997.
Work Counts: Traveling the Social Inequality Highway to Poor Health. Tufts University School of Medicine, January
16, 1997.
Outcomes Research in Occupational Safety and Health. The University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, September,
9, 1996.
Measuring Work Loss and Productivity (with D.J. Lerner). GlaxoWellcome, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, May 19, 1995.
Measuring Work Role Functioning and Disability (with D.J. Lerner). Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA,
November 28, 1995.
Organizational Life and Substance Use: Toward a Society
and Health Model of How Drinking is Related to Work. Alcohol, Society and the
Determinants of Health International Symposium, Kiawah Island, Charleston, SC:
November 18-21, 1993.
Sociocultural Factors and Health - A Commentary on the
State of the Evidence and Future Directions. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Workshop on Sociocultural Factors and Health, Princeton, NJ: April 27, 1993.
Technology, Work Organization and the Concept of Exposure in the Workplace. The Johns Hopkins
University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, 1989.
Expert Systems Applications: Towards Integrated Human Systems or the Automated
Expert. TCO Special Workshop on Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence, Stockholm, Sweden, 1988.
Safety Regulations for the VDT Work Environment. Conexion '85, Atlanta Market Center, Atlanta, GA, 1985.
Public Health Issues in the Study of Visual Health and Computing. Industrial Products
Research Institute, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, 1985.
Technology Bargaining and Human Factors Standards: American Vignettes on VDT's.
International Forum of VDT Work ‑ How to Use the VDT Effectively. Hiroshima
Industry Association, Japan, 1985.
Organizational Context and Systems Analysis: Neglected Areas of Office Automation R & D. C
& C Sensing Division, NEC International Headquarters, Tokyo, Japan, 1985.
Funded Research (United States Only)
Leap ® Work Effectiveness Study funded by Steelcase Development
Corporation, Principal Investigator: Benjamin C. Amick III, Total Costs $
14,840 (Direct Costs: $11,415), August 2002-August 2003.
Occupational Health Services
Research funded by the Centers for Disease Control (NIOSH), Principal
Investigator-Benjamin Amick, Total Costs $47,898 (Direct Costs $ 37,491), May
2002-April 2003.
Doctoral Training Program in Occupational Injury Prevention Research
Supplement to the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Education and Research Center funded by the Centers for Disease Control (NIOSH),
Principal Investigator-George Delclos, Training Grant Director-Benjamin Amick,
Total Costs $140,000 (Direct Costs $113,978), July 2001-June 2006.
Organizational Predictors of Successful Return to Work funded by the
Centers for Disease Control (NIOSH), Principal Investigator-Benjamin Amick,
Total Costs $459,646 (Direct Costs $340,271), September1998- September 2002.
A Study of the Feasibility of a National Workers’ Compensation Database
funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Workers' Compensation Research
Initiative, Principal Investigator-Benjamin Amick, November, Total Costs
$350,265 (Direct Costs $338,177), 1999-October 2002.
Sacred Vocation: Transforming Work in Health Care funded by Episcopal
Health Charities, Principal Investigator-Benjamin Amick, Total Costs $145,665
(Direct Costs $145,665), May 2001-June 2003.
A Field Evaluation of an Ergonomic Intervention: Linking Health and
Productivity funded by Steelcase Corporation, Principal
Investigator-Benjamin Amick, Total Costs $450,000 (Direct Costs $450,000), May
2000-May 2003.
Outcomes of Injured Employee Health Status Assessment funded by the
Centers for Disease Control (NIOSH), Principal Investigator-Bob Ross,
University of Vermont, Total Costs $219,119 (Direct Costs $153,184),
Consultant-Benjamin Amick, $5,000, September 2000-August 2001.
Social Inequalities in Occupational and Health Services funded by the
Centers for Disease Control (NIOSH), Principal Investigator-Al Dembe, Total
Costs 234,000 (Direct Costs $117,000), Subcontractor-Benjamin Amick, $6,000,
September 2000-October 2002.
A Study of Social Cohesion in Communities in Houston and on the
Mexico/Texas Border funded by the Texas Department of Health, Principal
Investigator-Luisa Franzini, Total Costs $320,603 (Direct Costs $299,602),
Co-Investigator Benjamin Amick (15% Time), October 2000-September 2002.
Improving the Outcomes of Low Back Pain funded by UNUM Corporation,
Principal Investigator-Debra Lerner, Total Costs $200,000 (Direct Costs
$181,000), Co-Investigator-Benjamin Amick (30% Time), December 1999-December
2000.
Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Evaluating Interventions among
Office Workers funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), Principal Investigator-Donald Cole Total Costs $151,633 (Direct
Costs $151,633), Consultant-Benjamin Amick, $10,000, September 1999-September
2002.
Work Injuries and Illnesses in Older Workers: Causes, Consequences and
Prevention funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, Principal Investigator-Glen Pransky, Total Cost $467,347 (Direct Costs
$343,689) Subcontractor- Benjamin Amick, Total Costs $15,728 (Direct Costs
$10,520), October 1999-September 2002.
A Test of the Relationship of Work Limitations Questionnaire Scores to
Worker Productivity funded by Glaxo/Wellcome, Principal-Investigator-Debra
Lerner, Total Costs $45,000 (Direct Costs $36,329), Co-Investigator-Benjamin
Amick (5% time), May 1998-April 1999.
Maine Workers’ Compensation Health Care Improvement Initiative funded
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Grant # 034229), Total Costs $205,440
(Direct Costs $175,440), Principal Investigator-Robert Keller,
Consultant-Benjamin Amick, $20,000, April 1998-September 2000.
Development of an Evaluation Plan for a Labor Market and Health
Intervention funded by the California Endowment Foundation, Co-Principal
Investigators-Nina Wallerstein, University of New Mexico Medical School and
Benjamin Amick, Total Costs $98,000 (Direct Costs $98,000), September 1998-June
2000.
Working Lives and Mortality in an Aging National Cohort funded by the
National Institutes of Health (NIA) and the Centers for Disease Control (NIOSH),
Principal Investigator-Benjamin Amick, Total Costs $1,264,088 (Direct Costs
$846,895), May 1996-September 2000.
Measurement of Human and Economic Burden of Occupational Illness and
Injury, Grant #: RO1-OH03399, funded by the Centers for Disease Control (NIOSH),
Principal Investigator-Benjamin Amick, Total Costs $498,252 (Direct Costs
$359,274), June 1996- Jan 1999.
Health-Related Ability to Work: A Self-Administered, Generic Questionnaire
for Measuring Work Limitations funded by Glaxo/Wellcome,
Principal-Investigator-Debra Lerner, Total Costs $358,263 (Direct Costs
$324,619), Co-Investigator-Benjamin Amick (30% time), February 1996-May 1999.
Condition-Specific Work Performance and Productivity Questionnaire
funded by Merck, Principal-Investigator-Debra Lerner, Total Costs $85,000
(Direct Costs $70,000), Co-Investigator-Benjamin Amick (10% time), June 1994-
June 1996.
Organizational Determinants of Drinking funded by the Alcohol Beverage
Medical Research Foundation, Principal Investigator-Benjamin Amick, Total Costs
$69,427 (Direct Costs $47,389), April 1996-February 1998.
The Impact of Work on Women’s Health and Quality of Life(The Nurses Health
Study), Grant #: RO1-AG1280601A1, funded by the National Institutes of
Health, Principal Investigator-Graham Colditz, Total Costs $1,149,698 (Direct
Costs $894,698), Co-Investigator-Ben Amick (20% time), September 1995 - August
1998.
Funded Research (Canada Only*)
* In Canada funding typically only supports the work and not salary
The Measurement of Work Disability funded by the Institute for Work &
Heath, Principal-Investigator, Dorcas Beaton, Institute for Work and Health,
Total Costs $ 7,260, Co-Investigator-Benjamin Amick, January 2001-December 2001.
Unemployment, Job Characteristics and Self-reported Health Status and
Disability in a Cohort of Canadian Adults, a Cohort of America Adults, a Cohort
of German Adults, and a Cohort of Swedish Adults (Four Country Study) funded
by NHRDP, Principal Investigator-John Lavis, McMaster University Medical School,
Total Costs $49,092, Co-Investigator-Benjamin Amick, January 2001-December 2001.
Survey of Disability Management Approaches in Ontario Workplaces
funded by WSIB, RAC, and the Institute for Work & Health and based at McMaster
University, Principal Investigator- Renee Williams, McMaster University Medical
School, Total Costs $10,845, Co-Investigator-Benjamin Amick, June 1999-May,
2002.
