Event Details

ESRI Policy Seminar: Work Stress and Health: Current Research and Policy Implications

Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2

Date: 11/09/2008
Time: 4 pm

Speaker: Dr Tarani Chandola, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London.

Research suggests that work stress is associated with poorer health and a heightened risk of Cardiovascular disease (CHD) in particular. In this presentation, Dr Tarani Chandola from The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London will review existing research on this relationship and present data from his research on a large study of British Civil Servants (The Whitehall II Study), which has been ongoing since 1985, to illustrate the mechanisms through which work stress impacts on an individual's risk of CHD and the policy implications that this suggests. The seminar will examine:

• Who has work stress and how do you measure it?
• Is work stress all in your mind?
• How does work stress effect your brain and biology?
• What can you and organisations do about work stress?

No booking required. All welcome.