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Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being (2024)
Journal Article
Toderi, S., Cioffi, G., Yarker, J., Lewis, R., Houdmont, J., & Balducci, C. (2024). Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(8), Article 989. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21080989

The “Management Competencies to Prevent and Reduce Stress at Work” (MCPARS) approach focuses on identifying the stress-preventive managers’ competencies able to optimise the employees’ well-being through the management of the psychosocial work enviro... Read More about Manager–Team (Dis)agreement on Stress-Preventive Behaviours: Relationship with Psychosocial Work Environment and Employees’ Well-Being.

“I’m pulling through because of you”: injured workers’ perspective of workplace factors supporting return to work under the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board scheme (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis, I., & Houdmont, J. (2024). “I’m pulling through because of you”: injured workers’ perspective of workplace factors supporting return to work under the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board scheme. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 5, Article 1373888. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2024.1373888

Background: Research demonstrates sustained return to work (RTW) by individuals on medical leave is influenced by personal and job resources and job demands. Relatively few studies have been conducted in the workers’ compensation context that is know... Read More about “I’m pulling through because of you”: injured workers’ perspective of workplace factors supporting return to work under the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board scheme.

Management standards and burnout among surgeons in the United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Hassard, J., Daliya, P., Adiamah, A., Theophilidou, E., Lobo, D., & East Midlands Surgical Academic Network (EMSAN) Burnout Study Group, E. M. S. A. N. (. B. S. G. (2023). Management standards and burnout among surgeons in the United Kingdom. Occupational Medicine, 73(8), 484-491. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqad102

Background
Burnout arising from chronic work-related stress is endemic among surgeons in the UK. Identification of contributory and modifiable psychosocial work characteristics could inform risk reduction activities.

Aims
We aimed to assess th... Read More about Management standards and burnout among surgeons in the United Kingdom.

Police officers' perception of community support for policing: implications for well-being (2023)
Journal Article
Keaton, J., Jennings Black, K., Houdmont, J., Beck, E., Roddy, D., Chambers, J., & Moon, S. (2023). Police officers' perception of community support for policing: implications for well-being. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 46(5/6), 811-830. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-05-2023-0056

Purpose: Community-police relations have gained increasing public attention during the past decade. The purpose of the present study was to better understand the relationship between perceived community support and police officer burnout and engageme... Read More about Police officers' perception of community support for policing: implications for well-being.

A systematic review of dentists' psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Lefkowitz, B., Houdmont, J., & Knight, A. (2023). A systematic review of dentists' psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. British Dental Journal, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-6232-8

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic presented significant challenges to healthcare workers worldwide, including the effect on the psychological wellbeing of dentists.

Aims: To evaluate the impact of the early phases of the pandemic on the psychologi... Read More about A systematic review of dentists' psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mental wellbeing and psychosocial working conditions of autistic veterinary surgeons in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Smits, F., Houdmont, J., Hill, B., & Pickles, K. (2023). Mental wellbeing and psychosocial working conditions of autistic veterinary surgeons in the UK. Veterinary Record, 193(8), Article e3311. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.3311

Background: Certain autistic characteristics (such as hyper-focus and attention to detail) are valued by veterinary surgeons and autistic adults may disproportionately self-select into the profession. Links between mental wellbeing and retention in t... Read More about Mental wellbeing and psychosocial working conditions of autistic veterinary surgeons in the UK.

Identification of Surgeon Burnout via a Single-Item Measure (2022)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Daliya, P., Adiamah, A., Theophilidou, E., Hassard, J., Lobo, D. N., …Young, L. (2022). Identification of Surgeon Burnout via a Single-Item Measure. Occupational Medicine, 72(9), 641-643. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqac116

Background
Burnout is endemic in surgeons in the UK and linked with poor patient safety and quality of care, mental health problems, and workforce sustainability. Mechanisms are required to facilitate the efficient identification of burnout in this... Read More about Identification of Surgeon Burnout via a Single-Item Measure.

Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey (2022)
Journal Article
Fothergill, L., Al-Oraibi, A., Houdmont, J., Conway, J., Evans, C., Timmons, S., …Blake, H. (2022). Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 12(1), Article e055475. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055475

Background and study objective:
In response to growing pressures on healthcare systems, the advanced clinical practice (ACP) role has been implemented widely in the UK and internationally. In England, ACP is a level of practice applicable across var... Read More about Nationwide evaluation of the advanced clinical practitioner role in England: a cross-sectional survey.

Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study (2021)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Daliya, P., Theophilidou, E., Adiamah, A., Hassard, J., Lobo, D. N., & East Midlands Surgical Academic Network (EMSAN) Burnout Study Group. (2022). Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study. World Journal of Surgery, 46(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06351-6

Background: Surgeon burnout has implications for patient safety and workforce sustainability. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of burnout among surgeons in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This cross-sectional on... Read More about Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study.

Can a single-item measure of job stressfulness identify common mental disorder? (2021)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Randall, R., Kinman, G., Colwell, J., Kerr, R., & Addley, K. (2021). Can a single-item measure of job stressfulness identify common mental disorder?. International Journal of Stress Management, 28(4), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1037/str0000231

There is a need for brief and nonintrusive measures to identify common mental disorder (CMD) in worker populations. The primary aim of this study was to determine whether workers reporting CMD symptoms indicative of minor psychiatric morbidity could... Read More about Can a single-item measure of job stressfulness identify common mental disorder?.

Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study (2021)
Journal Article
Kettle, V. E., Hamer, M., Munir, F., Houdmont, J., Wilson, K., Kerr, R., …Clemes, S. A. (2022). Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study. Journal of Public Health, 44(1), 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab298

Background
There is a dearth of literature on how different domains of sitting time relate to other health behaviours. Therefore, this study aimed to explore these associations in a sample of office workers.

Methods
7170 Northern Irish Civil Ser... Read More about Cross-sectional associations between domain-specific sitting time and other lifestyle health behaviours: the Stormont study.

English police officers’ alcohol consumption and links with organisational job stressors (2021)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., & Jachens, L. (2022). English police officers’ alcohol consumption and links with organisational job stressors. Police Journal, 95(4), 674-690. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X211024689

This study describes alcohol consumption and examines associations with organisational job stressors among female (n = 493) and male (n = 707) English police officers. Significantly fewer female than male officers reported hazardous alcohol consumpti... Read More about English police officers’ alcohol consumption and links with organisational job stressors.

English rural policing: job stress and psychological distress (2020)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Jachens, L., Randall, R., & Colwell, J. (2021). English rural policing: job stress and psychological distress. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 44(1), 49-62. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-03-2020-0037

Purpose: Job stressor exposure is associated with mental health in police officers. Police stress research rarely draws a distinction between urban and rural policing, raising the possibility that stressors specific to the rural context remain uniden... Read More about English rural policing: job stress and psychological distress.

Nurses' illness perceptions during presenteeism and absenteeism (2020)
Journal Article
Fiorini, L., Houdmont, J., & Griffiths, A. (2020). Nurses' illness perceptions during presenteeism and absenteeism. Occupational Medicine, 70(2), 101–106. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa012

Background
Presenteeism has been linked with lost productivity, impaired health and absence. Whilst much research has focused on types of diseases associated with presenteeism and absenteeism, there has been little investigation into the role of ind... Read More about Nurses' illness perceptions during presenteeism and absenteeism.

Stress Management Competency Framework in English policing (2019)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Jachens, L., Randall, R., Colwell, J., & Gardner, S. (2019). Stress Management Competency Framework in English policing. Occupational Medicine, 70(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz143

Background
The UK Health and Safety Executive’s Stress Management Competency Framework and associated questionnaire, the Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool (SMCIT), address line managers’ behaviours across four competency areas. The applica... Read More about Stress Management Competency Framework in English policing.

Effort-Reward Imbalance and Job Strain: A Composite Indicator Approach (2019)
Journal Article
Jachens, L., & Houdmont, J. (2019). Effort-Reward Imbalance and Job Strain: A Composite Indicator Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), Article 4169. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214169

The Job Demand-Control-Support (JDC-S) and Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) models dominate psychosocial work environment research and practice, with their independent and collective contributions to employee health having been extensively demonstrated.... Read More about Effort-Reward Imbalance and Job Strain: A Composite Indicator Approach.

UK Postal Delivery Workers’ Occupational Sun Safety: Using Behavior Change Theories to Identify Intervention Pathways (2019)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Randall, R., Cheyne, A., Davis, S., Evans, H., & Faichney, J. (2019). UK Postal Delivery Workers’ Occupational Sun Safety: Using Behavior Change Theories to Identify Intervention Pathways. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), Article 3712. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193712

Postal delivery workers have substantial sun exposure. In the United Kingdom (UK) a high proportion of workers possesses a sun sensitive skin type. This population is at elevated risk for skin cancer, yet uptake of sun safety practices is low. Studie... Read More about UK Postal Delivery Workers’ Occupational Sun Safety: Using Behavior Change Theories to Identify Intervention Pathways.

Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation (2019)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Lai, B., Coman, E., Houdmont, J., & Griffiths, A. (2019). Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(18), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183451

We evaluate the outcomes and processes of a video and web-based worksite exercise intervention for sedentary office workers in China, in a 2-arm cluster-randomised wait-list control trial (n = 282: intervention (INT) n = 196 and wait-list control (WL... Read More about Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation.

Contribution of work ability and core self-evaluations to worker health (2019)
Journal Article
Coomer, K., & Houdmont, J. (2019). Contribution of work ability and core self-evaluations to worker health. Occupational Medicine, 69(5), 366-371. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz081

Background
Work ability (WA) concerns the capacity to manage job demands in relation to physical and psychological resources. Core self-evaluations (CSE) refer to a composite personality construct comprising self-esteem, locus of control, self-effic... Read More about Contribution of work ability and core self-evaluations to worker health.