Call for papers: Special Issue on Immigration, Diversity of the Workforce and Vulnerabilities in OHS (submission deadline: October 2, 2023)
Call for papers: Complimentary Medicine for Work, Function and Health (submission deadline: November 1, 2023)
Call for papers: Occupational Health Service (OHS) Support to Ensure a Sustainable Work Environment in Health and Welfare Workplaces (submission deadline: February 1, 2023)
Call for papers: Work, Health, and Meaningful Occupation in the Age of Climate Change (submission deadline: March 1, 2023)
Call for papers: Work Related Pain (submission deadline: December 1, 2023)
Call for papers: Advancements in Telehealth (submission deadline: January 1, 2024)
Aims & Scope
WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation is an interdisciplinary, international journal which publishes high quality peer-reviewed manuscripts covering the entire scope of the occupation of work. The journal's subtitle has been deliberately laid out: The first goal is the prevention of illness, injury, and disability. When this goal is not achievable, the attention focuses on assessment to design client-centered intervention, rehabilitation, treatment, or controls that use scientific evidence to support best practice. WORK occasionally publishes thematic issues, but in general, issues cover a wide range of topics such as ergonomic considerations with children, youth and students, the challenges facing an aging workforce, workplace violence, injury management, performing artists, ergonomic product evaluations, and the awareness of the political, cultural, and environmental determinants of health related to work.
Dr. Karen Jacobs, the founding editor, and her editorial board especially encourage the publication of research studies, clinical practice, case study reports, as well as personal narratives and critical reflections of lived work experiences (autoethnographic/autobiographic scholarship), Sounding Board commentaries and Speaking of Research articles which provide the foundation for better understanding research to facilitate knowledge dissemination. Narrative Reflections on Occupational Transitions, a new column, is for persons who have successfully transitioned into, between, or out of occupations to tell their stories in a narrative form. With an internationally renowned editorial board, WORK maintains high standards in the evaluation and publication of manuscripts. All manuscripts are reviewed expeditiously and published in a timely manner. WORK prides itself on being an author-friendly journal.
WORK celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2020.
WORK is endorsed by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Karen Jacobs
College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences:
Sargent College
Boston University
Boston, MA 02215
USA
Email: kjacobs@bu.edu
Editor's Assistant
Lindsey Sousa
Email: WorkJournalAssistant@outlook.com
Bridging the Gap: Hospital to Workplace
Leonard Matheson
Epic Rehab
Chico, CA, USA
Equitable Work Transitions and Mobility
Lynn Shaw
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada
Return to Work Corner
Phillip D. Rumrill, Jr.
Human Development Institute - University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY, USA
Editorial Board
Ademola James Adeyemi
Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic
Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Mohammad Khursheed Alam
Jouf University
Al-Jawf, Saudi Arabia
Tom J. Albin
High Plains Engineering Services
Minneapolis, USA
Khader Almhdawi
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Irbid, Jordan
Boshra A. Arnout
Zagazig University
Zagazig, Egypt
Antonio López Arquillos
University of Malaga
Malaga, Spain
Andreja Bartolac
University of Applied Health Sciences
Zagreb, Croatia
ConneMara Bazley
CMara Consultants LLC
Carbondale, USA
Herbert C. Biggs
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
Gail Bloom
George Washington University
Washington D.C., USA
Evandro Eduardo Broday
Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR)
Ponta Grossa, Brazil
Jeff Bruno
Bruno Evaluation & Consulting
San Luis Obispo, USA
Ariel Chiang
Fu Jen Catholic University
Taipei, Taiwan
Marina L. Ciccarelli
Curtin University
Perth, Australia
Daniel Cezar Da Cruz
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds, United Kingdom
Bhibha M. Das
East Carolina University
Greenville, USA
Kermit Davis
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, USA
Sara Dockrell
Trinity College
Dublin, Ireland
Nancy Doyle
Boston University
Boston, USA
Asnat Erez
Ono Academic College
Kiryat Ono, Israel
Tomeico Faison
Therapeutic Solutions of NC
Cary, USA
Liat Gafni-Lachter
University of Haifa
Haifa, Israel
Krystyna Gielo-Perczak
University of Connecticut
Storrs, USA
Ali Golabchi
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Anita Hamilton
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Paul Harrington
Drexel University
Wallingford, USA
Courtenay Harris
Curtin University
Perth, Australia
Jane Harte
James Cook University
Atherton, Australia
Alan Hedge
Cornell University
Ithaca, USA
Jaejin Hwang
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, USA
Ev Innes
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Tiago Jesus
The Ohio State University
Columbus, USA
Jennifer Kaldenberg
Boston University
Boston, USA
Waldemar Karwowski
University of Central Florida
Orlando, USA
Karsten Kluth
University of Siegen
Siegen, Germany
Jayne Knowlton
Roberts Wesleyan College
Honeoye Falls, USA
Clara Lombardo
Polyclinic University Hospital of Messina
Messina, Italy
Nancy MacRae
University of New England (Emeritus)
Saco, USA
Helen M. Madill
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
Florian Magnani
Ecole Centrale de Marseille
Marseille, France
Mohsen Mahdinia
Hamadan University of Medical Sciences
Hamadan, Iran
Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni
Majmaah University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Raquel Martinez
Life Occupational Therapy Limited
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Hugh McLoone
T-Mobile
Bellevue, USA
Linda Leah Miller
EWI Works International Inc.
Edmonton, Canada
Gemma Milligan
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Beatriz Minghelli
Instituto Piaget
Lisbon, Portugal
Claudia Mont'Alvão
PUC-Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Beata Mrugalska
Poznan University of Technology
Poznan, Poland
Alessandro Naddeo
University of Salerno
Fisciano, Italy
Matty van Niekerk
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Linda Niemeyer
Boston University
Boston, USA
Dan Odell
Google Daydream Virtual Reality
Bay Area, USA
Jiaxi Peng
Chengdu University
Chengdu, China
Susan Peters
Harvard Center for Work, Health and Wellbeing
Boston, USA
Jennifer Phillips
Boston University
Boston, USA
Venerando Rapisarda
University of Catania
Catania, Italy
Navah Ratzon
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Valerie Rice
US Army (retired), VitaLife Center
San Antonio, USA
María Martínez Rojas
University of Málaga, Malaga
Spain
Daniel Rortvedt
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, USA
Mohsen Sadeghi-Yarandi
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Tehran, Iran
Martha Sanders
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, USA
Rachel Santarsiero
Stantec Consulting
Edmonton, Canada
Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak
Batterjee Medical College
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Adam Schwartz
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
Ardalan Shariat
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Tehran, Iran
Thomas Smith
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
Billy C.L. So
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shaheed Soeker
University of the Western Cape
Cape Town, South Africa
Tanja A. Stamm
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Andreja Švajger
University Rehabilitation Institute
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thomas Tenkate
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Canada
Luca Testarelli
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome, Italy
Giuseppe La Torre
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome, Italy
Nishu Tyagi
Directorate General of Health Services - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Delhi, India
Ermanno Vitale
University of Catania
Catania, Italy
Amy Wagenfeld
Boston University
Boston, USA
Kathryn Wise
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Andree Woodcock
Coventry University
Coventry, United Kingdom
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