Humans spend most of their waking hours at work, commuting to/from work, working from home, talking about work, seeking work, or being unemployed. Work defines the health, safety, and wellbeing of all people, particularly those who are socioeconomically disadvantaged, underprivileged, and/or more vulnerable. The organization, type, hours, conditions, remuneration, benefits, protections, and policies of work—embedded in and influenced by diverse public and private sector policies—play a critical role in our lives.
Prolepsis conducts empirical population health research, with an emphasis on work, worklessness, working life, and their effects on the overall wellbeing of people. We challenge contemporary orthodoxies that suggest that ill health is mainly attributable to lifestyles, and believe instead that “…work—or lack of it—is central to our health and wellbeing, and is the underlying determinant of health inequalities” (Bambra 2011). In a fast-evolving world of work, this view is further corroborated by renewed emphasis on the vital role of work as a key determinant of population wellbeing by national and international organizations that influence public policy.
Prolepsis has research programs that focus on the health and safety needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged, underserved, immigrant, refugee, minority, and displaced populations, as well as essential workers who are at risk, anywhere in the world.
More specifically, our current research delves into the following areas:
- General population and occupational health and safety, with an emphasis on prevention among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.
- Health and safety of transportation sector workers, such as truck and bus drivers, train conductors, seafarers, taxi/Uber/Lyft and delivery drivers, and aircraft pilots and crews.
- Health and safety of immigrants and/or minorities concentrated in low-pay/high-risk jobs, such as agriculture, landscaping, poultry/meatpacking, roofing, and construction.
- Health and safety of workers in critical infrastructure and/or high-risk sectors, such as healthcare, emergency, defense, energy, and ship building and repair.
- Health and safety of workers in service-sector jobs, such as hotels, foodservice (preparation/service), laundry/dry-cleaning, and nail salons.
- Role of public policies (e.g., social, economic, health, labor) in overall population wellbeing.
Because of the ubiquitous complexity of population health and safety processes, mechanisms, pathways, and outcomes, on the one hand, and overall inconsequential current interventions, on the other, our research programs are firmly grounded in:
- Holistic theoretical and conceptual perspectives, including syndemics, ecosocial, exposome, social determinants, political economy, and other macrosocial, systems, networks, and complexity frameworks, and
- Novel epistemological, methodological, and analytical frameworks that are grounded in complex systems, network, and exposome sciences, including a complementary combination of data sciences, machine learning, simulation modeling, mathematical modeling, and statistical physics, among other innovations.
Prolepsis’ research projects are supported by grants and contracts from local, state, federal, and international governmental and nongovernmental agencies; nonprofit organizations; foundations; scientific and professional associations; advocacy groups; and the private sector.
Our active funded research projects are as follows:
Hotel Workplace Violence Prevention
Funding agency: OSHA Susan Harwood Training Grants
Project duration: 9/2023-9/2024
Summary: This project develops new Workplace Violence Training Materials for hotel housekeepers and supervisors in the hospitality industry who are predominantly women, minorities, and immigrants. The training program covers topics such as understanding workplace violence, early indicators, prevention strategies, response protocols, relevant laws, and supervisor training skills. The training materials are provided in both English and Spanish.
Delineating Hispanic Immigrant Lodging and Foodservice Workers’ Allostatic Load Syndemic Disparities
Funding agency: National Institutes of Health
Project duration: 2018-2023
Summary: Low-wage Hispanic immigrant hotel and restaurant workers live and work in environments that generate disproportionate health risks. This project uses system dynamics methodologies to understand which factors influence their disease risks over time and which interventions can reduce health disparities. The successful completion of the study has potential to shed new light on immigrant health disparities by identifying critical structural factors needed for sustainable prevention.
Hospitality Workforce Training Program for Refugees and Immigrants
Funding agency: Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Project duration: 2020-2023
Summary: This project is designed to train refugees and immigrants with hospitality workforce skills that will enable them to find hotel employment, secure a monetary income, and start a new life in the United States.
Our research proposals in progress (under review and/or under development) are as follows:
- Novel Data and Analytical Resources to Understand Truck Driver Health, Safety, and Wellbeing
To be submitted to the National Institutes of Health - Excess Allostatic Load Burden of Hotel Workers: Epidemiology and Prevention
To be submitted to the National Institutes of Health - Understanding Foodservice Workers’ Health Disparities
To be submitted to the National Institutes of Health - Mental Health of Immigrant and Minority Seafarers
To be submitted to the National Institutes of Health - Working Life Exposome-Based Research to Understand the Effects of Precarious Employment
To be submitted to the National Institutes of Health
Our completed research projects cover diverse populations (e.g., racial minorities, immigrants, truck drivers, farm workers, hotel housekeepers, restaurant workers) and health and safety concerns (e.g., sexually transmitted infections, obesity, cardiometabolic disease, roadway crashes). This research has been funded by federal funding agencies, university funding streams, and other nonacademic sources.
Below we have included indicative published manuscripts of our ongoing work in diverse areas of population and occupational health and safety.
A Blueprint for a New Commercial Driving Epidemiology: An Emerging Paradigm Grounded in Integrative Exposome and Network Epistemologies
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Thiese, M.S., Olufemi, M. and L.K. Gallos (2024) WORKING PAPER SERIES.
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The Indispensable Whole of Work and Population Health: How the Working Life Exposome can Advance Empirical Research, Policy, and Action
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Thiese, M.S., and L.K. Gallos (2023). Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment, and Health.
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Work Challenges and Health of Immigrant Hotel Housekeepers: Part 2
Hsieh, Y.C., Shapoval, V., Sönmez, S. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2023). Workplace Health and Safety, 71(5):255-262.
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Employees’ Helping Behavior Toward the Victims of Human Trafficking in the Lodging Industry
Farboudi-Jahromi, M., Tasci, A.D. and S. Sönmez (2022). International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 35(6):2216-2245.
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Workplace Foam Roller Exercise for Hotel Housekeepers: An Exploratory Study
Hsieh, Y.C. and H.M. Wang (2022). Recreation, Parks, and Tourism in Public Health, 6(1):65-76.
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Occupational Health and Safety of Immigrant Hotel Housekeepers
Shapoval, V., Sönmez, S., Hsieh, Y.C. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2022). Workplace Health and Safety, 70(12):566-573.
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Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection among frontline workers before and during B. 1.617. 2 (Delta) variant predominance—eight US locations, December 2020–August 2021
Fowlkes, A., Gaglani, M., Groover, K., Thiese, M.S., Tyner, H., Ellingson, K. and Cohorts, H.R., 2021. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 70(34), p.1167.
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Hours-of-Service Compliance and Safety Outcomes Among Long-Haul Truck Drivers
Lemke, M.K., Hege, A., Apostolopoulos, A. and S. Sönmez (2021). Transportation Research Part F: Psychology and Behavior, 76:297-308.
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Exploring the Role of Social Network Structure in Disease Risk among U.S. Long-haul Truck Drivers in Urban Areas
Patterson, M.S., Nelon, J.L., Lemke, M.K., Sönmez, S., Hege, A. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2021). American Journal of Health Behavior, 45(1):174-185.
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The Hospitality Industry in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Topics and Research Methods
Davahli, M.R., Karwowski, W., Sönmez, S. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2020). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(20):7366.
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Syndemic Frameworks to Understand the Effects of COVID-19 on Commercial Driver Stress, Health, and Safety
Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2020). Journal of Transportation Health, 18:100877.
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Hotel Housekeepers’ Job Stress
Hsieh, Y. and Y. Chen (2020). Recreation, Parks, and Tourism in Public Health, 4:15-32.
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Commercial Transport During a Pandemic: Network Analysis to Reconcile COVID-19 Diffusion and Vital Supply Chain Resilience
Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y., Gallos, L.K. and S. Sönmez (2020). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(9):e537-e538.
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A Novel COVID-19 Based Truck Driver Syndemic? Implications for Public Health, Safety, and Vital Supply Chains
Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2020). American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 63(8):659-662.
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Metabolic syndrome in commercial truck drivers: prevalence, associated factors, and comparison with the general population.
Robbins, R.B., Thiese, M.S., Ott, U., Wood, E.M., Effiong, A., Murtaugh, M., Kapellusch, J., Cheng, M. and Hegmann, K., 2020. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(7), pp.453-459
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Complex Systems and Population Health: A Primer
Apostolopoulos, Y., Hassmiller Lich, K. and M.K. Lemke (editors) (2020). Complex Systems and Population Health: A Primer. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Harnessing Complex Systems: An Emerging Paradigm for a New Population Health Science
Apostolopoulos, Y. (2020). In: (Eds. Apostolopoulos, Y., K. Hassmiller Lich, and M.K. Lemke), Complex Systems and Population Health: A Primer. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Bridging the Divide: Where Complex Systems Science Meets Population Health Science
Apostolopoulos, Y. (2020). In: (Eds. Apostolopoulos, Y., K. Hassmiller Lich, and M.K. Lemke), Complex Systems and Population Health: A Primer. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 on the Health and Safety of Immigrant Hospitality Workers in the United States
Sönmez, S., Y. Apostolopoulos, M.K. Lemke and Y.C. Hsieh (2020). Tourism Management Perspectives, 35:100717.
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How Complex Travel, Tourism, and Transportation Networks Influence Infectious Disease Movement in a Borderless World
Sönmez, S., Wiitala, J. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2019). In (Ed. Dallen Timothy) Handbook of Globalization and Tourism (Chapter 7, pp. 76-88). Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Integrating Complex Systems Science into Road Safety Research and Practice, Part 1: Review of Formative Concepts
Naumann, R.B., Kuhlberg, J., Sandt, L., Heiny, S., Apostolopoulos, Y., Marshall, S.W. and K. Hassmiller Lich (2019). Injury Prevention, 26(2):177-183.
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The Impact of Work Organization, Job Stress, and Sleep on the Health Behaviors and Outcomes of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers
Hege, A., Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2019). Health Education & Behavior, 46:626-636.
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Work-Life Conflict among U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Influences of Work Organization, Perceived Job Stress, Sleep, and Organizational Support
Hege, A., Lemke, M., Apostolopoulos, Y., Whitaker, B. and S. Sönmez (2019). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(6):984.
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New Directions in Occupational Roadway Safety Grounded in Complex Systems Theory and Simulation Modeling
Lemke, M.K. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2019). In (Eds. Casanova, M.F and I. Opris), Focus on Systems Theory Research (Chapter 8). Hauppaugue, New York: NOVA Science Publishers.
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Occupational Health Disparities among U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers: The Influence of Work Organization and Sleep on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Risk
Hege, A., Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2018). PLOS ONE, 13(11):1-18.
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Embracing Causal Complexity in Health Disparities: Metabolic Syndemics and Structural Prevention in Rural Minority Communities
Apostolopoulos, Y., Lemke, M.K., Hosseinichimeh, N., Harvey, I.S., Hassmiller Lich, K., and J. Brown (2018). Prevention Science, 19(8):1019-1029.
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Can Subjective Sleep Problems Detect Latent Sleep Disorders among Commercial Drivers?
Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y., Hege, A., Newnam, S. and S. Sönmez (2018). Accident Analysis & Prevention, 115:62-72.
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A Complex-Systems Paradigm Can Lead to Evidence-Based Policymaking and Impactful Action in Substance Misuse Prevention–A Rejoinder to Purshouse et al. (2018)
Apostolopoulos, Y., Hassmiller Lich, K., Lemke, M.K. and A.E. Barry (2018). Addiction, 113(6):1
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Moving Alcohol Prevention Research Forward–Part II: New Directions Grounded in Community-Based System Dynamics Modeling
Apostolopoulos, Y., Lemke, M.K., Barry, A.E. and K. Hassmiller Lich (2018). Addiction, 113:363-371.
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Moving Alcohol Prevention Research Forward–Part I: Introducing a Complex Systems Paradigm
Apostolopoulos, Y., Lemke, M.K., Barry, A.E. and K. Hassmiller Lich (2018). Addiction, 113(2):353-362.
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Work and Sleep Among Transport Operators: Disparities and Implications for Safety
Lemke, M.K., Hege, A., Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S. and L. Wideman (2017). Journal of Transport and Health, 7(Part B):298-309.
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Complexity of Occupational Health in the Hospitality Industry: Dynamic Simulation Modeling to Advance Immigrant Worker Health
Sönmez, S., Apostolopoulos, Y., Lemke, M.K., Hsieh, Y.C. and W. Karwowski (2017). International Journal of Hospitality Management, 67:95-105.
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US Long-Haul Truck Driver Work Organization and the Association with Cardiometabolic Disease Risk
Hege, A., Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y., Perko, M., Sönmez, S. and R. Strack (2017). Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 72(5):303-310.
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Perceived Workplace Mistreatment: Case of Latina Hotel Housekeepers
Hsieh, Y., Sönmez, S., Apostolopoulos, Y. and M. Lemke (2017). WORK, 56(1):55-65.
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Work Organization, Sleep and Metabolic Syndrome among Long-Haul Truck Drivers
Lemke, M., Apostolopoulos, Y., Hege, A., Wideman, L. and S. Sönmez (2017). Occupational Medicine, 67(4):274-281.
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Work, Sleep, and Cholesterol Levels of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers
Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y., Hege, A., Wideman, L. and S. Sönmez (2017). Industrial Health, 55(2):149-161.
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Understanding the Role of Sleep Quality and Sleep Duration in Commercial Driving Safety
Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y., Hege, A., Sönmez, S. and L. Wideman (2016). Accident Analysis & Prevention, 97:79-86.
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U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Health Demands an Integrated Approach
Hege, A., Perko, M., Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S. and R. Strack (2016). International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 9:378-397.
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U.S. Long- Haul Truck Driver Work Organization and the Association with Cardiometabolic Disease Risk
Hege, A., Lemke, M.K., Apostolopoulos, Y., Perko, M., Sönmez, S. and R. Strack (2016). Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 29:1-8.
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Work and Chronic Disease: Comparison of Cardiometabolic Risk Markers between Truck Drivers and the General US Population
Apostolopoulos, Y., Lemke, M.K., Hege, A., Sönmez, S., Sang, H., Oberlin, D.J. and L. Wideman (2016). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 58(11):1098- 1105.
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The association between cardiovascular disease risk factors and motor vehicle crashes among professional truck drivers
Ronna, B.B., Thiese, M.S., Ott, U., Effiong, A., Murtaugh, M., Kapellusch, J., Garg, A. and Hegmann, K., 2016. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine/American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 58(8), p.828.
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Obesity Indices are Predictive of Elevated C-Reactive Protein in Long-Haul Truck Drivers
Wideman, L., Oberlin, D.J., Sönmez, S., Labban, J., Lemke, M.K. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2016). American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 59(8):665-75.
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The Work Organization of Long-Haul Truck Drivers and the Association with Body Mass Index
Hege, A., Apostolopoulos, Y., Perko, M., Sönmez, S. and R. Strack (2016). Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 58(7):712-717.
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Work Conditions and Health and Well-Being of Latina Hotel Housekeepers
Hsieh, J., Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2016). Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 18(3):568-581.
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Social, Occupational, and Spatial Exposures and Mental Health Disparities of Working-Class Latinas in the US
Hsieh, Y., Apostolopoulos, Y., Hatzudis, K. and S. Sönmez (2016). Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 18(3):589-599.
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Overcoming Barriers in Unhealthy Settings: A Phenomenological Study of Healthy Truck Drivers
Lemke, M.K., Meissen, G.J. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2016). Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 3:1-9.
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The Obesogenic Environment of Commercial Trucking: A Worksite Environmental Audit and Implications for Systems-Based Interventions.
Apostolopoulos, Y., Lemke, M.K., Sönmez, S. and A. Hege (2016). American Journal of Health Education, 47(2):85-93.
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Work Strain, Social Isolation and Mental Health of Long-Haul Truckers
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Hege, A. and M.K. Lemke (2016). Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 32:50-69.
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Policy, Work Organization, and Sleep Health and Safety of Commercial Drivers: Introducing a Complex Systems Paradigm
Lemke, M.K. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2016). Journal of Ergonomics, 6(1):152.
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Ethno Epidemiological Research Challenges: Networks of Long-Haul Truckers in the Inner City
Sönmez, S., Apostolopoulos, Y., Tanner, A., Massengale, K. and M. Brown (2016). Ethnography, 17(1):111-134.
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Mapping U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers’ Multiplex Networks and Risk Topography in Inner-City Neighborhoods
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Lemke, M.K., and R.B. Rothenberg (2015). Health Place, 34:9-18.
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Work Patterns, Sleeping Hours, and Excess Weight of Commercial Drivers
Lemke, M., Hege, A., Perko, M., Sönmez, S. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2015). Occupational Medicine, 65:725-731.
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Commercial driver medical examinations: prevalence of obesity, comorbidities, and certification outcomes.
Thiese, M.S., Moffitt, G., Hanowski, R.J., Kales, S.N., Porter, R.J. and Hegmann, K.T., 2015. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 57(6), p.659.
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Surveying the Impact of Work Hours and Schedules on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Sleep
Hege, A., Perko, M., Johnson, A., Chong, H.Y., Sönmez, S. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2015). Safety and Health at Work, 6:104-113.
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Health and Wellness Programs for Commercial Motor-Vehicle Drivers: Organizational Assessment and New Research Directions
Lemke, M.K. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2015). Workplace Health & Safety, 63(2):71-80.
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Biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study of 2474 workers
Harris-Adamson, C., Eisen, E.A., Kapellusch, J., Garg, A., Hegmann, K.T., Thiese, M.S., Dale, A.M., Evanoff, B., Burt, S., Bao, S. and Silverstein, B., 2015. Occupational and environmental medicine, 72(1), pp.33-41.
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Risks Endemic to Long-Haul Trucking in North America: Strategies to Protect and Promote Driver Well-Being
Apostolopoulos, Y., Lemke, M.K. and S. Sönmez (2014). New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 24(1):57-81.
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Observational and interventional study design types; an overview
Thiese, M.S., 2014. Biochemia medica, 24(2), pp.199-210.
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Occupational Exposures and Health Outcomes among Latina Hotel Cleaners
Hsieh, Y.C., Y. Apostolopoulos, G. Hatzudis and S. Sönmez (2014). Hispanic Health Care International, 12:6-15.
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Sexual Mixing, Drug Exchanges, and Infection Risk among Long-Haul Truck Drivers
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S. and K. Massengale (2013). Journal of Community Health, 38(2):385-91.
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Bar Crawls, Foam Parties, and Clubbing Networks: Mapping Risk Environments at Mediterranean Nightlife Resorts
Sönmez, S., Apostolopoulos, Y., Theocharous, A. and K. Massengale (2013). Tourism Management Perspectives, 8:49-59.
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The World at Work: Hotel Cleaners
Hsieh, Y.C., Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2013). Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 70(5):360-364.
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Prevalence and incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in US working populations: pooled analysis of six prospective studies
Dale, A.M., Harris-Adamson, C., Rempel, D., Gerr, F., Hegmann, K., Silverstein, B., Burt, S., Garg, A., Kapellusch, J., Merlino, L. and Thiese, M.S., 2013. Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 39(5), p.495.
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Health Survey of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Work Environment, Physical Health, and Healthcare Access
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Shattell, M., Gonzales, C. and C. Fehrenbacher (2013). Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 46:113-123.
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Truckers and Occupational Health Disparities: Health Promotion for an Obesogenic Trucking Sector
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Shattell, M., Strack, R., Haldeman, R. and V. Jones (2012). In Krueger, G.P. (Rapporteur), Research on the Health and Wellness of Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers (pp. 63-74). Washington, DC: TRB, National Academies.
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Sex Work in Trucking Milieux: “Lot Lizards,” Truckers, and Risk
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Shattell, M. and J. Kronenfeld (2012). Nursing Forum, 47(3):140-152.
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Trucking Organization and Mental Health Disorders of Truck Drivers
Shattell, M., Apostolopoulos, Y., Collins, C.M., Sönmez, S. and C. Fehrenbacher (2012). Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 33(7):436-444.
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Environmental Determinants of Obesity-Associated Morbidity Risks for Truckers
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Shattell, M. and M. Belzer (2012). International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 5(2):24-38.
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Characterization of indoor air contaminants in a randomly selected set of commercial nail salons in Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Alaves, V.M., Sleeth, D.K., Thiese, M.S. and Larson, R.R., 2013. International journal of environmental health research, 23(5), pp.419-433.
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Active Living in the Trucking Sector: Environmental Barriers and Health Promotion Strategies
Apostolopoulos, Y., Shattell, M., Sönmez, S., Strack, R., Haldeman, L. and V. Jones (2012). Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 9(2):259-269.
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Human Rights and Health Disparities for Migrant Workers in the UAE
Sönmez, S., Apostolopoulos, Y., Tran, D. and S. Rentrope (2011). Health and Human Rights, 13(2):1-19.
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The Psychosocial Environment of Commercial Driving: Morbidities, Hazards, and Productivity of Truck and Bus Drivers
Apostolopoulos, Y., Peachey, A. and S. Sönmez (2011). In (Eds. J. Langan-Fox and C.L. Cooper) Handbook of Stress in the Occupations (Chapter 21, pp. 431-447). Camberley, Surrey, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Cruising for Truckers on Highways and the Internet: Sexual Networks and Infection Risk
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Shattell, M., Kronenfeld, J., Smith, D. and S. Stanton (2011). AIDS Education and Prevention, 23(3):249-266.
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Barriers to Truck Drivers’ Healthy Eating: Environmental Influences and Health Promotion Strategies
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Shattell, M., Strack, R., Haldeman, L. and V. Jones (2011). Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health, 26(2):22-147.
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Infection Risk Along U.S. Highways? The Case of a ‘Truckchaser’ Cruising for Truckers
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Shattell, M., Rothenberg, M., Weitz, R. and J. Smith (2010). International Journal of Sexual Health, 22(4):262-271.
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Bed and Breakfast Operators’ Work and Personal Life Balance: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Hsieh, Y.C. and Y.H. Lin (2010). International Journal of Hospitality Management, 29:576-581.
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Occupational Stressors and the Mental Health of Truckers
Shattell, M., Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S. and M. Griffin (2010). Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 31(9):561-568.
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Worksite-Induced Morbidities among Truck Drivers in the United States
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Shattell, M. and M. Belzer (2010). American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, 58(7):285-296.
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Strengthening Mental Health Promotion: Zeroing in on the Workplace
Shattell, M. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2010). Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 31(7):494-5.
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B&B Innkeepers in the United States: When the Boundary Between Work and Personal Life is Blurred
Hsieh, Y. (2010). Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism, 9(2):200-217.
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Coping Strategies Used by Lodging Managers to Balance Work and Personal Lives: An Exploratory Study
Hsieh, Y.C. and P.D. Eggers (2010). International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 11(1):39-58.
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The Moderating Effects of Job and Personal Life Involvement on the Relationship Between Work–Personal Life Conflict and Intention to Quit
Hsieh, Y.C. (2009). Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism, 8:1-14.
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Lodging Managers’ Perceptions of Work and Personal Life: Balanced or Imbalanced?
Hsieh, Y.C., Kline, S.F. and T.E. Pearson (2008). International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 9(1):18-35.
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Wage Differentials in the Lodging Industry: A Case Study
Kline, S. and Y.C. Hsieh (2007). Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism, 6(1):69-84.
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Population Mobility and Infectious Disease
Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (Editors) (2007). Population Mobility and Infectious Disease. New York: Springer.
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Tracing the Diffusion of Infectious Diseases in the Transportation Sector
Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2007). In (Eds., Y. Apostolopoulos and S. Sönmez), Population Mobility and Infectious Disease (Chapter 8, pp. 131-156). New York, NY: Springer.
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Demographic and Epidemiological Perspectives of Human Movement
Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2007). In (Eds., Y. Apostolopoulos and S. Sönmez), Population Mobility and Infectious Disease (Chapter 1, pp. 3-17). New York, NY: Springer.
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Sexual Networks of Truckers, Truckchasers, and Disease Risks
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Kronenfeld, J. and D. Smith (2007). In (Eds. Herdt, G. and C. Howe), 21st Century Sexualities: Contemporary Issues in Health, Education and Rights (pp. 112-124). London and New York: Routledge.
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In Search of the Exotic: Sex Tourism and Disease Risks
Sönmez, S., Wickens, E. and Y. Apostolopoulos (2007). In (Eds. Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez), Population Mobility and Infectious Disease (Chapter 12, pp. 215-241). New York: Springer.
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Binge Drinking and Casual Sex on Spring Break
Sönmez, S., Apostolopoulos, Y., Yu, C.H., Yang, S., Mattila, A.S. and L.C. Yu (2006). Annals of Tourism Research. 33(4):895-917.
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STI/HIV Risks for Mexican Migrant Laborers: Exploratory Ethnographies
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S., Kronenfeld, J., Castillo, E., McLendon, L. and D. Smith (2006). Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 8(3):291-302.
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Spillover Between Work and Personal Life Balance for Lodging Managers
Hsieh, Y.C., Pearson, T., Chang, H. and J. Uen (2004). Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism, 3(2):61-83.
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The Impacts of Music on Room Attendants’ Work Performance
Hsieh, Y. and S. Kline (2003). International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, 4(3):81-92.
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HIV-Risk Behaviors of American Spring Break Vacationers: A Case of Situational Disinhibition?
Apostolopoulos, Y., Sönmez, S. and C.H. Yu (2002). International Journal of STD & AIDS, 13(11):733-743.
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Sociocultural Epidemiology of Caribbean Tourism and Development
Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2002). ReVista, Harvard Review on Latin America. Winter: 79-80.
Disease Mapping and Risk Assessment for Public Health and Sustainable Development in Insular Regions
Apostolopoulos, Y. and S. Sönmez (2002). In (Eds. Apostolopoulos, Y. and D.J. Gayle), Island Tourism and Sustainable Development: Caribbean, Pacific, and Mediterranean Experiences (pp. 225- 48). Westport: Praeger.
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Yorghos Apostolopoulos
A space for sharing thoughts related to the advancement of population and occupational health and safety sciences
Fellow researchers,
This space will give me an opportunity to briefly share evolving thoughts, ideas, and questions related to the advancement of population and occupational health and safety sciences. Some of these thoughts might sound provocative or not well substantiated, at first, but it is my intention to initiate a discourse that contributes to moving population and occupational health and safety sciences away from their comfortable inertia.
In an era of fast-paced, revolutionary scientific innovations, Thomas S. Elliot’s words come to mind, when he said, “only those who will risk going too far (will) possibly find out how far one can go.” This may be somewhat of an unconventional road to take, but it does hold the potential to do more good than harm and, as scientists, we can only benefit from challenging ourselves. I anticipate lively exchanges that can offer significant food for thought.
Both researchers and practitioners are invited to participate in this forum. Interested parties can contact me at YApostolopoulos@prolepsis.org.