Architecture, Design & Ergonomics

2021 OEM: The New Built Environment: Materials, Spaces, and the Human Condition

Cristina Banks, PhD
2021
2021 New Jobs, Novel Technologies, and Changing Hazards at Work and in the Environment and Updates in Occupational and Environmental Medicine Topic: The New Built Environment: Materials, Spaces, and the Human Condition Contents Definition of "built environment" ICHW model of worker health and well-being Implications What do we need to address? The built environment targets: physical environment The built environment targets: psychosocial elements

2020 ACS: Healthy Workplaces During Covid-19

Cristina Banks, PhD
2020
2020 ACS Healthy Workplaces During Covid-19 Contents Employee experience Consequences of 100 years of Scientific Management What went wrong? Contemporary approaches to work motivation focus on human needs What are our basic needs? What is a healthy workplace? Why a healthy workplace is important for humans Contributions from the physical environment Contributions from the psychological environment Enter Covid-19 Where people are working and not working today Remote working positives Remote work negatives What needs are not fulfilled with remote work? Taking care of our basic needs How to...

2019 CoreNet: Our Next Now: Work Experiences for Continuous Learning

Melissa Jancourt CID, LEEP-AP
Cristina Banks, PhD
2019
2019 CoreNet Global Summit Topic: Our Next Now: Work Experiences for Continueous Learning Contents About this study Key findings

2019 HWES: The Built Environment. Chou Hall

Courtney Chandler
2019
Healthy Work Environments Summit

The Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces (ICHW) partnered with University Health Services for the planning and execution of the Healthy Work Environment Summit held at UC Berkeley in June 2019. A total of 120 attendees were welcomed to the event.

Goals of the day included:

Develop a shared understanding of how communities can redesign work environments to foster greater health and wellbeing.

Identify health in all policies (HiAP) and built environment efforts that would have the greatest impact at campus and...

2018 NIOSH: Applications of a Needs-Based Model of Healthy Workplaces to Field Settings: The Role of the Built Environment

Isabelle J. C. Thibau, MPH
Carolyn Winslow, PhD
Cristina Banks, PhD
2018
2018 NIOSH Total Worker Health Conference Topic: Applications of a Needs-Based Model of Healthy Workplaces to Field Settings: The Role of the Built Environment Contents Wellness program study findings Link between built environment and need satisfaction Examples from focus groups Strategies for overcoming barriers related to the built environment

2018 CIHC: Total Worker Health

Cristina Banks, PhD
2018
2018 CIHC Sacramento March Topic: Total Worker Health Talk Summary We need to create healthy workplaces so that workers can thrive and do their best work for the long term. Work environments affect worker health—both physical and mental. Worker health affects job performance, engagement, job satisfaction, absenteeism, and turnover. Toxic workplaces do NOT improve organizational profitability or performance.

2018 NIOSH: Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces: A Different Perspective

Cristina Banks, PhD
2018
2018 NIOSH Total Worker Health Conference Topic: Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces: A Different Perspective Contents ICHW Mission We are... Creating "Blue Zones" within Organizations Healthy Workplaces Basic Needs Healthy Workplaces Vision Roles Operationalized

2019 HWES: Well-Being and the Built Environment

Gail Brager, PhD
Lindsay T. Graham
2019
Healthy Work Environments Summit

The Interdisciplinary Center for Healthy Workplaces (ICHW) partnered with University Health Services for the planning and execution of the Healthy Work Environment Summit held at UC Berkeley in June 2019. A total of 120 attendees were welcomed to the event.

Goals of the day included:

Develop a shared understanding of how communities can redesign work environments to foster greater health and wellbeing.

Identify health in all policies (HiAP) and built environment efforts that would have the greatest impact at campus and...

2018 HFES: Enhancing Worker Capability Through HFE

Cristina Banks, PhD
Deborah L. Gebhardt, PhD
David Rempel, MD
Kathleen Mosier, PhD
Nancy Larson, PhD
Blake McGowan
2018
2018 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Annual Meeting Topic: Enhancing Worker Capability Through HFE: Evidence Management Can Understand

At the 2016 HFES Presidential Address, Bill Marras made a plea for the membership to begin thinking about demonstrating the value of HFE in terms that are persuasive to business leaders. Presentations at the 2017 HFES Annual Conference responded to that plea with discussions of case studies and business metrics linked to HFE interventions. To further this discussion, we flip the HFE business value argument from decreasing costs associated with...

2018 CoreNet: The Future is Gen Z

Melissa Jancourt CID, LEEP-AP
Caitlin DeClercq, PhD
Cristina Banks, PhD
2018
2018 CoreNet: What's Next? Exploiting Uncertainty Topic: The Future is Gen Z: Anticipating Changes in Office Design and Real Estate Strategies Contents Introducing Gen Z The Research What We've Learned Implications Report Out