Shift-work policies and chronic health conditions in the manufacturing industry
Numerous studies have shown that 12-hour shifts, rotating shifts, and unpredictable work schedules are associated with greater risk of chronic health conditions. In a new systematic review with meta-analyses, researchers at Northwestern University find shift work and long work hours increase the risk of breast cancer and stroke. The evidence remains unclear on other chronic conditions.
Increasing healthy food access in low-income neighborhoods
P4A research shows that encouraging discount variety stores (DVS) to become authorized Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) vendors has the potential to modestly increase DVS sales and the availability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods. If WIC authorization is financially viable for small-format variety stores, encouraging similar small-format variety stores to become WIC authorized could improve food access.
The P4A research hub at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and the University of California, Berkeley, concludes its spring webinar series on the impacts of work supports on health outcomes with their final webinar on Thursday, June 4, at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) on the earned income tax credit and health. Register here.
Check out the first two webinars from this series below:
Funding opportunity: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health is seeking proposals that are primed to influence the future of health equity. Read more about this opportunity and apply here. Proposals will be accepted through the year on a rolling admission.
