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University of Southern California
University of Southern California
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
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Research
Research

Understanding Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities in Emerging Work Contexts

ReHaB Core ⟩ MSOP Lab ⟩

Principal Investigator: Ryan J. Walsh

Sponsor: Shawn C. Roll PhD, OTR/L, RMSKS, FAOTA, FAIUM

Collaborators: John Sideris PhD; Rebecca Aldrich PhD, OTR/L

External Consultant: Edward Yelin, PhD (University of California, San Francisco)

Period
Oct 2024 – Oct 2027

Total funding
$224,868

The project aims to learn how the effects of emergent work intersect with workers’ ability to flourish and live meaningful lives as productive individuals in their communities. He will complete an integrative investigation of objective and subjective facets of emerging work modes and worker health and well-being as a foundation for a future research career in addressing health disparities in minoritized worker populations with disproportionate chronic disease burdens. The project will use data from a California worker database (n=4,104) to identify classes of emergent work and characterize the workers engaged in each type, then explore workers’ distinct health and well-being needs within these emergent work classes using the database and prospectively collected data obtained through qualitative methods.

Funding

Type Source Number Amount
Federal NIH / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 1F32MD020253 $224,868