Mental ill-health risk factors in the construction industry: Systematic review

APC Chan, JM Nwaogu, JA Naslund - Journal of construction …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Mental ill health is a significant cause of suicide and disability worldwide. It has particularly
affected the construction industry. The construction labor sectors in Australia and the United …

Domains of psychosocial risk factors affecting young construction workers: a systematic review

S Frimpong, RY Sunindijo, CC Wang, EF Boadu - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite being a key provider of employment, construction work significantly contributes to
poor mental health among young construction workers worldwide. Although there are …

Revealing safety risks of unmanned aerial vehicles in construction

M Namian, M Khalid, G Wang… - Transportation research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained their prevalent recognition in construction
because of their exceptional advantages. Despite the increasing use of UAVs in the industry …

Examining the interaction between bodily pain and mental health of construction workers

M Turner, H Lingard - Construction management and economics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Construction work is physically demanding, and incidences of physical injury and work
disability are high. This study explores musculoskeletal bodily pain and the impact this has …

Mental health research in the global construction industry: A scoping review using a dual-continuum model of mental health

EA Hutton, JL Skues, JA Sullivan, LZ Wise - Mental health & prevention, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This scoping review aimed to investigate whether the construct of mental health
used in research in global construction industry workers utilized a dual-continuum model of …

Health status of young construction workers in the Global South: The case of Ghana

S Frimpong, AB Antwi, RY Sunindijo, CC Wang… - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
Poor health is increasing significantly among young construction workers worldwide.
However, the case of young workers in the Global South is not well understood. We sought …

Psychological distress and suicidal ideation among male construction workers in the United States

XS Dong, RD Brooks, S Brown… - American journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Male workers in the US construction industry have a higher suicide rate than
other workers in the nation. However, related research on this population remains sparse …

Building a sustainable construction workforce

RK Sokas, XS Dong, CT Cain - International Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The average US construction worker is aged 42.6 years, and will not be eligible for full
Social Security retirement benefits until age 67. Delayed retirement is largely driven by …

Suicide and drug‐related mortality following occupational injury

KM Applebaum, A Asfaw, PK O'Leary… - American journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Drug overdoses and suicides have been rising since 2000 and are major
contributors to a 3‐year decline in US life expectancy. Studies suggest that injured workers …

Drug overdose mortality is associated with employment status and occupation in the National Longitudinal Mortality Study

J Aram, NJ Johnson, MLT Lee… - The American Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background Since 1999, over 702,000 people in the US have died of a drug
overdose, and the drug overdose death rate has increased from 6.2 to 21.8 per 100,000 …