Study Details

Work, Family & Health Network

Mary L. Durham, Principal Investigator


The Work, Family & Health Network is conducting research to improve employees’ abilities to successfully meet work and family demands, thereby improving worker and family health. The past 50 years have seen fundamental changes in the workplace. These changes have increased the demands placed on workers, their families, and their dependents. As men and women attempt to balance work and family demands, employers are enacting policies that have both positive and negative impacts on work-life balance. This research network is studying ways to improve employees’ abilities to successfully meet work and family demands, thereby improving worker and family health and well-being. This research is identifying important health outcomes and which sources of work-family conflict lead to poor health outcomes. This network is establishing a multidisciplinary network of researchers who will develop and pilot innovative models to evaluate the effectiveness of workplace policies and practices for improving health.

TCHR is developing a network infrastructure that will allow researchers to conceptualize, design, pilot, and implement innovative models of workplace policies and practices for improving the health of workers, their spouses, and their dependents. TCHR researchers are developing and implementing communication systems for the participating clinical sites and are collecting the results this research generates.
Funding source: National Institutes of Health

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