title: Work Characteristics as Predictors of Correctional Supervisors' Health Outcomes.
abstract: This study examined associations among health behaviors, psychosocial work factors, and health status.
  
  
  
  Correctional supervisors (n = 157) completed a survey that assessed interpersonal and organizational views on health. Chi-square and logistic regressions were used to examine relationships among variables.
  
  
  
  Respondents had a higher prevalence of obesity and comorbidities compared with the general US adult population. Burnout was significantly associated with nutrition, physical activity, sleep duration, sleep quality, diabetes, and anxiety/depression. Job meaning, job satisfaction, and workplace social support may predict health behaviors and outcomes.
  
  
  
  Correctional supervisors are understudied and have poor overall health status. Improving health behaviors of middle-management employees may have a beneficial effect on the health of the entire workforce. This paper demonstrates the importance of psychosocial work factors that may contribute to health behaviors and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs (Ms Buden, Dr Huedo-Medina, and Dr Faghri); Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington (Dr Dugan, Ms Namazi, and Dr Cherniack), Connecticut.
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Buden
authors.forename: Alicia G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dugan
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Namazi
authors.forename: Tania B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Huedo-Medina
authors.forename: Martin G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cherniack
authors.forename: Pouran D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Faghri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011330:Prisons; D012890:Sleep; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace