Science AMA Series: I’m Allard Dembe, a professor of health services
management and policy in Ohio State University’s College of Public
Health. I research the health implications of long work hours. AMA!
Abstract
Hi Reddit! My most recent study
(https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/06/16/overtime-women/) found that women,
in particular, have higher rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and
arthritis when they work long hours for many years. I think that life
demands outside of work could contribute and help explain why we found
these life-threatening problems for women but not for men. (More
information about my work is available at:
https://cph.osu.edu/people/adembe) I will be back at 1 pm ET (10 am PT)
to answer your questions, ask me anything! UPDATE: I’d just like to say
I’m really appreciative of having had the opportunity to talk with so
many of you today. We had a huge turnout of more than 350 people asking
questions and I’m sorry I was not able to provide information back to
all of you. If you have additional questions, please contact me on my
website, listed above. I know that many of you are struggling with
trying to find work scheduling arrangements that will be most effective
and appropriate for each of your situations and I’d very much like to
have future opportunities to interact with you on these issues.