Helen Lingard is RMIT Distinguished Professor and Director of The Centre for Construction Work Health and Safety Research at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Helen has been an active researcher in the field of construction work health and safety for more than 20 years. Helen has authored or co-authored three other books published by Taylor & Francis. Michelle Turner is an Associate Professor at the School of Property, Construction and Project Management, is a member of The Centre for Construction Work Health and Safety Research at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and co-leads the Health and Wellbeing stream with Distinguished Professor Helen Lingard. Michelle has more than fifteen years of experience working with the construction industry in her capacity as a health, wellbeing and resilience researcher.
1. Introduction: The health imperative 2. Attending to the "H" in OH&S 3.
Work-related factors impacting construction workers' psychological health
4. Working time, health and wellbeing 5. Women's health in construction 6.
Employee resilience 7. Health issues in the construction industry in
developing countries: The case of Sub-Saharan Africa 8. Young construction
workers' health and wellbeing 9. Healthy ageing at work 10. Building a
sense of place 11. Thinking about the future
