Work, Family, and Health Study (WFHS)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formed the Work, Family and Health Network (WFHN) as a transdisciplinary research effort designed to enhance understanding of the impact of workplace practices and policies on work, family life, and health outcomes. The Work, Family and Health Network also seeks to illuminate the processes through which such practices and policies are adopted by employers and implemented by managers and employees.
The Work, Family, and Health Study (WFHS) was conducted via group-randomized field experiments, one at each of two employers representing different industries. The information technology division of a Fortune 500 company (pseudonym: Tomo) had 26 total sites made up of 56 study groups with 7-60 employees each. Within the extended-care company (pseudonym: Leef), 30 work sites of 30-89 employees each were randomly assigned to intervention or usual practice (UP) conditions. All employee and manager participants were assessed at baseline and at 6-, 12-, and 18-months post baseline.
Opinions were elicited from employees and managers regarding the amount of hours they work, balance between work and family, opportunities to work from home, the ability to take vacation and time off when desired, and decision-making authority at work. Responses were also gathered on issues such as talking with a manager about conflicts outside of work, willingness to help other coworkers when they have been absent, workplace safety, and obligations to come into work when sick. Information was also collected on the likelihood of respondents quitting the company, whether respondents were looking for work elsewhere, job performance ratings of self and others, opinions about supervisors, and a series of questions relating to psychological distress and well-being.

美国国立卫生研究院（National Institutes of Health, NIH）与美国疾病控制与预防中心（Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC）联合组建了工作、家庭与健康网络（Work, Family and Health Network, WFHN），这是一项跨学科研究项目，旨在加深对职场实践与政策如何影响工作、家庭生活及健康结局的理解。同时，该网络还致力于阐明雇主采纳此类实践与政策、管理者与雇员落实相关举措的具体过程。

工作、家庭与健康研究（Work, Family and Health Study, WFHS）采用整群随机现场试验的方法开展，分别在两家代表不同行业的雇主单位实施。其中一家财富500强企业的信息技术部门（化名：Tomo）下设26个站点，包含56个研究群组，每个群组有7至60名雇员。另一家长期护理企业（化名：Leef）则有30个工作站点，每个站点配置30至89名雇员，这些站点被随机分配至干预组或常规实践（usual practice, UP）组。所有雇员与管理者参与者均在基线期以及基线后6个月、12个月、18个月接受评估。

研究收集了雇员与管理者的相关看法，涵盖工作时长、工作与家庭的平衡状况、远程办公机会、按需休假的权限以及职场决策自主权等内容。此外还收集了多方面的应答数据：包括与管理者沟通工作外冲突的情况、同事缺勤时的互助意愿、职场安全状况、患病时需返岗的相关义务等。同时还收集了受访者的离职意向、是否在别处求职、自我与他人的工作绩效评分、对主管的评价，以及一系列与心理困扰和幸福感相关的问题。