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Dr Lyndall Strazdins BFA (Tasmania), Master Clin. Psych, PhD (ANU) Current Position: Fellow Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 2 6125 2837 F: +61 2 6125 0740 Email

Research Interests

• Work, family and the wellbeing of parents and their children
• Quality of work and health inequities
• The importance of care and close relationships for wellbeing (at work and in families), gender disparities in care-giving.
• Time in health and environmental policy – addressing time inequities and time barriers for healthy and sustainable living
• Intergenerational health inequities (linked to climate change) and children.

NCEPH and Families Australia hosted the first National Family Wellbeing Symposium in June last year. The focus was on the meaning and measurement of family wellbeing, to develop a framework for policy and research.

Selected Recent Publications

Strazdins L. Emotional work and emotional contagion. In N Ashkanasky, W Zerbe and C Hartel (Eds), Managing emotions in the workplace, (pp232-250). 2002; New York ; ME Sharpe.

Strazdins L, Bammer G. Women, work and musculoskeletal health . Social Science and Medicine, 2004; 58 (6): 997-1005.

Strazdins L, Broom DH. Acts of love (and work): Gender imbalance in emotional work and women's psychological distress. Journal of Family Issues, 2004; 25 (3): 356-378.

Strazdins, L Korda RJ, Lim LL-Y, Broom DH, D'Souza RM. Around-the-clock: parent non-standard work times and children's wellbeing in a 24-hour economy. Social Science and Medicine, 2004; 59: 1517-1527.

Strazdins L , D'Souza RM, Lim L-Y, Broom DH, Rogers B. Job strain, job insecurity and health: rethinking the relationship. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2004; 9 (4): 296-321.

Strazdins L, Clements M., Korda RJ, Broom DH, D'Souza RM. Unsociable work? Nonstandard work schedules, family relationships and children's well-being. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 2006; 68 (2): 394-410.
This paper ranked in the top 20 papers published for that year and nominated for the 2008 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research.

Strazdins L, Broom DH, Meyerkort S, Warren B. Voting with their feet? Parent employment in Australian industry, 1981-2001. Australian Bulletin of Labour, 2006; 32 (4), 381-400.

 Strazdins L , Shipley M, Broom, DH. What does family-friendly really mean? Wellbeing, time, and the quality of parents' jobs Special issue, Australian Bulletin of Labour, 2007; 33, 2: 202-225.
No IF available. This paper is to be republished in The Commission on Social Determinants of Health –World Health Organization–Final Report tentatively entitled “Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity. Taking action on the causes of the causes”.

Strazdins L, Broom DH. The mental health costs and benefits of giving social support. International Journal of Stress Management, 2007; 14 (4) 370-385.

Strazdins L, Loughrey B. Too busy: Why time is a health and environmental problem. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 2007; 18 ( 11-12): 219-221.
This paper is featured in the Oxford Health Alliance UK website knowledge section: http://www.oxha.org/knowledge/publications