RESEARCH

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

Diaz-Linhart, Y.* Minster, A.,* Park, D.,* Yang, D.,* Kochan, T. (2024). Does voice gap influence workers' job attitudes and well-being? Measuring voice as a dimension of job quality. Brittish Journal of Industrial Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12866

*Joint first authorship

Sabbath E.L., Lovejoy M., Schneider D.K., Diaz-Linhart, Y., DeHorn G., Peters S.E. (2024). Engaging low-wage workers in health and wellbeing survey research: Strategies from five occupational studies. American Journal of Public Health,  e1-e8. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307875 

Kochan, T.A., Fine, J.R., Bronfenbrenner, K., Naidu, S., Barnes, J., Diaz-Linhart, Y., Kallas, J., Kim, J., Minster, A., Tong, D., Townsend, P., Twiss, D. (2023). An Overview of U.S. workers’ current organizing efforts and collective actions. Work and Occupations, 50(3),335-350. https://doi.org/10.1177/07308884231168793

Silverstein, M., Diaz-Linhart, Y., Cabral, H., Beardslee, W., Broder-Fingert, S., Kistin, C. J., Patts, G., & Feinberg, E. (2018). Engaging mothers with depressive symptoms in care: Results of a randomized controlled trial in head start. Psychiatric Services, 69(11), 1175–1180. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800173

Silverstein, M., Diaz-Linhart, Y., Cabral, H., Beardslee, W., Hegel, M., Haile, W., Sander, J., Patts, G., & Feinberg, E. (2017). Efficacy of a maternal depression prevention strategy in head start: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(8), 781–789. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1001

Diaz-Linhart, Y., Silverstein, M., Grote, N., Cadena, L., Feinberg, E., Ruth, B. J., & Cabral, H. (2016). Patient navigation for mothers with depression who have children in head start: a pilot study. Social Work in Public Health, 31(6), 504–510. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2016.1160341

Mulvaney-Day, N. E., Earl, T. R., Diaz-Linhart, Y., & Alegría, M. (2011). Preferences for relational style with mental health clinicians: A qualitative comparison of African American, Latino and Non-Latino White patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 67(1), 31–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20739

Preparing for Publication

Diaz-Linhart, Y., Kelly, E., Kowalski A., Kubzansky, L., Tewfik, B. Being able to express yourself: Does voice environment matter for employee well-being? 

Siebach, K., Kubzansky, L., Berkman, L., Wang, M., Diaz-Linhart, Y., Kelly, E. Effectiveness of a Participatory Voice Intervention on Psychological Well-being among Warehouse Workers: Results from the Fulfillment Center Intervention Study. 

Diaz-Linhart, Y.,  Abraham-Aggarwal, K., Litwin, A., Avgar, A. What do Unions do in Health Care? A Critical Evidence Review. 

Works in Progress

Diaz-Linhart, Y., Gonzalez, P. L., Nuñez, L., Kochan, T. Topic: Worker voice and well-being for domestic workers (Drafting policy-oriented manuscript)

Diaz-Linhart, Y. Topic: Voice as a resource for well-being for community health workers (Revising)

Diaz-Linhart, Y. Topic: Organizational responses to collective worker organizing. (Revising)

Selected Research Grants & Fellowships

Rafel Lucea Memorial Research Award    2023-2025

MIT Sloan School of Management, $2500

Health Policy Research Scholars    2017-2021

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $120,000                                                                                             

Work Design and Well-Being in Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations   2018-2019

Harvard-NIOSH Education and Research Center, $14,900

National Research Service Award Trainee   2017-2019

Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research, $52,648

Role: T32 Trainee