Interviews & Articles

NEW! May 2008 Occupational Health & Safety article by Deborah Read. Read it online!

Whitney and Wyatt: Whitney & Wyatt interviewed Deborah about their real life concerns and the result was three short Web TV episodes deisnged to inform the public a bit about office-related ergonomics in an entertaining and light hearted mannner with real take-aways to immediately impact one's work practices.

Web TV shows regarding office ergonomics.

Episode #24 "Ergonomics at the Office: Bags & Purses"

Episode #37 "Ergonomics at the Office: Laptop Tips"

Episode #38 "Ergonomics at the Office: Top Five Ergo Mistakes"

http://whitneyandwyatt.com/shows.php

On the right, under Past shows, click on Health & Fitness.  Then, scroll to find the three episodes.

Better Homes & Gardens: Deborah Read, Founder and President of ErgoFit Consulting, Inc., was recently interviewed by Better Homes & Gardens for an article on good posture --What is it?  What are the risks of poor posture?  How to achieve good posture?  Look for the article to be published in the June, 2007 Issue!

CBS Radio: Interviewed by Beth Ann McBride on CBS Radio in North Carolina, WSJS, June 16, 2006 for a live radio chat about aches and pains in the office and 4 of my top 5 list of "Most Egregious Ergonomic Crimes".

EWeek: Interviewed for “The Perils of PC Posture” June 1, 2006 online magazine.  Read it at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1970696,00.asp

ivillage: Interviewed for "How Good is Your Posture" May 2005. 

  Q13 Fox News: Interviewed on the late news cast November 2003 to discuss election results of I-841.

ErgoWeb: "Painless Gardening Seem Like an Oxymoron? Try Ergonomics" Read it online at: http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=982

  Fire Chief Magazine: co-authored “Fitting Tasks: Ergonomic design can make living and working in your fire station less painful”, November 2003.  

Northwest Landscape Professional: authored “Ergonomic Injury Prevention”, August 2003.

The Ergonomics Report: Interviewed for “Backyard Ergonomics” July 2003.

Ergonomics Today:  Interviewed for “Yard Work Tops List of Biggest Pain In Spring”, June 2003 online magazine. Read it at: http://www.ergoweb.com/news/detail.cfm?id=748