O'Donnell, EmilyBerkman, LisaSubramanian, Sankaran2016-04-192012O?Donnell, Emily M., Lisa F. Berkman, and S.V. Subramanian. 2012. “Manager Support for Work-Family Issues and Its Impact on Employee-Reported Pain in the Extended Care Setting.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 54 (9) (September): 1142–1149. doi:10.1097/jom.0b013e3182554af4.1076-2752http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:26568294OBJECTIVE: Supervisor-level policies and the presence of a manager engaged in an employee's need to achieve work-family balance, or "supervisory support," may benefit employee health, including self-reported pain. METHODS: We conducted a census of employees at four selected extended care facilities in the Boston metropolitan region (n = 368). Supervisory support was assessed through interviews with managers and pain was reported by employees. RESULTS: Our multilevel logistic models indicate that employees with managers who report the lowest levels of support for work-family balance experience twice as much overall pain as employees with managers who report high levels of support. CONCLUSIONS: Low supervisory support for work-family balance is associated with an increased prevalence of employee-reported pain in extended care facilities. We recommend that manager-level policies and practices receive additional attention as a potential risk factor for poor health in this setting.en-USJournal Article2016-04-1910.1097/JOM.0b013e3182554af4