Institute for Work & Health Scientist Agnieszka Kosny reports on findings from her study on the use of independent medical assessments (IMAs) in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. She highlights challenges these provide to policy-makers and service-providers and ways the use of…
Although mental health problems among workers are a growing concern, there is a lack of intervention studies on the issue. In this presentation, Australian researcher Dr. Tony LaMontagne describes epidemiological methods to capture changes in work, working conditions and associated changes in…
Ellen MacEachen (School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo) recently completed a systematic review of qualitative literature on the design and enforcement of occupational health and safety legislation and regulations to protect workers from injury. In this plenary, Dr.…
Institute for Work & Health Plenary features Dr Margaret Oldfield (University of Toronto, University Health Network) who shares her research on how women with fibromyalgia, along with their family members and co-workers, manage others’ perception to avoid stigma and remain at work.…
Theresa Aversa (OPSEU) discusses her research on occupational health and safety vulnerability among migrant workers under two different programs (the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) and the Temporary Foreign Workers Program) and possible avenues to improve OH&S conditions.
All are welcome. Due…
Dr. Wayne Lewchuk (School of Labour Studies and Department of Economic, McMaster University) will discuss how researchers measure the impact of precarious work on health indicators, including physical and mental health – and how they establish the interaction between poverty, precarious employment…
Dr. Angela Colantonio of the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (University of Toronto) reviews the epidemiological profile of traumatic brain injury in other work environments, highlighting the sex and gender differences in this profile. She discusses injury rates across industries in Ontario and elsewhere,…
While physicians have an important role in the return to work (RTW) process, research shows that they sometimes struggle to manage RTW consultations and help patients return to work after an injury. An Institute for Work & Health team, led by
Dr. …
Returning to work after a work injury can be a complex process involving multiple episodes of time-loss. Using data on RTW among injured workers with accepted time-loss claims in British Columbia, Dr. Christopher McLeod outlines how it can be used to identify…
Dr Agnieszka Kosny will discuss her research [
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“This multi-jurisdictional, two-year study focused on health-care providers’ experiences within the workers’ compensation system and their role in the RTW…
