Activity Plan

Activity Plan coverThe Institute for Work & Health (IWH) Activity Plan describes all of the research projects underway at IWH each year. The full 2011 Activity Plan is also available as a single PDF file.

2011 Activity Plan: Research project summaries

Preventing MSDs
Comparing computer-based and in-person ergonomic training (#261)
Computer training to prevent MSDs in office workers (#1150)
Creating MSD pictograms to communicate ergonomic hazards (#1110)
Developing a participatory ergonomics tool (#3100)
Injury prevention and return to work in temporary work agencies (#1125)
Effective OHS practices
5,000-firms study: Benchmarking leading indicators for injury prevention (#1160)
A systematic review of methods used to assess KTE (#3110)
Assessing the impact of Ontario's High Risk Firm Initiative (#0432)
Computer training to prevent MSDs in office workers (#1150)
Developing leading indicators from OHS audits (#1190)
Economic evaluation of OHS in the health-care sector (#1135)
Economic evaluation tools for the health-care sector (#1200)
Enhancing workplace tools for the economic evaluation of health and safety (#1180)
Health and safety training for new immigrants (#1155)
Organizational policies and practices (#277)
The relationship between safety and business outcomes (#429)
Understanding breakthrough change in OHS performance (#1145)
Vulnerable workers
Examining work injuries among older workers (#2120)
Geographic differences in work injury risk (#437)
Health and safety training for new immigrants (#1155)
Immigrants’ work experiences, and links to diabetes and high blood pressure (#1165)
Injured immigrant workers’ experiences (#273)
Injury prevention and return to work in temporary work agencies (#1125)
Regulation + incentives
Assessing the impact of Ontario's High Risk Firm Initiative (#0432)
Experience rating, OHS regulation and compensation claims (#416)
Incentive programs in Ontario and British Columbia (#1130)
Workers' compensation trends in long-term care (#439)
Working conditions + health
Geographic differences in work injury risk (#437)
How working conditions affect health in Canada’s labour market (#448)
Immigrants’ work experiences, and links to diabetes and high blood pressure (#1165)
The impact of health conditions on older workers (#2155)
Using emergency department records to determine risk of work injury by time of day (#1185)
Working conditions and lost-time claims in Ontario (#417)
Return-to-work practices
5,000-firms study: Benchmarking leading indicators for injury prevention (#1160)
An online skill development program for return to work (#2125)
Evaluating the use of a return-to-work guide (#2130)
Improving vocational rehabilitation programs (#2140)
Injury prevention and return to work in temporary work agencies (#1125)
Organizational policies and practices (#277)
Predicting the duration of work disability (#2105)
The role of co-workers in return to work (#2240)
Training initiatives in work disability prevention (#144)
Understanding the recurrence of work absence (#341)
Why is the number of long-duration claims increasing? (#2145)
Clinical treatment
A clinical trial of pulsed ultrasound for fracture healing (#2110)
A systematic review of methods used to assess KTE (#3110)
Accounting for the recurrent nature of low-back pain (#308)
Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand measure studies (#425)
The effects of health care on spinal disorders (#0440)
Compensation + benefits
Compensation claim duration under three legislations (#2115)
B.C. workers’ compensation benefits after Bill 49 (#418)
Effects of the compensation system on workers’ lives (#428)
Examining repeat workers' compensation claims (#1195)
Improving vocational rehabilitation programs (#2140)
Injured immigrant workers’ experiences (#273)
The adequacy and equity of workers' compensation benefits (#2150)
The effects of experience rating (#2135)
Understanding long-term compensation claims (#327)
Understanding the recurrence of work absence (#341)
Why is the number of long-duration claims increasing? (#2145)
Measuring health + function
Developing measurement instruments (#925)
Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand measure studies (#425)
Examining work injuries among older workers (#2120)
Immigrants’ work experiences, and links to diabetes and high blood pressure (#1165)
Measuring disability at work (#117/121)
Predicting time away from work due to low-back pain (#3115)
Worker outcomes after attending WSIB specialty clinics (#113)