Effective OHS practices
At Work articles
- Prevention team develops tool to measure leading indicators (Summer 2010)
- Research findings from CARWH conference now online (Summer 2010)
- What’s new at www.iwh.on.ca (Summer 2010)
- Exploring complex issues to find return-to-work answers (Winter 2010)
- OHS education and training promotes positive worker practices (Winter 2010)
- THE BIG PICTURE: Solving the “problem” of OHS in small business (Winter 2010)
- In Focus: The wide reach of IWH research (Fall 2009)
- New IWH guide aims to improve effectiveness of PE programs (Summer 2009)
- In Focus: OHS management audits differ in what they assess and how (Spring 2009)
- In Focus: Small firms need OHS services tailored to their needs (Winter 2009)
- Research team examines the relationship between business and OHS outcomes (Fall 2008)
- Can social marketing campaigns prevent workplace injury and illness? (Summer 2007)
- In Focus: Safety climate has “great potential” in reducing workplace injury rates (Summer 2007)
- Only one in five new workers receives safety training (Spring 2007)
- Safety climate shows promise in injury prevention (Spring 2007)
Sharing Best Evidence
Research highlights
Systematic reviews
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of training & education for the protection of workers (2010)
- Process and implementation of participatory ergonomics interventions: A systematic review (2008)
- A systematic review of injury/illness prevention and loss control (IPC) programs (2008)
- Effectiveness and implementation of health and safety programs in small enterprises: A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative literature (2008)
- Interventions in health-care settings to protect musculoskeletal health: a systematic review (2007)
- A systematic review of OHS interventions with economic evaluations (2007)
Current projects
- Assessing Ontario's High Risk Firm Initiative (#432)
- Benchmarking leading indicators for injury prevention (#1160)
- Computer training to prevent MSDs in office workers (#1150)
- Economic evaluation of OHS in the health-care sector (#1135)
- Economic evaluations of workplace prevention programs (#960)
- Evaluating education and training for protecting workers (#975)
- Health and safety training for new immigrants (#1155)
- Health and wellness programs for workers with chronic health problems (#1140)
- Occupational health and safety (OHS) in new economy organizations (#222)
- Organizational policies and practices (#277)
- Testing a survey to measure safety culture (#1105)
- The relationship between safety and business outcomes (#429)
- Understanding breakthrough change in OHS performance (#1145)
Journal articles
Effectiveness of health and safety in small enterprises: a systematic review of quantitative evaluations of interventions. J Occup Rehabil. 2010;20(2):163-79. Abstract
Occupational safety and health interventions to reduce musculoskeletal symptoms in the health care sector. J Occup Rehabil. 2010;20(2):199-219. Abstract
Workplace health understandings and processes in small businesses: a systematic review of the qualitative literature. J Occup Rehabil. 2010;20(2):180-98. Abstract
Something might be missing from occupational health and safety audits: findings from a content validity analysis of five audit instruments. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2010;52(5):536-43. Abstract
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