Return-to-work practices
At Work articles
- IWH research helps shape new work integration initiative (Winter 2012)
- A tough nut to crack: Understanding no-lost-time claims in Ontario (Fall 2011)
- The crystal ball: Predicting return to work following low-back pain (Fall 2011)
- How workplace policies affect return to work (Summer 2011)
- The quest for greater flexibility: Creative innovations for workers with arthritis (Summer 2011)
- How modified work affects disability outcomes in long-term care (Fall 2010)
- Research findings from CARWH conference now online (Summer 2010)
- Co-workers play an important, but sometimes “invisible” role in RTW (Spring 2010)
- Exploring complex issues to find return-to-work answers (Winter 2010)
- In Focus: The wide reach of IWH research (Fall 2009)
- Research to action: IWH guide helps solve RTW problems (Summer 2009)
- RTW program for workers with low-back pain (Summer 2009)
- Workplace program speeds return of workers with low-back injuries (Summer 2009)
- IWH disability benchmarking partnership helps workplaces improve outcomes, reduce costs (Spring 2009)
- Mental health and injured workers: Depressive symptoms linked to delayed work-returns (Spring 2009)
- Training program attracts work and health researchers (Summer 2007)
- Benchmarks help firms compare disability management practices (Spring 2007)
Sharing Best Evidence
Research highlights
- The role of health-care providers in complicated claims (2011)
- Work absenteeism and recurrent neck pain (2011)
- Why some injured workers don’t return to work as expected (2010)
- An approach to developing a return-to-work program (2009)
- Co-workers play important, but sometimes “invisible” role in RTW (2009)
- Older, previously ill workers benefit most from RTW program (2009)
- Study finds three groups of workers with low-back pain (2009)
- Workplace factors affect return-to-work accommodations (2009)
- When a “hurt” becomes a “harm” in return to work (2008)
- Disability management programs differ greatly in Ontario health-care sector (2007)
- First return to work after injury doesn't always mean full recovery (2007)
- Injured worker peer groups shed light on improving return to work (2007)
- Two key strategies are critical for return-to-work programs (2007)
- Workplace program speeds up return to work (2007)
Systematic reviews
Current projects
- 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)
Journal articles
The 'Ability' Paradigm in Vocational Rehabilitation: Challenges in an Ontario Injured Worker Retraining Program. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2011:epub. Abstract
Examination of arthritis-related work place activity limitations and intermittent disability over four-and-a-half years and its relationship to job modifications and outcomes. Arthritis Care & Research. 2011;63(7):953-62. Abstract
Rasch analysis informed modifications to the Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis for use in work-related upper limb disorders. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2011;64(11):1242-51. Abstract
The social interaction of return to work explored from co-workers experiences. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2011;33(21-22):1979-89. Abstract
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