Working conditions + health
At Work articles
- Increasing psychological demands elevate risk of depression (Winter 2012)
- Health-Care Rx: Reducing work absences among Canadian nurses (Fall 2011)
- The quest for greater flexibility: Creative innovations for workers with arthritis (Summer 2011)
- INFOCUS: Investigating temporary employment in Canada (Fall 2010)
- Shift work and health: What is the research telling us? (Spring 2010)
- Economic crisis taking toll on worker health, IWH research suggests (Fall 2009)
- Nurses report high rates of back pain, physical demands (Spring 2007)
Issue Briefings
- Shift work and health (April 2010)
- Unemployment and mental health (August 2009)
Research highlights
- Ontario youth work injury rate declining more steeply, converging with adult rate (2011)
- Precarious employment may affect worker health (2011)
- What is the association between occupation and suicide risk among working Canadians? (2010)
- Heavy workloads linked to mental health, MSD treatment in health-care workers (2009)
- Smoking, physical activity levels vary in different groups (2009)
- Unstable work increases risk of unwanted sexual advances (2009)
- Work factors affect off-the-job drinking habits (2009)
- Work-related insecurity a health risk — for some more than others (2009)
- Health and safety in high-tech workplaces (2008)
- Low job control has negative effect on health (2008)
- Neck pain common among adults, review shows (2008)
- OHS risks in social service organizations (2008)
- Temp workers have similar work-related sick days as permanent workers (2008)
- Which factors put workers at risk for neck pain? (2008)
- Job settings, education linked to work disability in youth (2007)
- Only one in five new workers receive safety training in Canada (2007)
- Some tasks put carpenters at higher risk for low-back pain (2007)
- What are the main causes of hospitalization in sawmill workers? (2007)
- Women, young workers, minorities are more likely to be “underemployed” (2007)
- Work setting, hazards are key injury risk factors for youth (2007)
- Canadians report small drop in stressful job situations (2006)
- How work conditions affect depression (2006)
Current projects
- 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)
Journal articles
Comparing the risk factors associated with serious versus and less serious work-related injuries in Ontario between 1991 and 2006. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2012;55:84-91. Abstract
Intervention research on working conditions and mental health: persistent challenges, new directions and opportunities to integrate research agendas. Healthcare Papers. 2011;11(Special):67-72. Abstract
Employment status is associated with both physical and mental health quality of life in people living with HIV. AIDS Care. 2011;23(4):435-43. Abstract
Health promotion outcomes associated with a community-based program to reduce pesticide-related risks among small farm households. Health Promotion International. 2011;26(4):432-46. Abstract
Assessing occupational health and safety of young workers who use youth employment centers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2011;54(4):325-37. Abstract
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