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This database lists peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters that include an Institute for Work & Health (IWH) scientist or researcher (past or present) as an author. Clicking any title will allow you to view a detailed citation and, if available, an abstract. For journal articles by IWH and non-IWH researchers in the areas of occupational health and safety, return to work, workers' compensation, public health and others within the IWH mandate, see our Research Alerts.
2025
Farragher J, Khan UK, Yau K, Stewart KE, Harrison TG, Engel L. Interventions to improve cognitive performance in chronic kidney disease: a scoping review. PLoS ONE. 2025;20(8):e0329815. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0329815.
Chaput JP, Tremblay MS, Goldfield GS, Prince SA, Biswas A, Colley RC. Is working from home good for mental health and well-being? Associations between work location, self-rated mental health, life satisfaction, and life and work stress among Canadian adults. Mental Health & Prevention. 2025;38:200418. doi:10.1016/j.mhp.2025.200418.
Jetha A, Lee H, Smith MJ, Arrandale VH, Biswas A, Mustard C, Smith PM. Landscape of artificial intelligence use for occupational health and safety practice in two Canadian provinces. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2025;68(11):965-972. doi:10.1002/ajim.70018.
Di Giuseppe G, Jetha A, Pechlivanoglou P, Pole JD. Long-term dynamic financial impacts among adolescents and young adults with cancer: a longitudinal matched-cohort study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2025;43(22):2467-2478. doi:10.1200/JCO-24-02121.
Jetha A, Liao Q, Shahidi FV, Vu V, Biswas A, Smith B, Smith PM. Machine learning and the labor market: a portrait of occupational and worker inequities in Canada. Social Science & Medicine. 2025;381:118295. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118295.
Portt AE, Lay C, Chen H, Ge E, Smith PM. Measuring migraine in Canada and the USA: an online survey of emergency room and smartphone application use. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1017/cjn.2025.10140.
Sobers M, Smith PM, Massaquoi N, Hamilton HA, Gesink D. Mental health service use among Black adolescents in Ontario by sex and distress level: a cross-sectional study. CMAJ. 2025;197(29):E901-E914. doi:10.1503/cmaj.241733.
Kokorelias KM, Stall NM, Wasilewski M, Gignac MA, Rittenberg N, Singh H. Navigating the dementia caregiving journey: a scoping review protocol of interventions and their responsiveness to caregivers' evolving needs across the illness trajectory. PLoS One. 2025;20(9):PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0333475.
Rizzo RR, Cashin AG, Wand BM, Ferraro MC, Sharma S, Lee H, O'Hagan E, Maher CG, Furlan AD. Non-pharmacological and non-surgical treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane reviews. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025;3:CD014691. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD014691.pub2.
Nadalin V, Carnide N, Mustard C, Severin CN, Furlan AD, Smith PM. Opioid use among injured workers: pain and the return-to-work experience. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2025;82(1):49-52. doi:10.1136/oemed-2024-109745 .
Fuller AE, Shahidi FV, Comeau J, Wang L, Wahi G, Dunn JR. Parental employment quality and the mental health and school performance of children and youth. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2025;79(7):552-558. doi:10.1136/jech-2024-223366.
Shahidi FV, Wang L, Comeau J, Edwards J, Wahi G, Siddiqi A. Parental employment quality during childhood and mental health in adolescence: a 10-year longitudinal study. Social Science & Medicine. 2025;383:118482. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118482.
Kinitz DJ, Shahidi FV, Kia H, MacKinnon K, MacEachen E, Gesink D. Precarious employment: a neglected issue among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 2025;22(1):376-392. doi:10.1007/s13178-024-00950-3.
Ervin J, LaMontagne A, Shahidi FV, Taouk Y, Smith PM, King T. Precarious, non-standard and informal employment: a glossary. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 2025;79(9):664-669. doi:10.1136/jech-2024-223428.
Sigel M, Munoz-Grajales C, Barraclough ML, Diaz-Martinez JP, Kakvan M, Kretzmann RP, Tartaglia MC, Ruttan L, Choi MY, Appenzeller S, Bonilla D, Katz P, Beaton DE. Predicting anxiety and depression in systemic lupus erythematosus: the role of inflammation, sociodemographic variables and clinical factors. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2025;73:152718. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152718.
MacLean MB, Wolfson C, Hewko S, Tompa E, Sweet J, Pedlar D. Predictors of retirement voluntariness using Canadian longitudinal study on aging data. Journal of Aging and Health. 2025;37(1):75-95. doi:10.1177/08982643241229760.
Nowrouzi-Kia B, Carlin L, Furlan AD, Harbin S, Severin CN, Irvin E, Carnide N, Thompson A, Adisesh A. Project ECHO Occupational and Environmental Medicine: a qualitative study of healthcare providers supporting workers with work-related injuries and illnesses. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-024-10266-z.
Engel L, Adedotun K, Ewesesan R, Arowolo I. Promoting financial empowerment after brain injury: findings from focus groups. Clinical Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1177/02692155251382507.
Jetha A, Hossain S, Navaratnerajah L, Samosh D, McCarthy S, Bowman LR. Promoting job quality and career advancement among persons with disabilities during critical career transitions: a scoping review of published evidence. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-025-10335-x.
Salazar AP, Lecours S, Engel L, Gignac MA, Rotenberg S, Zarshenas S. Responding to the ongoing pandemic-related challenges of individuals with brain injury through the perspective of community-service in Canada: a qualitative study. Brain Injury. 2025;39(4):267-276. doi:10.1080/02699052.2024.2426683.
Mustard C, Dobson KG , Chien YC, Wodchis WP, Smith PM. Return-to-Work outcomes following mental health treatment among public safety personnel disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-025-10337-9.
Rosenbloom BN, Di Renna T, Nella A, Leonardi M, Tiong M, Lee S. Screening for endometriosis: a scoping review of screening measures that could support early diagnosis. BMC Women's Health. 2025;25(1):353. doi:10.1186/s12905-025-03866-1.
Zahiriharsini A, Gilbert-Ouimet M, Lavigne-Robichaud M, Trudel X, Talbot D, Smith PM. Sex and gender differences in the associations between psychosocial stressors at work and coronary heart disease incidence: an 18-year longitudinal study of 5192 Canadian workers. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2025;24:101340. doi:10.1016/j.ajpc.2025.101340.
Raskin N, Hiligsmann M, Rebutoc AR, Bansback N, Boonen A, Buchbinder R, Falahee M, Fraenkel L, Marshall DA, Maxwell L, Nieuwlaat R, Proulx L, Saadat P, Shea B, Tugwell P, Wiercioch W, Beaton DE. Standardizing health outcomes for people with rheumatoid arthritis receiving disease modifying drug therapy: a rapid review of patient-decision aids and preference studies to inform the development of OMERACT Health Outcome Descriptors. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2025;74:152769. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152769.
Hossain S, Nasir K, Carolli A, Gignac MA, Van Eerd D, Jetha A. Strategies for supporting disability-inclusive employment in the future of work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-025-10339-7.