Journal articles

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.

2017

Black O, Sim MR, Collie A, Smith PM. A return-to-work self-efficacy scale for workers with psychological or musculoskeletal work-related injuries. Quality & Quantity. 2017;51(1):413-424. doi:10.1007/s11135-016-0312-7.
Steenstra I, Cullen KL, Irvin E, Van Eerd D, Alavinia M, Beaton DE, Geary J, Gignac MA, Gross D, Mahood Q, Macdonald S, Puts M, Scott-Marshall H, Yazdani A. A systematic review of interventions to promote work participation in older workers. Journal of Safety Research. 2017;60:93. doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2016.12.004.
Kennedy CA, Beaton DE. A user's survey of the clinical application and content validity of the DASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand) outcome measure. Journal of Hand Therapy. 2017;30(1):30. doi:10.1016/j.jht.2016.06.008.
Bielecky A, Ibrahim S, Mustard C, Brisson C, Smith PM. An analysis of measurement invariance in work stress by sex: Are we comparing apples to apples?. JASNH. 2017;13(2):37-47.
McInnes JA, Akram M, MacFarlane EM, Keegel T, Sim MR, Smith PM. Association between high ambient temperature and acute work-related injury: a case-crossover analysis using workers' compensation claims data. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2017;43(1):86. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3602.
Blanchette MA, Rivard M, Dionne CE, Hogg-Johnson S, Steenstra I. Association between the type of first healthcare provider and the duration of financial compensation for occupational back pain. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2017;27(3):382-392. doi:10.1007/s10926-016-9667-9.
Tavares P, Landsman V, Gomez N, Ferreiras A, Lopez RA. Association of venous leg ulcers with ankle range of motion in people attending chiropractic mobile clinics in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine. 2017;16(4):263-270. doi:10.1016/j.jcm.2017.08.004.
Canizares M, Hogg-Johnson S, Gignac MA, Glazier RH, Badley EM. Changes in the use practitioner-based complementary and alternative medicine over time in Canada: cohort and period effects. PLoS One. 2017;12(5):e0177307. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177307.
Dimitriadis C, LaMontagne AD, Lilley R, Hogg-Johnson S, Sim MR, Smith PM. Cohort profile: workers' compensation in a changing Australian labour market: the return to work (RTW) study. BMJ Open. 2017;7(11):e016366. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016366.
Chambers A, Smith PM, Sim MR. Comparison of two measures of work functioning in a population of claimants with physical and psychological injuries. Quality & Quantity. 2017;51(1):425-434. doi:10.1007/s11135-016-0313-6.
Jetha A, Kernan L, Kurowski A. Conceptualizing the dynamics of workplace stress: a systems-based study of nursing aides. BMC Health Services Research. 2017;17(1):12. doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1955-8.
Salbach NM, O'Brien K, Brooks D, Irvin E, Martino R, Takhar P, Chan S, Howe JA. Considerations for the selection of time-limited walk tests poststroke: a systematic review of test protocols and measurement properties. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. 2017;41(1):3. doi:10.1097/NPT.0000000000000159.
Robson LS, Ibrahim S, Hogg-Johnson S, Steenstra I, Van Eerd D, Amick B. Developing leading indicators from OHS management audit data: determining the measurement properties of audit data from the field. Journal of Safety Research. 2017;61:93. doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2017.02.008.
Carnide N, Hogg-Johnson S, Cote P, Irvin E, Van Eerd D, Koehoorn M, Furlan AD. Early prescription opioid use for musculoskeletal disorders and work outcomes: a systematic review of the literature. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2017;33(7):647. doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000452.
Black O, Sim MR, Collie A, Smith PM. Early-claim modifiable factors associated with return-to-work self-efficacy among workers injured at work: are there differences between psychological and musculoskeletal injuries?. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2017;59(12):e257-e262. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001172.
Roseboom KJ, van Dongen JM, Tompa E, van Tulder MW, Bosmans JE. Economic evaluations of health technologies in Dutch healthcare decision-making: a qualitative study of the current and potential use, barriers, and facilitators. BMC Health Services Research. 2017;17(1):89. doi:10.1186/s12913-017-1986-9.
Jetha A, Theis KA, Boring MA, Barbour KE. Education and employment participation in young adulthood. What role does arthritis play?. Arthritis Care and Research. 2017;69(10):1582-1589. doi:10.1002/acr.23175.
Kosny A, Santos I, Reid A. Employment in a 'land of opportunity?' immigrants' experiences of racism and discrimination in the Australian workplace. Journal of International Migration and Integration. 2017;18(2):483-497. doi:10.1007/s12134-016-0482-0.
Tunis SR, Maxwell LJ, Graham ID, Shea B, Beaton DE, Bingham CO, Brooks PM, Conaghan PG, D'Agostino MA, de Wit MP, Gossec L, March L, Simon LS, Singh JA, Strand V, Wells GA, Tugwell P. Engaging stakeholders and promoting uptake of OMERACT core outcome instrument sets. Journal of Rheumatology. 2017;44(10):1551-1559. doi:10.3899/jrheum.161273.
Williams AM, Tompa E, Lero DS, Fast J, Yazdani A, Zeytinoglu IU. Evaluation of caregiver-friendly workplace policy (CFWPs) interventions on the health of full-time caregiver employees (CEs): implementation and cost-benefit analysis. BMC Public Health. 2017;17(1):728. doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4722-9.
Bunzli S, Singh N, Mazza D, Collie A, Kosny A, Ruseckaite R, Brijnath B. Fear of (re)injury and return to work following compensable injury: qualitative insights from key stakeholders in Victoria, Australia. BMC Public Health. 2017;17(1):313. doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4226-7.
Amick B, Lee H, Hogg-Johnson S, Katz JN, Brouwer S, Franche RL, Bultmann U. How do organizational policies and practices affect return to work and work role functioning following a musculoskeletal injury?. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2017;27(3):393-404. doi:10.1007/s10926-016-9668-8.
Walker TJ, Tullar J, Taylor WC, Roman R, Amick B. How do stages of change for physical activity relate to employee sign-up for and completion of a worksite physical activity competition?. Health Promotion Practice. 2017;18(1):93-101. doi:10.1177/1524839916659846.
Mustard C, Skivington K, Lay M, Lifshen M, Etches J, Chambers A. Implementation of a disability management policy in a large healthcare employer: a quasi-experimental, mixed-methods evaluation. BMJ Open. 2017;7(6):e014734. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014734.
Beaton DE, Mamdani M, Zheng H, Jaglal SB, Cadarette SM, Bogoch ER, Sale JEM, Sujic R, Jain R. Improvements in osteoporosis testing and care are found following the wide scale implementation of the Ontario Fracture Clinic Screening Program: an interrupted time series analysis. Medicine. 2017;96(48):e9012. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000009012.