Plain-language summaries
Institute for Work & Health (IWH) plain-language summaries condense research findings in various formats. At Work articles explain study results with comments from the study leads. Research Highlights summarize journal articles in easy-to-read, digest formats. Sharing Best Evidence summaries highlight findings from systematic reviews and other types of reviews conducted or led by IWH researchers. Issue Briefings discuss key research findings from IWH or elsewhere on topics that are of particular interest to policy-makers.
At Work article
New research centre to examine work disability policy in Canada
The Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy, led by two IWH scientists, aims to improve how people with disability are supported in the labour market
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At Work article
Safer needles rollout study identifies factors for implementation success
Good communication, gradual transition and outside support pave way for new technology
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At Work article
Nachemson lecture: Research partnering with policy for data access the way forward
Partnership between UBC and WorkSafeBC serves as model for granting access to big data
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At Work article
Non-academic OHS sources enrich systematic reviews
IWH review team also finds workload a challenge when including grey literature in systematic reviews
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At Work article
Heart disease, arthritis, diabetes raise risk of leaving workforce
IWH study of chronic conditions common in older age finds strong associations with people being out of labour force, particularly when conditions are paired
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At Work article
Leading indicators project tests five tools for ability to predict injury claims
With help from 1,800 Ontario employers, IWH team probes workplace factors for link to future claims
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At Work article
People hit by joblessness in early 1990s faced higher risk of dying within 10 years
IWH study finds people unemployed in 1991 had higher mortality rates across broad range of causes
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At Work article
A round-up of IWH research funded by external grants
A snapshot of some of the studies being undertaken by Institute for Work & Health (IWH) scientists, thanks to external grants received between January 2012 and June 2013.
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At Work article
Building an understanding of back pain, a common but poorly understood condition
The Cochrane Back Review Group, hosted at IWH, celebrates 15 years of synthesizing and assessing research on neck and back pain
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Issue Briefing
Developing leading indicators of work injury and illness
Leading indicators have the potential to help identify factors affecting the risk of injury, allowing workplaces to address these factors before injuries occur. This Issue Briefing looks at efforts to date to identify OHS leading indicators and the challenges involved.
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At Work article
The young and new on job most affected by heat stress: study
Study of work-related heat stress finds heat strokes, sun strokes and other heat illnesses spike over groups of days and disproportionately affect those on the job less than two months
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At Work article
HR researcher and consultant Graham Lowe saw IWH grow over 10 years as scientific advisor
Over 10 years as member of the IWH Scientific Advisory Committee, Graham Lowe has seen the Institute evolve
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At Work article
Night and evening shifts linked to higher risk of injuries: study
Higher injury rates found across age, sex and job type in rare study looking at risk levels by time of day
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At Work article
Risk of repetitive strain injury different across gender in some fields: study
Stark differences in RSI risk for men and women in sectors including construction, agriculture
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At Work article
New Brunswick’s WorkSafeNB adopts IWH’s safety culture yardstick
Institute of Work & Health’s Organizational Performance Metric chosen after study shows firms’ scores on eight-item questionnaire correlate with claims rates
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At Work article
IWH research now has two new “applications”
Mobile app versions of two IWH clinical tools now released
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At Work article
Change with the times: Chronic conditions hint at the need for tailored injury prevention efforts
Workplaces may need to tailor their injury prevention efforts to address the rising prevalence of chronic conditions, says new research from the Institute for Work & Health.
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At Work article
Work environment may up risk of hypertension in men
Low job control is associated with an increased risk of hypertension among men, says a study from the Institute for Work & Health and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.
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At Work article
Manufacturer learns participatory ergonomics worth the investment
An Ontario textile plant saved over a quarter-of-a-million dollars as a result of implementing a participatory ergonomics program, according to an economic evaluation performed by the Institute for Work & Health.
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At Work article
Mental health suffers among workers permanently impaired by job injury
Depression and related symptoms are more common among workers with permanent impairments following a work-related injury than in the general population, according to a new study from Trent University and the Research Action Alliance on the Consequences of Work Injury.
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