Listed below are selected articles published by organizations external to the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) that mention the Institute’s work. This includes articles that report on IWH research and/or quote Institute researchers, as well as articles written by IWH researchers or staff. The organizations include general media, specialty media in the field of work injury and disability prevention, and prevention system partners. The list runs from the most recent to the oldest media mention. It is not exhaustive.
Supervisors play key role in return from injury, study finds
A recently released report urges employers to ensure supervisors express immediate support when a worker is injured or becomes ill and that they then remain positive during the recovery period to best ensure successful return-to-work (RTW) outcomes, writes Don Wall in Daily Commercial News.
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Daily Commercial News
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Hard-working women, go home earlier to avoid this disease
Here's a good reason for women to work less, ask for a raise or get their partners to pick up around the house more: If women work fewer hours, it'll lower their risk of diabetes, according to a study by the Institute for Work & Health, reports CNN's Jen Christensen.
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CNN
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Working overtime could raise women's diabetes risk
Working lots of overtime may get you appreciation from the boss, but it might be bad for your health, writes Serena Gordon of U.S. News & World Report, about a new IWH study
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U.S. News & World Report
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Opioids linked to longer disability leaves
A Canadian review of five studies have found a link between opioid prescriptions and longer duration of time on disability, writes Sarah Dobson, who interviews Dr. Nancy Carnide and Dr. Andrea Furlan, among others, about implications of this IWH study.
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Canadian HR Reporter
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100 million Americans have chronic pain. Very few use one of the best tools to treat it.
The pain system is "like an alarm system for your house." It can break; it can malfunction, says Dr. Andrea Furlan in this article exploring treatment options for chronic pain that has no biological cause.
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Vox
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Work-focused CBT can help depressed employees remain on the job
A new review by the Institute of Work & Health has found that while generic cognitive behavioural therapy can help keep employees with symptoms of depression remain at work, it doesn’t have an effect on helping them return to their jobs. The review found, however, that work-focused cognitive behavioural therapy can help depressed employees both stay at work and return to their jobs after being absent due to depression.
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Benefits Canada
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Baranyai: Workplace training key for safety of newcomers
A local store manager was eager to help newcomers from Syria find employment, but he made something clear. Before they could work a single shift, they would need sufficient language skills to complete job safety training. This safety-first approach is not a universal experience among recent immigrants, according to a study by the Institute for Work & Health, writes columnist Robin Baranyai.
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The London Free Press
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Hidden costs of skin cancer caused by workplace sun exposure revealed
Skin cancer cases attributable to work-related sun exposure could be costing millions of dollars, and must be better addressed by policymakers, according to a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene.
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Science Daily
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High at the helm: Workplaces preparing for cannabis legalization
Virtually nothing is known about why Canadians use cannabis on the job or how common it is for people to consume it at work, says the Institute for Work & Health's Dr. Nancy Carnide in this article on cannabis in the workplace.
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The Globe and Mail
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Leadership and courage key to building strong safety culture: panellists
One of the things IWH's Dr. Benjamin Amick does when he visits a work site is to do what he's not supposed to do. "I want the worker to tell me how much of an idiot I am... If (that) happens then I'm on a site that I know has a strong safety culture to begin with," he explains in a panel on safety culture. Angela Gismondi reports.
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Daily Commercial News
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