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.

2016

Van Eerd D, Munhall C, Irvin E, Rempel D, Brewer S, van der Beek AJ, Dennerlein JT, Tullar J, Skivington K, Pinion C, Amick B. Effectiveness of workplace interventions in the prevention of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and symptoms: an update of the evidence. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2016;73(1):62-70. doi:10.1136/oemed-2015-102992.
Mori B, Norman KE, Brooks D, Herold J, Beaton DE. Evidence of reliability, validity, and practicality for the Canadian physiotherapy assessment of clinical performance. Physiotherapy Canada. 2016;68(2):156. doi:10.3138/ptc.2014-43E.
Fan J, Black O, Smith PM. Examining age differences in duration of wage replacement by injury characteristics. Occupational Medicine. 2016;66(9):698. doi:10.3138/ptc.2014-43E.
Ruseckaite R, Collie A, Scheepers M, Brijnath B, Kosny A, Mazza D. Factors associated with sickness certification of injured workers by General Practitioners in Victoria, Australia. BMC Public Health. 2016;16(1):298-. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2957-5.
Kosny A, Allen AR. Falling through the cracks? An analysis of health and safety resources for migrant workers in Australia. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. 2016;12(2):99-108. doi:10.1108/IJMHSC-03-2015-0008.
Stergiou-Kita M, Mansfield E, Sokoloff S, Colantonio A. Gender influences on return to work after mild traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2016;97(2):S40-S45. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2015.04.008.
Yang Y, Trope GE, Buys YM, Badley EM, Gignac MA, Shen C, Jin YP. Glaucoma severity and participation in diverse social roles: does visual field loss matter?. Journal of Glaucoma. 2016;25(7):e697-e703. doi:10.1097/IJG.0000000000000353.
Ammendolia C, Cote P, Cancelliere C, Cassidy JD, Hartvigsen J, Boyle E, Soklaridis S, Stern P, Amick B. Healthy and productive workers: using intervention mapping to design a workplace health promotion and wellness program to improve presenteeism. BMC Public Health. 2016;16(1):1190. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3843-x.
Gagnier J, Oltean H, van Tulder MW, Berman B, Bombardier C, Robbins CB. Herbal medicine for low back pain: a Cochrane review. Spine. 2016;41(2):116-133. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000001310.
Engel L, Bar Y, Beaton DE, Green RE, Dawson DR. Identifying instruments to quantify financial management skills in adults with acquired cognitive impairments. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2016;38(1):76-95. doi:10.1080/13803395.2015.1087468.
Skivington K, Lifshen M, Mustard C. Implementing a collaborative return-to-work program: lessons from a qualitative study in a large Canadian healthcare organization. Work. 2016;55(3):613. doi:10.3233/WOR-162437.
Robson LS, Amick B, Moser C, Pagell M, Mansfield E, Shannon HS, Swift M, Hogg-Johnson S, Cardoso S, South H. Important factors in common among organizations making large improvement in OHS performance: results of an exploratory multiple case study. Safety Science. 2016;86:211-227. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2016.02.023.
Tullar J, Amick B, Brewer S, Diamond PM, Kelder SH, Mikhail O. Improve employee engagement to retain your workforce. Health Care Management Review. 2016;41(4):316-324. doi:10.1097/HMR.0000000000000079.
Sears JM, Bowman SM, Rotert M, Blanar L, Hogg-Johnson S. Improving occupational injury surveillance by using a severity threshold: development of a new occupational health indicator. Injury Prevention. 2016;22(3):195-201. doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041807.
Lay M, Saunders R, Lifshen M, Breslin FC, LaMontagne AD, Tompa E, Smith PM. Individual, occupational, and workplace correlates of occupational health and safety vulnerability in a sample of Canadian workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2016;59(2):119-128. doi:10.1002/ajim.22535.
Brijnath B, Mazza D, Kosny A, Bunzli S, Singh N, Ruseckaite R, Collie A. Is clinician refusal to treat an emerging problem in injury compensation systems?. BMJ Open. 2016;6(1):e009423. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009423.
Van Eerd D, Newman K, DeForge R, Urquhart R, Cornelissen E, Dainty KN. Knowledge brokering for healthy aging: a scoping review of potential approaches. Implementation Science. 2016;11(1):140. doi:10.1186/s13012-016-0504-5.
Amick B, McLeod CB, Bultmann U. Labor markets and health: an integrated life course perspective. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2016;42(4):346-353. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3567.
Furlan AD, Hassan S, Famiyeh IM, Wang W, Dhanju J. Long-term opioid use after discharge from inpatient musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 2016;48(5):464. doi:10.2340/16501977-2080.
Cote P, Wong JJ, Sutton D, Shearer HM, Mior S, Randhawa K, Ameis A, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Yu H, Lindsay GM, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Jacobs C, Stupar M, Taylor-Vaisey A, van der Velde G, Gross D, Brison R, Paulden M, Ammendolia C, David CJ, Loisel P, Marshall S, Bohay RN, Stapleton J, Lacerte M, Krahn M, Salhany R. Management of neck pain and associated disorders: a clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. European Spine Journal. 2016;25(7):2000-2022. doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4467-7.
Tompa E, Robson LS, Sarnocinska-Hart A, Klassen R, Shevchenko A, Sharma S, Hogg-Johnson S, Amick B, Johnston D, Veltri A, Pagell M. Managing safety and operations: the effect of joint management system practices on safety and operational outcomes. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2016;58(3):e80-e89. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000616.
Smith PM, Koehoorn M. Measuring gender when you don't have a gender measure: constructing a gender index using survey data. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2016;15(1):82-. doi:10.1186/s12939-016-0370-4.
Wong IS, Smith PM, Ibrahim S, Mustard C, Gignac MA. Mediating pathways and gender differences between shift work and subjective cognitive function. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2016;73(11):753-760. doi:10.1136/oemed-2016-103774.
Sutton D, Gross D, Cote P, Randhawa K, Yu H, Wong JJ, Stern P, Varatharajan S, Southerst D, Shearer HM, Stupar M, Goldgrub R, van der Velde G, Nordin M, Carroll LJ, Taylor-Vaisey A. Multimodal care for the management of musculoskeletal disorders of the elbow, forearm, wrist and hand: a systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies. 2016;24:8-. doi:10.1186/s12998-016-0089-8.
Pratt B, Cheesman J, Breslin FC, Do MT. Occupational injuries in Canadian youth: an analysis of 22 years of surveillance data collected from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. 2016;36(5):89-98.