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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
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;epub ahead of print. 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.
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;epub ahead of print. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Beaton DE, Boers M, Bingham CO, Maxwell LJ, Conaghan PG, Grosskleg S. Summary of findings tables for measurement property reviews: the evolution and application of OMERACT's summary of measurement properties (SOMP) Table. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2025;72:152664. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152664.
Giesinger I, Buajitti E, Siddiqi A, Smith PM, Krishnan RG, Rosella LC. The association between total social exposure and incident multimorbidity: a population-based cohort study. SSM - Population Health. 2025;29:101743. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101743.
Jessiman-Perreault G, Smith PM, Thompson A, Gignac MA. The relationship between meeting workplace accommodation needs and job disruptions among Canadians working with disabilities: a cross-sectional analysis. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2025;67(1):e54-e60. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003262.
Gignac MA, Bowring J, Saunders R, Navaratnerajah L, Smith PM, Jetha A. Why are disclosure decisions so difficult? Understanding factors that encourage and discourage workers with a chronic disabling condition from disclosing health information at work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-025-10326-y.
Naik H, Zhu B, Er L, Sbihi H, Janjua NZ, Smith PM. Work productivity loss in people living with long COVID symptoms over 2 years from infection. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2025;67(8):588-594. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003440.
Van Eerd D, Ragunathan S, Irvin E, Varickanickal J, Tompa E, McElheran M. Workplace programs to reduce post-traumatic stress injuries work disability: first responder experiences. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2025;epub ahead of print. doi:10.1007/s10926-025-10299-y.
2024
Flurey CA, Jones B, Gazel U, Uzoka C, Rosser K, Khoo T, Voshaar M, Hoogland W, Shea B, March L, Beaton DE. "It means almost forgetting that you've got a disease": an OMERACT study to define independence in the context of rheumatoid arthritis remission from the patient perspective. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;68:152526. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152526.
Carlin L, Zhao QJ, Bhatia D, Taenzer P, Flannery J, Furlan AD. "Keep trying": a qualitative investigation into what patients with chronic pain gain from Project ECHO. SAGE Open Medicine. 2024;12:20503121241254941. doi:10.1177/20503121241254941.
Kinitz DJ, Ross LE, MacEachen E, Fehr C, Gesink D. "…full of opportunities, but not for everyone": a narrative inquiry into mechanisms of labor market inequity among precariously employed gay, bisexual, and queer men. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2024;67(4):350-363. doi:10.1002/ajim.23574.
St Cyr K, Smith PM, Kurdyak P, Cramm H, Aiken AB, Mahar A. A retrospective cohort analysis of mental health-related emergency department visits among veterans and non-veterans residing in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2024;69(5):347-357. doi:10.1177/07067437231223328.
Wells GA, Guillemin F, Merkel PA, de Wit M, Mackie S, March L, Tomasson G, King LK, Cembalo SM, Grosskleg S, Maxwell LJ, Monti S, Quinn KA, Shea BJ, Tugwell P, Beaton DE. Advancing composite outcome measures: insights on weighting components from OMERACT 2023. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;69:152503. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152503.
Mustard C, Orchard C, Dobson KG , Carnide N, Smith PM. An observational study of pain severity, cannabis use, and benefit expenditures in work disability. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2024;115(1):157-167. doi:10.17269/s41997-023-00821-1.
Mitani AA, Espin-Garcia O, Fernandez D, Landsman V. Applying survey weights to ordinal regression models for improved inference in outcome-dependent samples with ordinal outcomes. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2024;33(11):2007-2026. doi:10.1177/09622802241282091.
Correia I, Meziat-Filho N, Furlan AD, Saragiotto B, Reis FJJ. Are we missing the opioid consumption in low- and middle-income countries?. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 2024;24(1):20230086. doi:10.1515/sjpain-2023-0086.
Queiroga F, Cembalo SM, Epstein J, Maxwell L, Buttel T, Copenhaver C, Cross M, Hunter D, King L, Callahan L, March L, Beaton DE. Assessing domain match and feasibility of candidate instruments matching with OMERACT endorsed domains to measure flare in knee and hip osteoarthritis. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2024;65:152371. doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2024.152371.
Quinn TD, Lane A, Pettee Gabriel K, Sternfeld B, Jacobs Jr DR, Smith PM. Associations between occupational physical activity and left ventricular structure and function over 25 years in CARDIA. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. . 2024;31(4):425-433. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwad349.