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.

2019

Shahidi FV, Muntaner C, Shankardass K, Quiñonez C, Siddiqi A. The effect of unemployment benefits on health: a propensity score analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 2019;226:198-206. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.047.
Pahwa M, Labreche F, Kim J, Harris MA, Song C, Peters CE, Arrandale VH, Davies HW, McLeod CB, Demers P. The impact of night shift work on breast cancer: results from the Burden of Occupational Cancer in Canada Study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2019;62(8):635-642. doi:10.1002/ajim.22999.
Shahidi FV, Ramraj C, Sod-Erdene O, Hildebrand V, Siddiqi A. The impact of social assistance programs on population health: a systematic review of research in high-income countries. BMC Public Health. 2019;19(1):2. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6337-1.
Yanar B, Lay M, Smith PM. The interplay between supervisor safety support and occupational health and safety vulnerability on work injury. Safety and Health at Work. 2019;10(2):172-179. doi:10.1016/j.shaw.2018.11.001.
Terslev L, Naredo E, Keen HI, Bruyn GAW, Iagnocco A, Wakefield RJ, Conaghan PG, Maxwell LJ, Beaton DE, Boers M, D'Agostino MA. The OMERACT stepwise approach to select and develop imaging outcome measurement instruments: the musculoskeletal ultrasound example. The Journal of Rheumatology. 2019;46(10):1394-1400. doi:10.3899/jrheum.181158.
Quinn MM, Seixas NS, Smith PM. The power of a photograph to capture many truths in occupational health. Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 2019;63(2):131-132. doi:10.1093/annweh/wxy109.
Burr H, Berthelsen H, Moncada S, Nübling M, Dupret E, Demiral Y, Oudyk J, Kristensen TS, Llorens C, Navarro A, Lincke HJ, Bocéréan C, Sahan C, Smith PM, Pohrt A. The third version of the Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire. Safety and Health at Work. 2019;10(4):482-503. doi:10.1016/j.shaw.2019.10.002.
Kokorelias KM, Gignac MA, Naglie G, Cameron JI. Towards a universal model of family centered care: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research. 2019;19(1):564. doi:10.1186/s12913-019-4394-5.
Abma FI, Bjorner JB, Amick B, Bultmann U. Two valid and reliable work role functioning questionnaire short versions were developed: WRFQ 5 and WRFQ 10. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2019;101-111. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.09.005.
Mior S, Wong JJ, Sutton D, Beliveau PJH, Bussières A, Hogg-Johnson S, French S. Understanding patient profiles and characteristics of current chiropractic practice: a cross-sectional Ontario Chiropractic Observation and Analysis STudy (O-COAST). BMJ Open. 2019;9(8):e029851. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029851.
Versteeg K, Bigelow P, Dale AM, Chaurasia A. Utilizing construction safety leading and lagging indicators to measure project safety performance: a case study. Safety Science. 2019;120:411-421. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.06.035.
Fritschi L, Smith PM. Value of occupational health research . Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2019;76(12):873-874. doi:10.1136/oemed-2019-106091.
Mustard C, Tompa E, Landsman V, Lay M. What do employers spend to protect the health of workers?. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2019;45(3):308-311. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3778.
Jetha A, Yanar B, Lay M, Mustard C. Work disability management communication bottlenecks within large and complex public service organizations: a sociotechnical systems study. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2019;29(4):754-763. doi:10.1007/s10926-019-09836-3.
Jetha A, Shaw R, Sinden AR, Mahood Q, Gignac MA, McColl MA, Martin Ginis KA. Work-focused interventions that promote the labour market transition of young adults with chronic disabling health conditions: a systematic review. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2019;76(3):189-198. doi:10.1136/oemed-2018-105454.

2018

Lay M, Kosny A, Aery A, Flecker K, Smith PM. The occupational health and safety vulnerability of recent immigrants accessing settlement services. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2018;109(3):303-311. doi:10.17269/s41997-018-0063-4.
Giummarra MJ, Black O, Smith PM, Collie A, Hassani-Mahmooei B, Arnold CA, Gong J, Gabbe BJ. A population-based study of treated mental health and persistent pain conditions after transport injury. Injury. 2018;49:1787-1795. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2018.08.008.
Lane TJ, Lilley R, Hogg-Johnson S, LaMontagne AD, Sim MR, Smith PM. A prospective cohort study of the impact of return-to-work coordinators in getting injured workers back on the job. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2018;28(2):298-306. doi:10.1007/s10926-017-9719-9.
Biswas A, Oh PI, Faulkner GE, Alter DA. A prospective study examining the influence of cardiac rehabilitation on the sedentary time of highly sedentary, physically inactive patients. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. 2018;61(4):207-214. doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2017.06.003.
Furlan AD, Carnide N, Irvin E, Van Eerd D, Munhall C, Kim J, Li CMF, Hamad A, Mahood Q, Macdonald S. A systematic review of strategies to improve appropriate use of opioids and to reduce opioid use disorder and deaths from prescription opioids. Canadian Journal of Pain. 2018;2(1):218-235. doi:10.1080/24740527.2018.1479842.
Gilbert-Ouimet M, Ma H, Glazier RH, Brisson C, Mustard C, Smith PM. Adverse effect of long work hours on incident diabetes in 7065 Ontario workers followed for 12 years. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 2018;6(1):e000496. doi:10.1136/bmjdrc-2017-000496.
Macpherson RA, Lane TJ, Collie A, McLeod CB. Age, sex, and the changing disability burden of compensated work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Canada and Australia. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(1):758. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5590-7.
Gignac MA, Kristman VL, Smith PM, Beaton DE, Badley EM, Ibrahim S, Mustard C. Are there differences in workplace accommodation needs, use and unmet needs among older workers with arthritis, diabetes and no chronic conditions? Examining the role of health and work context. Work, Aging & Retirement. 2018;4(4):381-398. doi:10.1093/workar/way004.
Dobson KG , Gilbert-Ouimet M, Mustard C, Smith PM. Association between dimensions of the psychosocial and physical work environment and latent smoking trajectories: a 16-year cohort study of the Canadian workforce. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2018;75(11):814-821. doi:10.1136/oemed-2018-105138.
Dobson KG , Ibrahim S, Gilbert-Ouimet M, Mustard C, Smith PM. Association between psychosocial work conditions and latent alcohol consumption trajectories among men and women over a 16-year period in a national Canadian sample. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2018;72:113-120. doi:10.1136/jech-2017-209691.