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.

2015

McGuire C, Kristman VL, Shaw W, Williams-Whitt K, Reguly P, Soklaridis S. Supervisor autonomy and considerate leadership style are associated with supervisors' likelihood to accommodate back injured workers. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2015;25(3):589-598. doi:10.1007/s10926-015-9567-4.
Moore RA, Wiffen PJ, Eccleston C, Derry S, Baron R, Bell RF, Furlan AD, Gilron I, Haroutounian S, Katz N, Lipman AG, Morley S, Peloso P, Quessy SN, Seers K, Strassels SA, Straube S. Systematic review of enriched enrolment, randomised withdrawal trial designs in chronic pain: a new framework for design and reporting. Pain. 2015;156(8):1382-1395. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000088.
Smith PM, Saunders R, Lifshen M, Black O, Lay M, Breslin FC, LaMontagne AD, Tompa E. The development of a conceptual model and self-reported measure of occupational health and safety vulnerability. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2015;82:234-243. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2015.06.004.
Chambers A, Richmond S, Logan L, Macarthur C, Mustard C. The development of a framework to integrate evidence into a national injury prevention strategy. Journal of Public Health. 2015;37(4):671-677.
Woitzik E, Jacobs C, Wong JJ, Cote P, Shearer HM, Randhawa K, Sutton D, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Brison R, Yu H, van der Velde G, Stern P, Taylor-Vaisey A, Stupar M, Mior S, Carroll LJ. The effectiveness of exercise on recovery and clinical outcomes of soft tissue injuries of the leg, ankle, and foot: a systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Manual Therapy. 2015;20(5):633-645. doi:10.1016/j.math.2015.03.012.
Bielecky A, Chen C, Ibrahim S, Beaton DE, Mustard C, Smith PM. The impact of co-morbid mental and physical disorders on presenteeism. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2015;41(6):554-564. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3524.
Brouwer S, Amick B, Lee H, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S. The predictive validity of the return-to-work self-efficacy scale for return-to-work outcomes in claimants with musculoskeletal disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2015;25(4):725-732. doi:10.1007/s10926-015-9580-7.
Mustard C, Chambers A, Ibrahim S, Etches J, Smith PM. Time trends in musculoskeletal disorders attributed to work exposures in Ontario using three independent data sources, 2004-2011. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2015;72(4):252-257. doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102442.
Lal S, Urquhart R, Cornelissen E, Newman K, Van Eerd D, Powell BJ, Chan V. Trainees' self-reported challenges in knowledge translation research and practice. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 2015;12(6):348-354. doi:10.1111/wvn.12118.
Kosny A, Brijnath B, Singh N, Allen AR, Collie A, Ruseckaite R, Mazza D. Uncomfortable bedfellows: employer perspectives on general practitioners' role in the return-to-work process. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety. 2015;13(1):65-76.
Jetha A, Badley EM, Beaton DE, Fortin PR, Shiff NJ, Gignac MA. Unpacking early work experiences of young adults with rheumatic disease: an examination of absenteeism, job disruptions and productivity loss. Arthritis Care & Research. 2015;67(9):1246-1254. doi:10.1002/acr.22601.
Senthanar S, Kristman VL, Hogg-Johnson S. Working and living in Northern vs Southern Ontario is associated with the duration of compensated time off work: a retrospective cohort study. The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2015;6(3):144-154.
Milner A, Smith PM, LaMontagne AD. Working hours and mental health in Australia: evidence from an Australian population-based cohort, 2001-2012. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2015;72(8):573-579. doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102791.
Mustard C. Workplace. In: Pike I, Richmond S, Rothman L, Macpherson A, editors. Canadian injury prevention resource: an evidence-informed guide to injury prevention in Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Parachute; 2015.
Smith PM. Workplace climate, employee actions, work injury and structural equation modelling. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2015;72(7):465-466. doi:10.1136/oemed-2015-102850.

2014

Dunstan DA, MacEachen E. A theoretical model of co-worker responses to work reintegration processes. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2014;24(2):189-198. doi:10.1007/s10926-013-9461-x.
Smith PM, Berecki-Gisolf J. Age, occupational demands and the risk of serious work injury. Occupational Medicine. 2014;64(8):571-578. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqu125.
Busse JW, Bruno P, Malik K, Connell G, Torrance D, Ngo T, Kirmayr K, Avrahami D, Riva JJ, Ebrahim S, Struijs P, Brunarski D, Burnie SJ, Leblanc F, Coomes EA, Steenstra I, Slack T, Rodine R, Jim J, Montori VM, Guyatt GH. An efficient strategy allowed English-speaking reviewers to identify foreign-language articles eligible for a systematic review. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2014;67(5):547-553. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.07.022.
Robertson A, Hitzig SL, Furlan AD. An evaluation of the performance of the Opioid Manager clinical tool in primary care: a qualitative study. Journal of Opioid Management. 2014;10(3):187-199. doi:10.5055/jom.2014.0207.
Kosny A, MacEachen E, Lifshen M, Smith PM. Another person in the room: using interpreters during interviews with immigrant workers. Qualitative Health Research. 2014;24(6):837-845. doi:10.1177/1049732314535666.