Health-care sector
IWH research that specifically involves health-care workplaces, workers, unions, employers and/or associations, as well as research on programs that specifically target the health-care sector, is collected together here. Not included here is IWH research that cuts across all or many sectors, even though it may be relevant to the health-care sector. For this reason, visitors are encouraged to explore beyond this page to find equally important information on the prevention of work injury and disability in health care.
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Primary care physicians’ learning needs in returning ill or injured workers to work
While primary care physicians play an important role in helping ill and injured workers return to work (RTW), they have a variety of learning needs about how to best navigate the RTW process. These needs fall in the areas of completing administrative tasks, challenging personal beliefs, understandin
Published: July 26, 2023
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More than just COVID-19 prevention: Exploring the links between PPE, safe work protocols and workers' mental health
Published: November 10, 2020
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A grounded theory study to identify caregiving phases and support needs across the Alzheimer's disease trajectory
Published: Disability and Rehabilitation, April 2022
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Implementing participatory ergonomics in the long-term care sector
It can be challenging to tackle long-standing musculoskeletal hazards in busy, high turnover settings such as long-term care homes. Despite this, an IWH study finds a participatory approach—one that involves frontline workers—can be successfully implemented and sustained.
Published: February 2022
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Workers’ and managers’ perspectives on workplace supports for depression
In a survey of workers with depression and those who manage them, nearly one out of four said no supports were available. Asked about the most helpful type of support, survey respondents with lived experience of depression most often indicated employee assistance programs (EAPs) and other supports external to the workplace. As for barriers to implementing practices, participants noted unsupportive managers, lack of knowledge about mental health in the workplace, and lack of training for managers.
Published: January 2022
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Palliative care for people who use substances during communicable disease epidemics and pandemics: a scoping review protocol
Published: BMJ Open, October 2021
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Implementation of participatory organizational change in long term care to improve safety
Published: Journal of Safety Research, September 2021
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A systematic review: effectiveness of interventions to de-escalate workplace violence against nurses in healthcare settings
Published: Safety and Health at Work, September 2021
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Health care costs of rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal population study
Published: PLoS ONE, May 2021
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Towards consensus in defining and handling contextual factors within rheumatology trials: an initial qualitative study from an OMERACT working group
Published: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, February 2021
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Getting the message right: evidence-based insights to improve organizational return-to-work communication practices
Published: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, February 2021
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The association between the perceived adequacy of workplace infection control procedures and personal protective equipment with mental health symptoms: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, January 2021