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View article: Employment quality and mortality in Canada
Employment quality and mortality in Canada Open
Background Research has shown that workers in non-standard (eg, temporary and part-time) employment experience poorer health outcomes than their permanent, full-time counterparts. However, previous studies have overlooked important differe…
View article: Return-to-Work Outcomes Following Mental Health Treatment Among Public Safety Personnel Disabled by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Return-to-Work Outcomes Following Mental Health Treatment Among Public Safety Personnel Disabled by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Open
In this large cohort of PSPs disabled by PTSD, there was no evidence of a positive treatment effect on return-to-work outcomes. The prognosis for return-to-work among public safety personnel with long durations of recovery from PTSD is poo…
View article: Mental health service use among Black adolescents in Ontario by sex and distress level: a cross-sectional study
Mental health service use among Black adolescents in Ontario by sex and distress level: a cross-sectional study Open
Black survey respondents with psychological distress were less likely to report using mental health services than their White peers, with Black female respondents being the least likely to access care. Policy and practice should seek to ad…
View article: Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Use for Occupational Health and Safety Practice in Two Canadian Provinces
Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Use for Occupational Health and Safety Practice in Two Canadian Provinces Open
Background Artificial intelligence (AI) can modernize occupational health and safety (OHS) practice and provide solutions to the most complex health and safety challenges. Empirical data on firm‐level AI utilization in OHS practice remain …
View article: Why are Disclosure Decisions so Difficult? Understanding Factors that Encourage and Discourage Workers with a Chronic Disabling Condition from Disclosing Health Information at Work
Why are Disclosure Decisions so Difficult? Understanding Factors that Encourage and Discourage Workers with a Chronic Disabling Condition from Disclosing Health Information at Work Open
Understanding how workers prioritize information when considering disclosing a disability at work has implications for organizational support practices and clinical efforts to support workers. It underscores that worker decisions go beyond…
View article: Do occupational health and safety tools that utilize artificial intelligence have a measurable impact on worker injury or illness? Findings from a systematic review
Do occupational health and safety tools that utilize artificial intelligence have a measurable impact on worker injury or illness? Findings from a systematic review Open
Background Artificial intelligence (AI) holds promise as a tool that can be used by practitioners in the field of occupational health and safety (OHS). This study aimed to identify AI applications specifically used for OHS and examine thei…
View article: Machine learning and the labor market: A portrait of occupational and worker inequities in Canada
Machine learning and the labor market: A portrait of occupational and worker inequities in Canada Open
ML exposure is segmented according to occupational and worker sociodemographic characteristics and has the potential to widen inequities in the working population. ML may have a gendered effect and disproportionately impact certain groups …
View article: Differences in the Effectiveness of Three OHS Training Delivery Methods
Differences in the Effectiveness of Three OHS Training Delivery Methods Open
Background Methods of delivering occupational safety and health (OSH) training have shifted from in‐person to online. Widespread delivery of a standardized OSH training course in three modalities in the province of Ontario, Canada allowed …
View article: Skeletal muscle mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with increased Gdf15 expression and circulating GDF15 levels in aged mice
Skeletal muscle mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with increased Gdf15 expression and circulating GDF15 levels in aged mice Open
Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF15) is a biomarker of multiple disease states and circulating GDF15 levels are increased during aging in both pre-clinical animal models and human studies. Accordingly, multiple stressors have been iden…
View article: Health-related adverse work outcomes associated with post COVID-19 condition: a cross-sectional study
Health-related adverse work outcomes associated with post COVID-19 condition: a cross-sectional study Open
Introduction Symptoms from post COVID-19 condition (PCC) can impair functioning in working-age adults. However, there is uncertainty about the relationship between PCC and work outcomes. This study aimed to assess health-related adverse wo…
View article: The relationship between meeting workplace accommodation needs and job disruptions among Canadians working with disabilities: A cross-sectional analysis
The relationship between meeting workplace accommodation needs and job disruptions among Canadians working with disabilities: A cross-sectional analysis Open
Objective This research explores whether having accommodation needs met reduces job disruptions. Methods A cross-sectional survey (n = 955) of Canadians working with physical and/or mental/cognitive disabilities was used to assess the asso…
View article: Developing a gender measure and examining its association with cardiovascular diseases incidence: a 28-year prospective cohort study
Developing a gender measure and examining its association with cardiovascular diseases incidence: a 28-year prospective cohort study Open
Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Examining gender (socio-cultural) in addition to sex (biological) is required to untangle socio-cultural characteristics contributing to i…
View article: ECHO OEM virtual community of learning for primary care
ECHO OEM virtual community of learning for primary care Open
Background Health issues caused and/or exacerbated by work are common in patients seeking primary health care. Yet, primary care providers generally receive little or no training in the assessment and management of occupational injuries an…
View article: The Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT): A Nine-Month Evaluation of Use, Changes in Self-efficacy, Presenteeism, and Absenteeism in Workers with Chronic and Episodic Disabilities
The Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT): A Nine-Month Evaluation of Use, Changes in Self-efficacy, Presenteeism, and Absenteeism in Workers with Chronic and Episodic Disabilities Open
The JDAPT can enhance support provision and provide greater transparency and consistency to workplace disability practices, which is critical to creating more inclusive and accessible employment opportunities.
View article: Is precarious employment an occupational hazard? Evidence from Ontario, Canada
Is precarious employment an occupational hazard? Evidence from Ontario, Canada Open
Objectives To examine the association between precarious employment and risk of occupational injury or illness in Ontario, Canada. Methods We combined accepted lost-time compensation claims from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board wit…
View article: Gender and sex differences in occupation-specific infectious diseases: a systematic review
Gender and sex differences in occupation-specific infectious diseases: a systematic review Open
Occupational infectious disease risks between men and women have often been attributed to the gendered distribution of the labour force, with limited comparative research on occupation-specific infectious disease risks. The objective of th…
View article: Machine Learning Applications in Knowledge Management
Machine Learning Applications in Knowledge Management Open
Purpose: The general objective of the study was to explore machine learning applications in knowledge management. Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be co…
View article: O-176 USING THE ECHO MODEL TO TEACH OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS
O-176 USING THE ECHO MODEL TO TEACH OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS Open
Introduction Primary care providers (PCPs) have scarce access to specialists in occupational and environmental medicine (OEM) regarding return to work, occupational injuries, illnesses, and environmental exposures. We conducted a pilot pro…
View article: O-359 THE NATIONAL BURDEN OF WORKING TIME LOST TO COMPENSABLE OCCUPATIONAL INJURY AND DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE POPULATION BASED STUDY
O-359 THE NATIONAL BURDEN OF WORKING TIME LOST TO COMPENSABLE OCCUPATIONAL INJURY AND DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE POPULATION BASED STUDY Open
Introduction Population-based measures of working time lost to occupational injury and disease have not been previously reported in Australia. This study sought to determine the national burden of working time lost to compensable occupatio…
View article: Machine learning and the labour market: A portrait of occupational and worker inequities in Canada
Machine learning and the labour market: A portrait of occupational and worker inequities in Canada Open
Introduction Machine learning (ML) is increasingly used by Canadian workplaces. Concerningly, the impact of ML may be inequitable and disrupt social determinants of health. The aim of this study is to estimate the number of workers in occu…
View article: Work‐related suicide: Evolving understandings of etiology & intervention
Work‐related suicide: Evolving understandings of etiology & intervention Open
Previously published analyses of suicide case investigations suggest that work or working conditions contribute to 10%–13% of suicide deaths. Yet, the way in which work may increase suicide risk is an underdeveloped area of epidemiologic r…
View article: Unpaid overtime and mental health in the Canadian working population
Unpaid overtime and mental health in the Canadian working population Open
Background Unpaid overtime—describing a situation where extra hours are worked but not paid for—is a common feature of the labor market that, together with other forms of wage theft, costs workers billions of dollars annually. In this stud…
View article: Improving prevalence estimates of mental health and well-being indicators among sexual minority men: a propensity-weighting approach
Improving prevalence estimates of mental health and well-being indicators among sexual minority men: a propensity-weighting approach Open
The prevalence and relative disparities of mental health outcomes and well-being indicators are often inconsistent across studies of sexual minority men (SMM) due to selection biases in community-based surveys (nonprobability sample), as w…
View article: Factors Contributing to Increased Workplace Violence Against Nurses During COVID-19 in the Healthcare Settings of a Lower Middle-income Country: A Qualitative Study
Factors Contributing to Increased Workplace Violence Against Nurses During COVID-19 in the Healthcare Settings of a Lower Middle-income Country: A Qualitative Study Open
The current pandemic increased the intensity of WPV against nurses in healthcare settings in Pakistan. Despite any supposed reasons for WPV, exposure to violence should never be an acceptable part of nursing. The healthcare system in Pakis…
View article: Using unsupervised clustering approaches to identify common mental health profiles and associated mental health-care service-use patterns in Ontario, Canada
Using unsupervised clustering approaches to identify common mental health profiles and associated mental health-care service-use patterns in Ontario, Canada Open
Mental health is a complex, multidimensional concept that goes beyond clinical diagnoses, including psychological distress, life stress, and well-being. In this study, we aimed to use unsupervised clustering approaches to identify multidim…