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Health and safety programs and regulations Partnership …

Occupational health and safety interventions, including regulatory approaches, programs, and management systems, are key strategies for reducing worker … See more

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Gender, sex, and occupational health Partnership for …

WEBIn February 2013 Partnership Co-Lead Mieke Koehoorn was named a CIHR Chair in Gender, Work and Health. Her Chair supports Partnership projects investigating gender …

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Health and Safety Excellence program

WEBThe Health and Safety Excellence (HSE) program was introduced in 2019 by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario (WSIB) to help Ontario firms improve …

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Shift work and injuries Partnership for Work, Health and Safety

WEBShift workers are at increased risk of workplace injury. Sleep disruption and poor quality of sleep are thought to compromise worker attention and lead to injury. We used the …

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Partnership for Work, Health and Safety: Leading work …

WEBEvaluations of Certificate of Recognition programs in BC, AB, SK and ON found that certification is associated with lower injury rates. January 2024: PWHS PhD …

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Policy and program evaluation Partnership for Work, Health and …

WEBEvaluation of policies and programs is a key part of maintaining and improving their effectiveness. Partnership researchers conduct independent, credible, and high quality …

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Certificate of Recognition (COR) audit program

WEBIn brief Occupational health and safety interventions, including regulatory approaches, programs, and management systems, are key strategies for reducing worker injury and …

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Determinants of work injury and illness

WEBThe relationship between work and health is complex and there are many factors, including many outside of the workplace, that may affect worker health. This area of research is …

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Injury and disease surveillance Partnership for Work, Health and …

WEBOur injury surveillance program focuses on serious work injuries and fatalities and our emphasis is on exploring injury patterns by industry, occupation, and demographics in …

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Save the date! Cascadia Symposium on Environmental, …

WEBSeptember 2022: The annual Cascadia Symposium on Environmental, Occupational, and Public Health Conference will re-launch January 5-6, 2023 at the Semiahmoo Resort in …

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Chris McLeod Partnership for Work, Health and Safety

WEBPartnership Director Associate Professor and Head, Occupational and Environmental Health Division, UBC School of Population and Public Health Phone: 604-822-0348 …

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Evaluation of violence prevention education in health care

WEBIn brief Health care workers are at risk for physical and verbal violence from those they provide care for, with higher rates of violence-related injuries compared to workers in …

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Presentations at Cascadia 2024 Partnership for Work, Health and …

WEBApril 2024: PWHS Director Chris McLeod is presenting on bullying and harassment among restaurant workers and telework and mental health during the covid …

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Heat-related illness Partnership for Work, Health and Safety

WEBPhD student Xiaocong Guo is studying the effect of extreme heat on heat-related illness and injury among workers, and the identification of at-risk workers to be prioritized for …

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Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic

WEBA survey conducted in early/mid 2021 collected data on perceptions of working from home, including those related to physical and psychological health, social and peer-support, …

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Violence prevention programs in health care Partnership for …

WEBIn brief Health care professionals experience higher rates of workplace violence than workers in other occupations, and workplace violence is a growing problem, especially in …

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Partnership for Work, Health and Safety

WEBJanuary 2024: This paper uses residential and employer location from workers’ compensation data to identify non-mobile workers (working and living in the same region …

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Save the date: Cascadia 2024 Partnership for Work, Health and …

WEBCascadia Occupational, Environmental & Population Health 2024 Conference. January 11 & 12, 2024. Semiahmoo Resort, Washington. Abstract …

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Are you a restaurant, cafe, or bar worker

WEBApril 2024: PWHS Director Chris McLeod is presenting on bullying and harassment among restaurant workers and telework and mental health during the covid …

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Report on Workplace Fatality and Injury Rates in Canada

WEBApril 2022: Canadian workers compensation boards reported that 924 workers died due to work-related causes in 2020. Authored by Sean Tucker and Anya Keefe, this report …

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