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Association of Workers' Compensation
Boards of CanadaAssociation des commissions des
accidents du travail du Canada
Boards of CanadaAssociation des commissions des
accidents du travail du Canada
Recent Research
Year Funded: 2023
Effectiveness of self-help interventions to reduce work disability: A rapid mixed methods systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies
Read moreYear Funded: 2023
Return-to-work of Alberta nurses after operational stress injury: Contextualization and socialization of a pilot reintegration program through a mixed-methods study
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Occupational Disease, Injury and Health Services
See all research in this category- Year Funded: 2022
Respiratory Protective Equipment: Development of an Easy Method to Detect and Locate Leaks and Assess the Fit of the Faceseal Using Infrared Imaging
Read moreKeywords:Équipement de protection des voies respiratoires, dispositif d’étanchéité faciale, Imagerie infrarouge - Year Funded: 2022
Social Inequalities in Personal Care Workers’ Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors
Read moreKeywords:Inégalités sociales, Préposé.es aux soins personnels, Perturbateurs endocriniens - Year Funded: 2022
Acceptability, Acceptance and Assessment of Exoskeletons in the Agri-Food Sector: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Read moreKeywords:troubles musculosquelettiques, exosquelettes - Keywords:Bioaerosols, Usines de traitement des eaux usées
- Year Funded: 2022
Development of a New Technique for Evaluating the Spatiotemporal Dispersion and Scrubbing Kinetics of Aerosols in the Workplace
Read moreKeywords:Dispersion spatio-temporelle, Cinétique des aérosols, Lieux de travail - Year Funded: 2022
Promoting the Use of Human Neutrophils to Improve Current Experimental Procedures Intended to Ensure Safer Nanoparticle Use in the Workplace
Read moreKeywords:nanoparticules, neutrophiles
Intervention Research
See all research in this category- Keywords:Coiffe des rotateurs, suivi à long terme, résultats, traitement non chirurgical
- Year Funded: 2017
Effectiveness of Treatments for Traumatic Psychological Injury in a Workers’ Compensation Context
Read moreKeywords:Lésion psychologique traumatique, TSPT, évaluation de traitement, examen systématique, entrevues avec les intervenants - Year Funded: 2016
Online and Classroom Delivered Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Course for Building Workplace Resilience: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Read moreKeywords:PTSD, resilience, psychological resilence, mental health, prevention - Year Funded: 2016
Addressing Essential Skills Gaps Among Participants in an OHS Training Program: A Pilot Study (IWH Project 1340/1341)
Read moreKeywords:implementation, prevention, training - Year Funded: 2016
Evaluating the Impact of Mandatory Awareness Training on Occupational Health and Safety Vulnerability in Ontario (IWH Project 1335/1336)
Read moreKeywords:implementation, training, vulnerable workers - Year Funded: 2016
Preliminary assessment of a rehabilitation program designed to promote the return to work of people suffering from musculoskeletal pain and depression
Read moreKeywords:musculoskeletal pain, rehabilitation program, extended absences from work, IRSST
Compensation, Disability Management and Return to Work
See all research in this category- Year Funded: 2023
Improving discharge education and rehabilitation care pathway knowledge in ankle fracture patients
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Nonoperative management of fifth metacarpal neck fractures: Impact of angulation on patient reported outcomes
Read moreKeywords:Fractures de la main, métacarpien, angulation, radiographie, retour au travail, fractures du boxeur - Keywords:Télésanté, lésion psychologique, traitement psychologique, santé mentale, examen de la documentation, traitement virtuel
- Year Funded: 2022
Gait kinematics and plantar pressure analysis using wearable sensors in patients treated operatively versus non-operatively for Achilles tendon ruptures
Read moreKeywords:Tendon d’Achille, normalisation de la démarche, retour au travail, capteurs, cinématique - Year Funded: 2022
Evaluating effectiveness of telerehabilitation services among injured workers in Alberta
Read moreKeywords:Téléréadaptation, COVID-19, prestation de service, evaluation, pandémie - Year Funded: 2022
Prospective Validation of a Model for Predicting Delayed Displacement of Distal Radius Fractures: A Pilot Study
Read moreKeywords:Fractures du poignet, fractures du radius distal, déplacement différé, modèle prédictif, validation, décision chirurgicale, planification du retour au travail
Changing Nature of Work and Work Environment
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Perceptions and experiences of trauma within undergraduate nursing education
Read moreKeywords:traumatisme en milieu de travail SSPT, infirmiers/infirmières, stress, resilience - Keywords:older workers (aging), labour market experiences
- Year Funded: 2015
Literature Review of Policies and Practices on the Accommodation of Persons with Visible Disabilities in the Workplace (IWH Project 3180)
Read moreKeywords:systematic review, work disability - Year Funded: 2015
Developing a Gender/Sex-sensitive Understanding of how the Psychosocial Work Environment is related to Chronic Disease (IWH Project 1315)
Read moreKeywords:chronic disease, labour market experiences - Year Funded: 2014
Gender Differences in Chronic Disease Risk arising from the Psychosocial Work Environment (IWH Project 1315)
Read moreKeywords:chronic disease, labour market experiences, epidemiology - Keywords:epidemiology, work injury, chronic disease, vulnerable workers
Transferring Research Knowledge to the Workplace
See all research in this category- Year Funded: 2018
De-Implementing Low Value Care: A Research Program of the Choosing Wisely Canada Implementation Research Network
Read moreKeywords:Soins de faible valeur, science de l’application, essais cliniques, essais préopératoires, imagerie - Year Funded: 2018
Development of strategies in order to control the contamination level in pools from disinfection by-products
Read moreKeywords:sous-produits de désinfection, piscines intérieures, contamination des piscines intérieures - Year Funded: 2014
A Knowledge Transfer Intervention with Supervisors. Can we reduce injury by improving knowledge translation strategies for direct support workers of people with intellectual disability who display challenging behavior?
Read moreKeywords:knowledge transfer, frontline staff, emotional trauma - Keywords:Mine Hoist Control Systems, IRSST