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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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Health and safety programs and regulations Partnership …

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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Current research Partnership for Work, Health and Safety

WEBProviding evidence that supports the reduction of serious work injuries and illnesses and that reduces disability duration is a cross-cutting focus of Partnership research. Our …

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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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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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Gender, sex, and occupational health Partnership for …

WEBRate of falls per 1,000 workers, by age and sex, BC, 2008 In brief There is a growing recognition that the risks of work injury may differ for men and women by occupational …

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Violence prevention programs in health care Partnership …

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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Presentations at Cascadia 2024 Partnership for Work, Health and …

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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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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Certification and injury risk in tree fallers Partnership for Work

WEBManual tree faller injuries per 10,000,000 m3 of wood, Coast Forest Region, 1997-2010 In brief Manual tree fallers have the highest overall injury rate and the highest serious …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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