Our results indicate that psychosocial work stress and precarious working conditions have important implications for maternal peripartum mental health. They might act as prospective risk factors for PPD during the period of maternal leave. Hence, future research should focus on preventative measures target...
Advancing the argument for validity of the Alberta Context Tool with healthcare aides in residential long-term care. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2011;11(1):107. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-11-107PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 18. Milligan GW, Cooper MC. An examination of procedures...
Rising long-term absences, work injury claims, and incapacity benefits have all been attributed to mental disorders including anxiety [21]. 1.4. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Responsibility Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation often specifies the need for employers to act against ...
“Psychological Health and Safety and Work: Is Your Organization at Risk?” The webinar was hosted by Dr. Merv Gilbert (Vancouver Psych Health + Safety Ltd), who engaged Dr. Ashley Speech (WorkSafeBC, British Columbia, Canada) and me in a wide-ranging conversation...
(e.g. hours of work/education, time to return to work/education, sickness absence), depression, anxiety, post-traumatic distress, work self-efficacy, financial stress, purpose in life, health-related quality of life and healthcare/personal resource use. The process evaluation and implementation ...
The past decade has been a time of tremendous change in the US health care system. Consolidations and mergers have substantively altered practice structure, with a majority of physicians now in employed practice models.1 Health care regulations and policies, including the Affordable Care Act, Meanin...
A small number of qualitative studies has, however, highlighted the importance of psychosocial and working environments, management systems, inadequate and outdated occupational health and safety training, safety communication strategies as major factors contributing to safety promotion in the petrochemical in...
There is growing interest in applying lean thinking in healthcare, yet, there is still limited knowledge of how and why lean interventions succeed (or fail). To address this gap, this in-depth case study examines a lean-inspired intervention in a Swedish pediatric Accident and Emergency departme...
Chronic work-related stress is an independent risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases and associated mortality, particularly when compounded by a sedentary work environment. The purpose of this study was to determine if an office worksite-based hatha yo
Given these significant barriers to treatment access and the continuous rise in adolescent mental health issues, identification of effective and readily accessible resources and interventions is a public health priority. These also need to be scalable. One approach to improve accessibility is to use sch...