Workplace Articles & Research

Articles 

• Health Canada Publications on Stress in the Workplace
  • Best Advice on Stress Risk Management in the Workplace
  • An Examination of the Implications and Costs of Work-life Conflict in Canada
  • Healthy Workplace Strategies
  • Healthy Workplaces and Productivity
  • Reducing Work-Life Conflict: What Works? What Doesn't 
• CPRN Report: Healthcare Workplace Environments Influence Patient Safety
• CPRN Research Report: Trading Up – High School and Beyond: Five Illustrative Canadian Case Studies
• Management competencies for preventing and reducing stress at work (UK)
  Workplace stress is a significant problem for organisations. Recent estimates suggest that over half a million people are affected by work-related stress, costing UK industry an estimated £9.6bn per year. In 2004/2005, a total of 12.8 million working days were lost to stress, depression, and anxiety. In a recent CIPD survey, 40% of responding organisations reported an increase in stress-related absence. In response to this escalating problem, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has developed national Management Standards for work-related stress.
• Profiting Through Prevention - Workplace Violence in Canada
• Violence in the Workplace Prevention Guide (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety)
• Workplace Wellness Staff Survey - Palliser Health Region
• Ontario Health Promotion Association Bulletin - Articles of Interest This series of articles written by Peter O'Donnell appeared in the OHPE Bulletin over two years and introduces and elaborates on a five-level developmental model of organizational health. Don't forget to check out their accompanying resource messages.
  • OHPE 51.1: The Implementation Challenge: 5 Stages of Growing Our Way Past the Barriers to Change (4/24/98)
  • OHPE 73.1: Riding the Current: Assessing the Learning Potential of your Organization (9/25/98)
  • OHPE 84.2: A Supportive Workplace: The Foundation of a Healthy Organization(which can be found in the OHPE database as 104.1) (12/11/98)
  • OHPE 92.1: Creating A Climate For Change (02/12/99)
  • OHPE 99.1: Creating a Culture of Shared Accountability (04/01/99)
  • OHPE 107.1: Enhancing Capacity for Learning (5/28/99)
  • OHPE 182.1: Learning Communities: Expanding the Boundaries of Learning (11/10/00).
  • OHPE 191.1: Taking the Pulse of Your Organization: Maybe It's Time for an Organizational Health Check-up (01/18/01)

More information on these articles can be obtained from: Peter O'Donnell President, Healthy Futures Group 2650 Lindholm Crescent Mississauga, ON L5M 4P4 Tel: (905) 569.8474 Fax: (416) 946.1348 peter.odonnell@healthyfutures.ca

Research

Oil workers and seat-belt wearing behaviour: the northern Alberta context. Rothe JP. Int J Circumpolar Health 2008; 67(2-3): 226-34.
Available online.
OBJECTIVES: Seat-belt wearing rates in the North reflect workers in the oil industry, necessitating sociocultural descriptions on the issue. The objective of this study was to describe how the social context influences oil workers' views of risk and seat-belt wearing behaviour in northern Alberta.
Research 

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