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Authors: PMID: 19713622 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Work Source Type: journals

The role of patient simulation and incident reporting in the development and evaluation of medical devices and the training of their users.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We describe how simulation and incident reporting can be used in combination to make the interaction between people, (medical) technology and organisation safer for patients and users. We provide the background rationale for our conceptual ideas and apply the concepts to the analysis of an actual incident report. Simulation can serve as a laboratory to analyse such cases and to create relevant and effective training scenarios based on such analyses. We will describe a methodological framework for analysing simulation scenarios in a way that allows discovering and discussing mismatches between conceptual models of the devic...
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Dieckmann P, Rall M, Ostergaard D Tags: Work Source Type: journals

The operating room: Architectural conditions and potential hazards.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ergonomics is still not fully implemented in the design of operation rooms (ORs). The OR staff has to deal with various ergonomic deficiencies which may be associated with potential hazards for the patient and/or the OR team.Three surveys were conducted among German OR staff at major conferences. Two of them dealt with the working conditions in the OR and were conducted among surgeons and OR nurses. The third survey queried OR nurses about the electrical safety in the OR.In addition, a specially developed checklist was used to evaluate the work place OR in five German OR units and the staff of these OR units were queri...
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Koneczny S Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Ergonomic deficiencies in the operating room: Examples from minimally invasive surgery.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The importance of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has constantly increased in the last 20 years. Laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder has become the gold standard with advantages for patients. However, in laparoscopy, the surgeon loses direct contact with the surgical site. Rather than seeing the entire surgical field including adjacent organs, the surgeon's vision is restricted by an optic and camera system. Pictures of the surgical site in the abdomen are presented on a monitor. Hand eye coordination is decreasing because the operating team is not able to position the monitor at an ergonomically preferable positi...
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Matern U Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Drug labeling and its impact on patient safety.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Adverse drug events (ADE) are defined as any medication error with significant potential to harm a patient [13]. Often times, ADE occur due to inadequate or ineffective systems of labeling. These ADE often result in mistakes in prescription adherence (compliance) with the prescription instructions. These mistakes are costly and can be deadly. Potential problems with drug labeling can occur in both in-patient and out-patient environments. This paper discusses some of the key issues to consider in drug labeling and its impact on patient safety. PMID: 19713626 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Vredenburgh AG, Zackowitz IB Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Manual handling risks in the bariatric (obese) patient pathway in acute sector, community and ambulance care and treatment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As part of a larger research project the patient pathway was mapped for an emergency admission to identify the manual handling major risks. Focus group interviews were held with 25 key stakeholders from the acute, community and ambulance healthcare sectors and social services at 3 venues across the United Kingdom (UK). A detailed qualitative iterative analysis used 'cause and effect' or fishbone (Ishikawa) diagrams to identify key issues. Five themes emerged as generic risks throughout the bariatric patient pathway, these were: patient factors including body shape, mobility, pain, co-operation, privacy, comfort and dig...
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hignett S, Griffiths P Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Anthropometric measurements, job strain, and prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in female medical sonographersf.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Sonographers work in a high demand/low control environment. Future studies of sonographers may need to include measures of both physical size and job strain. Reducing risk factors for one anatomical location may increase the risk at another location in this population. PMID: 19713628 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hill Iii JJ, Slade MD, Russi MB Tags: Work Source Type: journals

"It depends on us": Employee perspective of healthy working conditions during continual reorganisations in a radiology department.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The positive effects of handling new technical challenges and the positive organisational climate, which were characterized by mutual trust, as well as work-confidence and respect for each others' competence, seem to function as buffering factors, balancing the negative effects of parallel downsizing and restructuring processes. PMID: 19713629 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Nilsson K, Hertting A, Petterson IL Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Human factors and ergonomics in home care: Current concerns and future considerations for health information technology.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Sicker patients with greater care needs are being discharged to their homes to assume responsibility for their own care with fewer nurses available to aid them. This situation brings with it a host of human factors and ergonomic (HFE) concerns, both for the home care nurse and the home dwelling patient, that can affect quality of care and patient safety. Many of these concerns are related to the critical home care tasks of information access, communication, and patient self-monitoring and self-management. Currently, a variety of health information technologies (HITs) are being promoted as possible solutions to those pr...
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Or CK, Valdez RS, Casper GR, Carayon P, Burke LJ, Brennan PF, Karsh BT Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Staff perceptions of work quality of a neonatal intensive care unit before and after transition from an open bay to a private room design.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study collected staff responses to an occupancy quality survey before, and 6 and 22 months after, St. Paul Children's Hospitals and Clinics (CHC) replaced an open bay (OB) with a private room (PR) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) design. Staff interview responses and task activity observations also were collected. The goal was to assess how this change would influence staff perceptions and performance. As a result of the transition from the OB to the PR environment: (1) rankings of overall physical environment, patient care, job, technology, and off-the-job quality significantly improved; but (2) rankings of patien...
Source: Work - August 30, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Smith TJ, Schoenbeck K, Clayton S Tags: Work Source Type: journals

From the editor.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: PMID: 19597279 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Job strain and older workers: Can a reduction in job strain help to eliminate the Social Security drain?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Job strain is the psychological and physiological response to a lack of control or support in the work environment. It appears to be an important risk factor for continued employment throughout the lifespan. Reducing job strain earlier in a workers life has the potential to have substantial beneficial health effects throughout a workers life. Early screening for job strain should be implemented in known high risk or high strain jobs. This is particularly important since there a fewer younger workers entering the labor force and there will be a growing need for older workers to remain in the workforce. Furthermore, heal...
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Cahalin LP Tags: Work Source Type: journals

How do employees and managers perceive depression: A worksite case study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Better links are needed between employees and managers to enhance workplace collaborations and achieve optimal work performance. The implementation of mental health support programs and the vocational role of occupational therapy in addressing the impact of depression in the workplace are discussed. PMID: 19597281 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hauck K, Chard G Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Identifying modifiable causes of fall-related injury: An analysis of U.S. Army safety data.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to identify modifiable causes of falls using data from safety reports. Coded and narrative data on injured persons, event locations, and circumstances associated with falls sustained by U.S. Army personnel were obtained from safety reports dated September 1994-September 2002. Descriptive statistics are presented for injury outcomes and risk factors, with a focus on falls from elevation. On average, 59 fall-related injuries/100,000 person-years were reported. Higher rates occurred among whites, single persons, and 20-24 year-olds. Falls from elevation resulted in more severe outcomes, longer hospitalization...
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shuping E, Canham-Chervak M, Amoroso PJ, Jones BH Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Why has a woman with mental illness been fired?Discourses on fairness and diversity management.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Being fired can be perceived as a form of unfair treatment and as a personal and social defeat. It can generate feelings of anger, outrage and resentment that can elicit a desire for retribution. This qualitative study focuses on a case of failed integration of a person with a mental illness at the workplace. Texts were analysed from a rhetorical perspective, considering how the company leaders and the employee re-constructed and gave meaning to the events that lead to the firing, trying to justify them. Policies dealing with workplace diversity and the hiring of people with disabilities, power relations, fit between o...
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Negri L Tags: Work Source Type: journals

The associations between perceived distributive, procedural, and interactional organizational justice, self-rated health and burnout.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The global justice construct showed better goodness-of-fit indices than the threefold justice construct but a differentiated organizational justice concept could give valuable information about health related risk factors: if they are structural (distributive justice), procedural (procedural justice) or inter-personal (interactional justice). The two approaches to study organizational justice should therefore be regarded as complementary rather than exclusive. PMID: 19597284 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Liljegren M, Ekberg K Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Goal clarity as an instrument for improved organizational wellbeing in the Church of Sweden.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study assesses effects of goal clarity on organizational wellbeing in the Church of Sweden. Data was based on questionnaires from a random sample of 501 parishes and 1002 individuals from the upper parish management. The response rate was 62%. The results showed significantly more positive experiences of effects of goal clarity on organizational wellbeing for those having former experience with of this type of work and among those representing larger parishes. Older employees reported a higher degree of engagement in the work while younger employees expressed a higher degree of influence. The results suggest that work...
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hansson AS, Anderzén I Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Empowerment variables for rehabilitation clients on perceived beliefs concerning work quality of life domains.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes and presents an initial analysis of variables generally associated with empowerment towards perceived beliefs concerning quality of life work domains for individuals with disabilities. The model examines the domains of importance, satisfaction, control and degree of interference of disability that an individual feels towards work. The internet based study used results from 70 individuals with disabilities in varying aspects of work. The variables composing empowerment that correlated strongly with the work domains include: self-advocacy, self-efficacy, perceived stigma, and family resiliency as measu...
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Tschopp MK, Frain MP, Bishop M Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Predictors of competitive employment among persons with physical and sensory disabilities: An evidence-based model.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined factors salient to the attainment of competitive employment among people with physical and sensory disabilities served by the state-federal rehabilitation system. Employing a series of logistic regression analyses measured against national rehabilitation data, the results support the need for provision of job placement services to improve potential for competitive employment. Predictors of competitive employment, job placement service provision implications, the need for vocational evaluation and appropriate planning are discussed. An evidence-based service model designed to address the predictors of co...
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Pack TG, Szirony GM Tags: Work Source Type: journals

A systematic review of preventive interventions regarding mental health issues in organizations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study's purpose is to assess the literature from 2001 to 2006 using Cottrell's conceptualization to: 1) conduct a systematic review of the most recent literature, 2) describe the preventive psychological interventions for workers, 3) summarize the significant work- and health-related outcomes associated with these interventions, and 4) identify where the significant gaps still exist. Twenty-four studies on primary and secondary interventions regarding mental health issues in organizations were included and analyzed in this systematic review. Eight studies were identified as primary interventions, 14 were identified as...
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Corbière M, Shen J, Rouleau M, Dewa CS Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Job characteristics and work organization factors associated with patient-handling injury among nursing personnel.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the association of worker characteristics and work organization factors with prevalence of patient-handling injury among nursing personnel in an acute-care inpatient setting. Self-administered questionnaires (n = 585) captured worker characteristics and patient-handling injuries within the previous 6 months. Karasek's Job Content Questionnaire measured work organization factors, including job strain (high psychological demand, low decision latitude). We created a novel measure (job strain<formula>_{PHYSICAL}</formula>) reflecting high physical demand and ...
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Schoenfisch AL, Lipscomb HJ Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Cost of future care determinations: Ethical and professional challenges.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19597290 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - July 17, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shivji MJ Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Children and ergonomics. From the guest editor.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19369715 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sommerich CM Tags: Work Source Type: journals

The Hexagon-Spindle Model for educational ergonomics.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ergonomics has traditionally considered work done, in a workplace. More recently, this scope has broadened, and the concept of 'work' may now be applied to the satisfactory completion of any task. Thus, learning, being the transformation and extension of the learner's knowledge or skills, can be viewed as work, with its workplace being the educational environment in which learning tasks take place. In accomplishing the learning, the learner interacts with the teachers, other students, equipment, materials, study plans and the educational organisation; the effectiveness of these learning interactions is influenced by ma...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Benedyk R, Woodcock A, Harder A Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Applying the Hexagon-Spindle Model to the design of school environments for children with Autistic spectrum disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Schools and other educational environments beyond serving as the primary work places of children provide the backdrop against which formative emotional, psychological, cognitive and physical development takes place. However, ergonomists have paid little attention to the design of these environments, the interactions within them or their organization from a child's perspective. Children with special education needs, such as those with hearing or visual difficulties, cognitive or social disabilities, or even those with different learning styles may be placed in mainstream schools ill-equipped to suit their needs. Rather ...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Woodcock A, Woolner A, Benedyk R Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Ergonomics for children: an educational program for elementary school.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents the educational program "Ergonomics, Movement & Posture" (EMP), which is taught in elementary schools by Physical Education (PE) students of the Kibbutzim College of Education in Israel, as part of their practicum. Although there has been no formal evaluation of the effectiveness of the program, so far, participating children, their parents, the teachers and the principles have offered positive feedback. PMID: 19369718 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Heyman E, Dekel H Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Why do children think they get discomfort related to daily activities?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study shows that children are developing beliefs that tend to reflect scientific knowledge about risk factors. These beliefs could be incorporated into preventative health interventions. PMID: 19369719 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Coleman J, Straker L, Ciccarelli M Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Computer-related posture and musculoskeletal discomfort in middle school students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In recent years, there has been an increasing concern over the association between computer use and reports of discomfort, aches and pains in students. It is suggested that the physical set-up and individual styles of using interactive media has an influence over this discomfort. As children grow up, they will interact and use computers throughout most of their life. Healthy computing may be vital to preventing/reducing the incidence of discomfort/pain associated with interactive media. This research paper will describe a study, which has collected health and comfort data on the incidence and prevalence of self-reporte...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Jacobs K, Hudak S, McGiffert J Tags: Work Source Type: journals

College students and computers: assessment of usage patterns and musculoskeletal discomfort.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined computer use patterns of college students, and made comparisons to a group of previously studied computer-using professionals. 234 students completed a web-based questionnaire concerning computer use habits and physical discomfort respondents specifically associated with computer use. As a group, students reported their computer use to be at least 'Somewhat likely' 18 out of 24 h/day, compared to 12 h for the professionals. Students reported more uninterrupted work behaviours than the professionals. Younger graduate students reported 33.7 average weekly computing hours, similar to hours reported by youn...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Noack-Cooper KL, Sommerich CM, Mirka GA Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Children and computer use in the home: workstations, behaviors and parental attitudes.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the home computer use of 26 children (aged 6-18) in ten upper middle class families using direct observation, typing tests, questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The goals of the study were to gather information on how children use computers in the home and to understand how both parents and children perceive this computer use. Large variations were seen in computing skills, behaviors, and opinions, as well as equipment and workstation setups. Typing speed averaged over 40 words per minute for children over 13 years old, and less than 10 words per minute for children younger than 10. The result...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kimmerly L, Odell D Tags: Work Source Type: journals

A comparison of posture and muscle activity means and variation amongst young children, older children and young adults whilst working with computers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to compare the posture and muscle activity of children with young adults. Thirty six adults aged 18-25 years, 24 children aged 10-12 years and 18 children aged 5-6 years participated in a series of laboratory studies. Upper body postures were measured using a 3D motion analysis system. Muscle activity of bilateral cervical erector spinae and upper trapezius muscles was assessed. Mean and variation were examined, the latter using both amplitude range and Exposure Variation Analysis matrix standard deviation. Mean postures assumed by children tended to show more spinal flexion and spinal asymmetry than adult...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Maslen B, Straker L Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Computer use in school: its effect on posture and discomfort in schoolchildren.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the study was to investigate the posture and musculoskeletal discomfort of secondary school students while working at computers in school. Students (n = 40) were observed while working at a computer during their designated computer class. The Rapid Upper Limb Assessment Tool (RULA) was used to assess posture. A Body Discomfort Chart (BDC) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were used to record the area(s) and intensity of musculoskeletal discomfort, if any, experienced by the students at the beginning and end of the computer class. None of the students' posture was in the acceptable range (Action Level 1) accord...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kelly G, Dockrell S, Galvin R Tags: Work Source Type: journals

The backpack problem is evident but the solution is less obvious.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Weight recommendations and carrying behaviors are not consistently supported in the recent studies; several studies call for an examination of psychosomatic behaviors as potential predictors of back pain in childhood and adolescence. PMID: 19369725 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lindstrom-Hazel D Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Backpack load limit recommendation for middle school students based on physiological and psychophysical measurements.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The load of student's backpacks has raised questions over the safety and health of schoolchildren everywhere. The purpose of this study is to use electromyography (EMG), posture evaluation, heart rate, and ratings of perceived exertion and perceptions of pain to find an acceptable backpack load limit for middle school students. Twenty middle school students aged 11 to 14 (10 female and 10 male) volunteered for the study. The subjects completed two tests, standing stationary and walking on a treadmill, where they carried 5% incremental loads from 0% body mass (BM) to 20% BM. The study indicated that the Borg-CR10 rating...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Bauer DH, Freivalds A Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Effect of backpack load placement on posture and spinal curvature in prepubescent children.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Parents, educators and researchers have expressed concern about the long term impacts of children carrying excessive loads in their backpacks on a daily basis. Although many researchers have investigated appropriate weight limits for children's packs, little research has been conducted on the design of children's backpacks. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes in children's trunk forward lean (TFL), cranio-vertebral angle (CVA) and spinal lordosis angle (LA) that occurred with high, medium and low load locations during standing and walking. Ten-year-old children (n = 15) completed a repeated measures d...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Brackley HM, Stevenson JM, Selinger JC Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Using occupational science to study occupational transitions in the realm of work: from micro to macro levels.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19478408 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shaw L, Rudman DL Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Towards a comprehensive approach for managing transitions of older workers with hearing loss.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Demographic and legislative trends suggest that many older workers may remain at work past the traditional retirement age. This extended work trajectory poses new challenges and opportunities for workers with acquired hearing loss as they age. Workplaces require a new approach to enable transitions of older workers with hearing loss to remain safe and productive. A review of the literature on older workers, those with hearing loss, and strategies used to accommodate them suggests that individualized and piecemeal approaches are predominant. While universal design represents a fresh ideology that may help create more ac...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Fok D, Shaw L, Jennings MB, Cheesman M Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Forever productive: the discursive shaping of later life workers in contemporary Canadian newspapers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Increasingly, ;productive aging' is promoted within government policies and reports in several Western nations, as well as those of international organizations. The ways in which ;productive aging' comes to be shaped within texts, that is, its discursive shaping, influences what aging individuals view as possible and ideal ways to be and do in later life, as well as what collectivities view as required services and programs to support such identities and occupations. Drawing on governmentality theory, in concert with occupational science, a critical discourse analysis of 72 Canadian newspaper articles pertaining to wor...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Rudman DL, Molke D Tags: Work Source Type: journals

From margins to mainstream: what do we know about work integration for persons with brain injury, mental illness and intellectual disability?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Employment is a right of citizenship and a social determinant of health, but employment rates remain low for persons with disabilities. The purpose of this paper is to examine the principles and practices guiding work integration within the fields of intellectual disability (ID), brain injury, and mental illness and to identify best practices to support transitions to employment across these three groups. This integrative review drew upon an occupational perspective to analyze the current literature. Findings reveal that the need and benefits of working are recognized across disability groups but that philosophical per...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Kirsh B, Stergiou-Kita M, Gewurtz R, Dawson D, Krupa T, Lysaght R, Shaw L Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Industrial relations reform and the occupational transition of Australian workers: a critical discourse analysis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The 2005 WorkChoices legislation delivered a significant diminution of Australian workers' rights in the form of choice and control over numerous aspects of working life. WorkChoices extended previous neoliberal reforms and consolidated the negative impacts of those reforms on marginalized groups of workers, especially those in precarious employment. This paper reports on the findings of an occupational science-based, critical discourse analysis of a government newspaper advertisement that promotes the reforms. The construction of a WorkChoices discourse, one that was based on and sought to extend neoliberal hegemony, ...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lo Bartolo L, Sheahan M Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Compromised careers: the occupational transition of immigration and resettlement.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: A critical inquiry approach examined the ruling relations to show how power and privilege function in relation to migrants' occupational transitions. PMID: 19478413 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Suto M Tags: Work Source Type: journals

The representations of work-life balance in Canadian newspapers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Work-life balance has become a topic of increasing interest in the media as well as a concern among working Canadians. Since print media discourse can both reflect and shape societal values, cultural norms and ideals of workers in this country, it is important to understand this representation and its potential influence on the occupational engagement and life transitions of Canadian workers. Articles from four major Canadian newspapers published between 2003 and 2005 were used as data sources to examine the media construction of "work-life balance". Thematic analysis of 100 articles was performed using a modified affi...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Reece KT, Davis JA, Polatajko HJ Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Perceptions of possibilities of returning to work with chronic musculoskeletal disorders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was aimed at understanding how Slovenian employees with MSD made sense of their experiences with work and life before and after the occurrence of MSD, giving meaning to their perceptions of the possibility to return to work. Data were collected through narrative interviews with six Slovenian employees with chronic MSD and analyzed with a paradigmatic approach. The participants described their experiences in a narrative of a transition from a life of stability and fulfillment to a life of suspense about their future. The work environment as well as health and disability systems were experienced as the most decisi...
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Svajger A, Winding K Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Participation in work: a source of wellness for people with psychiatric disability.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: More conscious effort is needed to promote the use of work as source of support and resource for health for persons who live with psychiatric impairment. PMID: 19478416 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: van Niekerk L Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Using metaphors to study occupational transitions: a case study of an injured worker with multiple chemical sensitivity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings from this case study can be shared with others as a means of increasing the awareness of the experiences in managing daily life when living with MCS. In addition, insights from this injured worker's case could act as a venue for distributing knowledge about chemical injuries to health care professionals to broaden their views of this injury and its treatment. PMID: 19478417 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Arnold C, Shaw L, Landry G Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Evaluating the support needs of injured workers in managing occupational transitions after injury.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Collaborative approaches and a broader spectrum of resources and supports are needed to help injured workers and their families in resuming meaningful participation in daily, social and productive occupations. PMID: 19478418 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - June 28, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Shaw L, Macahonic P, Lindsay R, Brake P Tags: Work Source Type: journals

From the editor.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: PMID: 19289863 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Work)
Source: Work - March 22, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Tags: Work Source Type: journals

A qualitative study of two older workers' adaptation to physically demanding work.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined how older blue collar workers continue to perform physically demanding jobs as they age. The research question was: How do older maintenance workers adapt to their job tasks given age-related changes in functioning? Qualitative case studies were conducted on two older workers: a Custodian and a Mechanic. Workers completed a Musculoskeletal Body Map and participated in multiple semi-structured interviews and work observations over a two month period. Triangulated data revealed that older workers self-initiated job adaptations for age-related and medical conditions that impacted their jobs. The most commo...
Source: Work - March 22, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sanders MJ, McCready J Tags: Work Source Type: journals

Psychosocial issues of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and adaptation: A phenomenological study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the meaning of work, causes of work-related musculoskeletal injuries (WRMIs), related psychosocial issues, and adaptation of ten occupational therapy practitioners. Data were collected using interview technique. Emergent themes suggested that the practitioners participating in this study perceived the meaning of occupational therapy as both helping others and providing a sense of identity and satisfaction. Combinations of work, patient and practitioner characteristics were associated with WRMIs, which led to participation restriction and limitation in work dutie...
Source: Work - March 22, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Alnaser MZ Tags: Work Source Type: journals

South African clients' perceptions and experiences of adapting to their worker roles after rehabilitation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article is the second of two articles to be published in WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation. The first article (Volume 30) focused on the barriers and facilitators that people with back injuries perceive and experience when returning to work after rehabilitation. The current article explores the adaptation process that these individuals experience when returning to their worker role. Qualitative research methods were used in order to explore the research question. Participants were selected by means of simple random sampling and the data were collected by means of semi-structured focus groups...
Source: Work - March 22, 2009 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Soeker MS, Wegner L, Pretorius B Tags: Work Source Type: journals