Anil Adisesh, Dalhousie University (Halifax)
“Work and health in primary care in Ontario: improving the recognition and recording of work relatedness”
$185,300 over two years
Dr. Anil Adisesh, Associate Professor, Dalhousie University
Project summary
The recording of occupational information by primary care practitioners (PCPs) is poor and may lead to under recognition of work-related health conditions, a barrier to giving return to work advice, and a disconnect between the WSIB and PCPs. There are currently no streamlined and data-linked systems in place for PCPs to collect occupational information from their patients; thus, the research team will be developing and piloting an automated questionnaire for patients to complete in primary care offices. This project aims to make occupational information from patients available to their PCPs at the point of care, and aggregated data to be linked to provincial datasets, facilitating the study of the interaction of health and work.
Emily King, VHA Home HealthCare (Toronto)
“Occupational hand dermatitis e-learning adaptation and evaluation for the food services sector”
$139,217.28 over two years
Dr. Emily King, Director of Research, VHA Home HealthCare
Project summary
Workers throughout the food services industry are at high risk of occupational hand dermatitis (rashes and other problems with the skin on their hands) because they engage extensively in wet work - working in gloves and/or with wet hands for long periods and frequent handwashing. Severe hand dermatitis has strong negative impacts on workers' quality of life and can prevent them from working. With an understanding of risk factors, good skin care practices, self-screening, and early intervention the occurrence and impacts of occupational hand dermatitis can be limited. The aim will be to develop and evaluate free, on-line training and informational workplace posters tailored to the experiences of food services and manufacturing workers to teach and promote the above.
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