Recent publications

Hudon, A., Lippel, K., & MacEachen, E. (2019). Mapping first-line health care providers’ roles, practices, and impacts on care for workers with compensable musculoskeletal disorders in four jurisdictions: A critical interpretive synthesis. American journal of industrial medicine, 62: 545‐ 558.

Abstract: First‐line health care providers are the primary access point for workers’ benefits. However, little is known about their impact on quality of care and return‐to‐work. Our objective was to critically compare literature on the practices of first‐line providers for workers with musculoskeletal injuries in Ontario and Quebec (Canada), Washington State (United States), and Victoria (Australia).

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Senthanar, S., MacEachen, E., & Lippel, K. (2019). Return to Work and Ripple Effects on Family of Precariously Employed Injured Workers. Journal of occupational rehabilitation, 1-12.

Abstract: Work injury and return to work processes can have adverse effects on injured workers and their families. Family members may experience increased workloads, role reversals, dissolution of marriages or changes in relationships with children, as well as financial strain from loss of income. How these associations interact when the injured worker is precariously employed, however, is unknown. The aim of this study was to explore the impacts of work-related injury or illness as well as subsequent compensation and return to work processes on families and relationships of precariously employed workers.

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Stay tuned – more publications forthcoming.