Measuring gender when you don’t have a gender measure: constructing a gender index using survey data
Journal article
Smith P, Koehoorn M.
Int J Equity Health. 2016 May 28;15(1):82.
BC Care Providers Annual Conference
May 2016: Chris McLeod will present on the health, safety, and disability practices that reduce the risk of work-related injuries and illnesses in the long-term care sector at the BCCPA 2016 annual conference, May 31 in Whistler. More about our work in this area
Webinar: Health Care Safety Professionals Association of BC
May 2016: Chris McLeod will give a webinar on the role of leading and lagging indicators in violence prevention in health care to the Health Care Safety Professionals Association of BC on Friday May 20. Learn more about our work in this area
Trudeau announces Canada “moving forward” on asbestos ban
May 2016: Pleased to see that Canada is now moving toward a ban on asbestos. Learn more about our work on asbestos exposure and mesothelioma
MSFHR Scholar Award to Chris McLeod
May 2016: Our co-director Chris McLeod is a 2016 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Program award recipient for his comparative and cross-jurisdictional research on work and health. More about our work in this area.
Labor markets and health: an integrated life course perspective
May 2016: New article in Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health from our co-director Chris McLeod and visiting scholar Ute Bültmann on integrating a life course perspective into work and health research.
Does time off work after injury vary by jurisdiction?
May 2016: New article in BMJ Open related to our international comparative work: Does time off work after injury vary by jurisdiction? A comparative study of eight Australian workers’ compensation systems. Learn more about this work.
Does time off work after injury vary by jurisdiction? A comparative study of eight Australian workers’ compensation systems
Journal article
Collie A, Lane T, Hassani-Mahmooei B, Thompson J, McLeod C.
BMJ Open. 2016 May; 6(5): e010910.