The Partnership’s Gender, Sex and Work Injury, Illness and Disability operating grant has been successful in CIHR’s March operating grant competition.

Grant Abstract

Disparities exist in health outcomes and health-care access/utilization for women and men, yet little is known about differences in work injury and illness, workers’ compensation, or disability outcomes within the Canada context. Using a population of Canadian workers with a workers’ compensation claim, the purpose of this study is to investigate differences in workers’ compensation experiences by gender/sex for a) rates of work injury and illness for workers in the same occupation and industry, b) disability outcomes such as duration of claim for the same type of work injury or illness, and c) the amount and type of health care utilization and benefits for the same work injury or illness.