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White-Water Paddlesport Medicine
White-water paddlesports are outdoor activities which are growing in popularity worldwide. As with most sports, the incidence of white-water injuries rises with increased exposure. Whilst injuries and illnesse...
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Open AccessNew Business Structures Creating Organizational Opportunities and Challenges for Work Disability Prevention
Purpose Flexible work arrangements are growing in order to develop resource-efficient production and because of advanced technologies, new societal values, changing demographics, and glob...
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Open AccessWorkplace Interventions to Prevent Disability from Both the Scientific and Practice Perspectives: A Comparison of Scientific Literature, Grey Literature and Stakeholder Observations
Purpose The significant individual and societal burden of work disability could be reduced if supportive workplace strategies could be added to evidence-based clinical treatment and rehab...
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Open AccessSustaining Work Participation Across the Life Course
Introduction Many disability prevention strategies are focused on acute injuries and brief illness episodes, but there will be growing challenges for employers to manage circumstances of ...
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Returning Employees Back to Work: Develo** a Measure for Supervisors to Support Return to Work (SSRW)
Introduction Evidence suggests that supervisors’ behaviors have a strong influence on employees’ health and well-being outcomes. Few have examined the specific behaviors associated with managing ...
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Hel** Cancer Survivors Return to Work: What Providers Tell Us About the Challenges in Assisting Cancer Patients with Work Questions
Introduction Cancer patients and survivors report receiving little work-related advice from healthcare providers about how to manage their work during treatment or when to return after completing...
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The Influence of Employer Support on Employee Management of Chronic Health Conditions at Work
Introduction This study examined the relationship between employer support, self-efficacy and self-management of chronic illness at work. Method 772 employees reporting musculoskeletal pa...
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Work Factors Related to Psychological and Health-Related Distress Among Employees with Chronic Illnesses
Objective: This study examined specific psychosocial factors associated with psychological and health-related distress amongst employees reporting different chronic illnesses. Methods: Th...
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Cancer survivorship and work: Symptoms, supervisor response, co-worker disclosure and work adjustment
Introduction: Recent improvements in cancer treatment have not only increased cancer survivorship but also peoples’ ability to work during and following treatment. However, the impact that both d...
