Research Findings

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Health Canada is currently focusing its  research, policy development and awareness-building activities on creating a wider understanding of how creating healthier work environments can not only improve the health of Canadians, but also contribute to the success of Canadian organizations.

Linking Workplace Health and Productivity

Research reports have been commissioned by Health Canada to explore the following:

•  the links between workplace health and productivity.
•  understanding healthy workplace strategies from a business perspective.
• the impact of work-life conflict on Canadian workers
  • Report Five - Reducing Work-Life Conflict: What Works? What Doesn't?
    • Executive Summary
  •  Report Four - Who Is at Risk? Predictors of Work-Life Conflict
  •  Report Three - Exploring the Link Between Work-Life Conflict and Demands on Canada's Health Care System
  •  Report Two - Work-Life Conflict in Canada in the New Millennium A Status Report
  •  Report One - The 2001 National Work-Life Conflict Study
• the importance of fairness in developing healthier environments at work, home and in schools.

While Health Canada undertakes primary research on workplace health issues, we also try to build upon the research conducted by other Canadian and international organizations, including the following:

 Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (http://www.casa-acsa.ca/)
a national farm safety networking and coordinating agency to address problems of illness, injuries and accidental death in farmers, their families and agricultural workers.

 Canadian Labour and Business Centre (http://www.clbc.ca/home.asp)
a centre for business-labour dialogue and consensus building on a number of topics including human resource issues in different sectors of the economy, new workplace arrangements, and policy priorities and practices.

 Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (http://www.ccohs.ca/)
a Canadian federal government agency which serves to support the vision of eliminating all Canadian work-related illnesses and injuries.

 Canadian Policy Research Network (http://www.cprn.org/)
a "think tank", bringing together governments, unions, corporations, NGOs, voluntary organizations, academics, and other think tanks to form networks of users and researchers in the areas of Family, Health, Public Involvement and Work.

 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
(http://www.camh.net/research/research_social_factors.html#fairness)
a research facility, an education and training institute and a community based organization providing health promotion and prevention services

 The Conference Board of Canada (http://www.conferenceboard.ca)
an independent, not-for-profit applied research organization focusing on economic trends, public policy issues, and organizational performance

 European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
(http://agency.osha.eu.int/index_en.htm)
a tripartite European Union organisation that acts as a catalyst to developing, collecting, analysing and disseminating information that improves the state of occupational safety and health in Europe.

 European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
(http://www.eurofound.eu.int/)
a tripartite European Union body set up to contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working conditions.

 European Network on Workplace Health Promotion
(http://www.enwhp.org/index.php?id=4)
an international organization promoting good practice in workplace health promotion and advocating the adoption of such practice in all European workplaces.

 Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health
(http://www.mentalhealthroundtable.ca/)
an instrument of information analysis and ideas concerning the linkage
between business, the economy, mental health and work

 Health and Safety Executive (http://www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm)
a government body responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health and safety arising from work activity in Britain.

 Healthy Business Inc. (http://www.healthyscorecard.com/)
a consulting firm, providing the strategic glue to put employee wellbeing on the executive radar screen in Canadian organizations

 Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - Labour Program (http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/labour.shtml)
a program designed to promote a fair, safe, healthy, stable, cooperative and productive work environment, which contributes to the social and economic well-being of all Canadians.

 Human Resources and Skills Development Canada - Work-Life Balance
(http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/asp/gateway.asp?
hr=en/lp/spila/wlb/01home.shtml&hs=wnc)
a website created to help organizations design and implement supportive programs and policies facilitating work-life balance.

 Industrial Accident Prevention Association (http://www.iapa.on.ca/)
an association that brings together industry, workers, governments and communities in managing workplace risks that can result in preventable injuries, disease and death to human resources, as well as preventable losses to organizations and communities.

 Institute for Work and Health (http://www.iwh.on.ca/)
an independent, not-for-profit research organization whose mission is to conduct and share research with workers, labour, employers, clinicians and policy-makers to promote, protect and improve the health of working people.

 International Labour Organization - Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/)
a body of the ILO that develops comparative analysis and technical cooperation tools aimed at assisting and encouraging ILO constituents to improve the conditions of employment of workers.

 JobQuality (http://www.jobquality.ca/)
a website providing comprehensive, public and user-friendly information on the quality of work in the Canadian labour market.

 National Quality Institute (http://www.nqi.ca/)
a not-for-profit organization that provides strategic focus and direction for Canadian organizations to achieve excellence, enabling Canada to set the standard for quality and healthy workplace practices.

 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US) - Stress at Work
(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/stress/)
a section of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) website that provides information about current NIOSH activities in the area of work, stress and health, and access to resources to help prevent stressful working conditions.

 World Health Organization - Global Occupational Health Network(http://www.who.int/oeh/OCHweb/OCHweb/OSHpages/Gohnet/gohnete.htm)
a worldwide network that aims to increase the national capacity of developing countries to strengthen occupational health by providing relevant information in a usable format, and to enable members to build collaborative partnerships.