167 Minds in Mines- Assessing the psychological wellbeing of mining industry workers in Ontario Canada

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Annals Of Work Exposures and Health Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI:10.1093/annweh/wxae035.068

Dr Michel Lariviere, Dr Zsuzsanna Kerekes, William Nesbitt

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The following presentation describes the development of the mental health strategy with the integration of a large-scale survey and the results from the Mining Mental Health project in Ontario, Canada. This 5-year research effort included a large-scale survey of the mental health and wellbeing of mining workers (N= 2,224 participants) using several clinical instruments. The research also integrated qualitative results from individual interviews and focus group meetings. The study represents the first of its kind in the mining industry and results confirmed the need for such research. The prevalence of mental health indicators such as depression, suicidality, PTSD, fatigue, burnout, and substance abuse will be discussed during this presentation as well as their correlates. The predictors of workplace absenteeism and the barriers of a successful return to work will be illustrated. The presentation intends to offer guidance on how to develop a mental health strategy from a systems perspective in the mining industry and involve multiple stakeholders in research of this kind. Finally, it will provide suggestions on potential intervention strategies for mining worker health.

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167 矿山中的心灵--评估加拿大安大略省采矿业工人的心理健康状况

以下演讲介绍了心理健康战略的制定过程，其中结合了大规模调查和加拿大安大略省矿业心理健康项目的结果。这项为期 5 年的研究工作包括使用多种临床工具对采矿工人的心理健康和幸福感进行大规模调查（参与人数= 2 224 人）。研究还整合了个人访谈和焦点小组会议的定性结果。这项研究在采矿业尚属首次，研究结果证实了开展此类研究的必要性。本报告将讨论抑郁、自杀、创伤后应激障碍、疲劳、职业倦怠和药物滥用等心理健康指标的流行情况及其相关因素。还将说明缺勤的预测因素和成功重返工作岗位的障碍。本讲座旨在指导采矿业如何从系统角度制定心理健康战略，并让多方利益相关者参与此类研究。最后，演讲还将就矿业工人健康的潜在干预策略提出建议。

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Annals Of Work Exposures and Health Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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期刊介绍： About the Journal Annals of Work Exposures and Health is dedicated to presenting advances in exposure science supporting the recognition, quantification, and control of exposures at work, and epidemiological studies on their effects on human health and well-being. A key question we apply to submission is, "Is this paper going to help readers better understand, quantify, and control conditions at work that adversely or positively affect health and well-being?" We are interested in high quality scientific research addressing: the quantification of work exposures, including chemical, biological, physical, biomechanical, and psychosocial, and the elements of work organization giving rise to such exposures; the relationship between these exposures and the acute and chronic health consequences for those exposed and their families and communities; populations at special risk of work-related exposures including women, under-represented minorities, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups such as temporary, contingent and informal sector workers; the effectiveness of interventions addressing exposure and risk including production technologies, work process engineering, and personal protective systems; policies and management approaches to reduce risk and improve health and well-being among workers, their families or communities; methodologies and mechanisms that underlie the quantification and/or control of exposure and risk. There is heavy pressure on space in the journal, and the above interests mean that we do not usually publish papers that simply report local conditions without generalizable results. We are also unlikely to publish reports on human health and well-being without information on the work exposure characteristics giving rise to the effects. We particularly welcome contributions from scientists based in, or addressing conditions in, developing economies that fall within the above scope.