New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy最新文献

A Tribute to Katherine Lippel.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1177/10482911251316709

Stephanie Premji

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Claim Suppression of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Among Precariously Employed Immigrant Workers in Ontario.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-26 DOI: 10.1177/10482911241312387

Stephanie Premji, Momtaz Begum, Kishower Laila

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Return to Work After Injuries: Legal Challenges for Seafarers in Canada.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1177/10482911251317583

Desai Shan, Alex Medley, Barbara Neis, Contessa Small

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The Struggle for Sustainable Return to Work Among Injured Workers in Situations of Vulnerability: Policy, Practice and the Canadian Context.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1177/10482911251317582

Stephanie Premji, Barb Neis, Ellen MacEachen, Glenn Shor

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Organizational and Structural Factors in Building the Therapeutic Alliance in a Work Rehabilitation Program With Injured Immigrant Workers in Quebec. 魁北克受伤移民工人工作康复计划中建立治疗联盟的组织和结构因素。

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1177/10482911251314147

Daniel Côté, Maude Arsenault, Jessica Dubé

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Using Dialogue to Address Jurisdictional Inequities in Access to Return to Work Resources and Identify Policy Weaknesses for Workers in Situations of Vulnerability.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1177/10482911251319005

Anya Keefe, Barbara Neis, Kim Cullen, Desai Shan

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Reviewer Thank You: January 1, 2024-December 31, 2024.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1177/10482911251316697

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Perverse Outcomes: Notes From the Field on How Financial Incentives in Ontario's Workers' Compensation System Cause Harm to a Public Institution and Create a New Occupational Hazard.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-26 DOI: 10.1177/10482911251314183

Marion Endicott

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From Worker Victory to Policy Reform: Injured Migrant Workers Fight for Return to Work Justice in Workers' Compensation in Ontario, Canada.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-23 DOI: 10.1177/10482911241311200

Maryth Yachnin

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The Point of No Return? Impediments to Return to Work for Injured Migrant Agricultural Workers in Two Canadian Provinces.

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New Solutions-A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1177/10482911251314149

Stephanie Mayell, Janet McLaughlin, Jenna Hennebry, Guillermo Ventura Sanchez, Pankil Goswami, Jill Hanley

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