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OHSAH and its affiliated researchers have received both national and provincial grants from funders such as WorkSafeBC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR), and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF), as well as others. For more information about any of the initiatives listed in these pages, please contact OHSAH: info@ohsah.bc.ca or (778) 328-8000.

Below are the funded research projects already complete.


2007

  1. Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Protective Measures Against SARS and other Existing and Emerging Infections for Healthcare Workers: a collaborative interdisciplinary study. [DETAILS]
  2. Development and Evaluation of a Model for a Home Care Ceiling Lift Program in BC. [DETAILS]
  3. Influenza and the Healthcare Workforce: Evaluation of a novel surveillance system and identifying barriers and facilitators to vaccine uptake. [DETAILS]

2006

  1. Reduction of asthma risks among cleaners in the BC healthcare industry: protocol development. [DETAILS]
  2. Are mathematical models an appropriate surrogate for exposure monitoring when establishing respiratory protective requirements for the clean-up of small indoor chemical spills? [DETAILS]

2005

  1. Enhancing Infection Control Education to Nurses in Rural & Community Practice. [DETAILS]

2004

  1. Protecting the Faces of Healthcare Workers. [DETAILS]
  2. Trends in Workplace Injuries, Illness, and Policies in Healthcare across Canada. [DETAILS]

Community Alliances for Health Research

Making Healthcare A Healthier Place To Work: A Partnership of Partnerships was a program of interconnected research projects with the overall aim of reducing high workplace injury rates in healthcare, including hospitals, long-term care facilities and homecare settings. The program was funded by the federally sponsored Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The following projects were completed as part of this program.

  1. Caring for the Caregivers of Alternate Level Care Patients. [DETAILS]
  2. Choosing High-level Disinfectants. [DETAILS]
  3. Effectiveness and Cost Benefit of Ceiling Lifts to Reduce Musculoskeletal Injury. [DETAILS]
  4. Improving Health of Homecare Workers. [DETAILS]
  5. Reducing Injuries in Intermediate Care. [DETAILS]
  6. Repositioning of Patients in Bed: Multi-site Trial of George Pearson Repositioning Drawsheet. [DETAILS]
  7. Towards Building An Effective and Efficient Regional Occupational Health Program for the Healthcare Setting in Winnipeg [DETAILS]
  8. Workplace Evidence-Based Tools for Injury Prevention and Safety- OSHTips (formerly WEBTIPS) [DETAILS]


Last Updated: August 6, 2008.