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Completed research projects (full reports)

Title of Final Report

Principal Investigator /Applicant

Date

A Case-Control Study to Identify Agricultural Chemicals Associated with Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer and In Vitro Screening of their Endocrine Disruption Activities Nhu Le Feb. 2004
A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Ceiling Lift Coaching Project Hasanat Alamgir Dec. 2010
A Multidisciplinary Study of Factors Influencing Hazard Reduction Strategies, Using Noise Exposure and Hearing Loss as a Model Dr. Hugh Davies
Dr. Jean Shoveller
Oct. 2009
A Pilot Study to Develop Guidelines for Reducing Tree Planter Injuries Ernst Stjernberg Mar. 2006
A Retrospective Cohort Study of Mortality and Cancer Incidence among Registered Nurses in British Columbia Helen Ward Jun. 2006
A Review of Evaluations of Social Marketing Campaigns in Occupational Injury, Disease or Disability Prevention Cameron Mustard Feb. 2007
A Test Re-test Reliability Study of the Hands-free Technique and Safety Climate Questionnaire in B.C. OR Nurses Elizabeth Bryce
Bernadette Stringer
Nov. 2005

Acoustical Environments in VCH Health-Care Facilities, Phase 1:  Measurement Tools and Pilot Studies

Murray Hodgson (UBC) Dec. 2010

Airway Obstruction and Hypersensitivity among Young  Workers: 16 Year Follow- up of Machinist and Construction Apprentices

Susan Kennedy Dec. 2010
An Intervention for Overhead Drilling into Concrete Dr. Stephen Robinovitch Feb. 2010
Are Mathematical Models an Appropriate Surrogate for Exposure Monitoring when Establishing Respiratory Protective Requirements for the Clean-up of Small Indoor Chemical Spills? Quinn Danyluk & Chun-Yip Hon Jun. 2006
Assessing Attitudes, Beliefs and Readiness for MSI Prevention in the Construction Industry Aleck Ostry
Mieke Koehoorn
Oct. 2007
Assessing Exposures to Compost Workers from Airborne Biohazards Dr. Karen Bartlett Sep. 2009
Asthmatic Knowledge and Careers Susan Tarlo Apr. 2011
Back Injuries in Heavy Industries, Part A: Defining Back Injury Outcomes for Research Purposes Dr. Mieke Koehoorn
Dr. Kay Teschke
Apr. 2007
Back Injuries in Heavy Industries, Part B: Risk Factor Exposure Assessment Dr. Kay Teschke
Dr. Mieke Koehoorn
Jan. 2008
Beryllium Disease in BC Workers: A Pilot Surveillance Project Using Linked Administrative Data Tim Takaro Apr. 2010
Biomechanical Comparison of Ankle Ligament Reconstructive Techniques Alastair Younger May 2005
Breaking New Ground: Does Radon Present a Health Risk to Nova Scotia Workers? Helen Mersereau May 2009
British Columbia Workplace Safety Leadership Development Dr. Philip Bigelow Aug. 2010
Building a Safer Work Environment For B.C. Construction Workers Wayne Peppard Jan. 2009
Cancer and Occupational Exposure to Pentachlorophenol and Tetrachlorophenol Paul Demers Aug. 2005
Carcinogen Surveillance Program Paul Demers Feb. 2007
Changing the Sheets The Slider Sheet System – Phase Two: Incorporating Lessons Learned from Phase one Sue Filek Apr. 2010
Cleaning and Decontamination of Workplaces Containing Beryllium — Techniques and Cleaning Solutions Dr. Chantal Dion Apr. 2009
Confined Space Atmospheric Risk Assessment John Meech Jan. 2011
CPR and First Aid Skill Retention Gregory Anderson Jan. 2008
Designing, Implementing, & Evaluating a Dissemination Strategy for Management of Low Mood & Depression among Employees of Pacific Blue Cross Elliot Goldner Dec. 2010
Developing a Safety Climate: Shared Assumptions and Interventions Michael Leiter Feb. 2011
Development and Evaluation of a Model for a Home Care Ceiling Lift Program in B.C. Annalee Yassi Apr. 2008
Development and Evaluation of an Affordable Lift Device to Reduce Musculoskeletal Injuries among Home Support Workers Nancy Paris Sep. 2004
Development of a Method for Quantifying Biomechanical Risk Factors Associated with Manual and Mechanically Assisted Patient Handling Annalee Yassi Jun. 2005
Development of a Working Prototype Sling for Use with Floor and Ceiling Lifts to be used by the Veterinary Sector Nancy Paris Apr. 2005
Development of an Ergonomic Syringe Adapter Rick Hall Oct. 2011
Development of an Online Repository of OH&S Education and Training Resources for Healthcare: Phase 1 Catherine Ogden Nov. 2010
Development of Analytical Tools to Investigate Aerosolized Cytotoxic Drugs Winnie Chu Jul. 2010
Development of Descent Guidelines for Log-Hauling Vehicles (Highway Legal Configurations) Séamus Parker Jan. 2010

Does Surgical Setting or Wait-time Incentive Improve Return to Work Following Knee Surgery among Injured Workers

Mieke Koehoorn Nov. 2009
Early Intervention with Low Back Injured Workers Who are at Risk for Work Disability Dr. Izabela Schultz May 2008
Early Mobilization of Hand Fractures in B.C. Sam Sheps Nov. 2006
Economic Evaluation Workbook for Workplace Parties in the Healthcare Sector Emile Tompa Dec. 2010
Elevated Jackhammer Support Gordon Thiessen Jun. 2005
EMG-Based Classification of Low Back Pain Ted Milner Feb. 2003
Ergonomics Health Promotion for B.C. Dental Offices Lance Rucker Sep. 2006
Establishing an Occupational Health and Infection Control Program in a Large Ambulatory Care Facility Annalee Yassi Apr. 2011
Evaluating Methods to use the Virtual Corset™ Inclinometer for Trunk Posture and Spinal Compression Measurements Mieke Koehoorn Sep. 2010
Examining the Cost-benefit of Additional Staffing in Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities Annalee Yassi May 2005
Expectations of Return to Work for Injured Workers with Sub-acute Back Pain Richard Young Mar. 2010
Farmworker Health and Safety: Challenges for British Columbia Gerardo Otero
Kerry Preibisch
Aug. 2010
Heart Disease Among Firefighters Paul Demers
Mieke Koehoorn
Feb. 2011
Heart Disease Among Paramedics Paul Demers
Mieke Koehoorn
July 2010
Identifying Possible Work-related Lung Cancer in the Clinical Setting - Getting Started Linn Holness
Irena Kudla
Jun. 2008
Identifying Risk Factors of Falls among B.C.’s Healthcare Workers Hasanat Alamgir
Dave Keen
Mar. 2010
Identification of Potential Risk Factors for Injury to Police Officers using New Technologies Axel Hovbrender Dec. 2009
Immigrant Workers' Experiences after Work-related Injury in British Columbia: Identifying Key Questions and Building Research Capacity Agnieszka Kosny Jan. 2011
Implementation and Evaluation of a "Safety Culture" in Residential Care through Involvement of Front-line Workers Waqar Mughal Nov. 2007
Increasing Access to Radiation Safety Training and Validating Its Effectiveness in Improving Work Practices Involving Radiation Emerenciana Duran Oct. 2008
Injury Rates, Ergonomic Factors and Work Conditions associated with Musculoskeletal Injuries among School Custodians in British Columbia Aleck Ostry
Mieke Koehoorn
Jun. 2007
In-service Evaluation of Onboard Brake Monitoring Device for Logging Trucks Séamus Parker Jan. 2011
Inter-rater Reliability Assessment of an OH&S Management Audit Tool for Healthcare Waqar Mughal Nov. 2007
Investigating the Longer-term Health Consequences of Work-related Injuries among Youth Mieke Koehoorn Jul. 2006
Investigation of occupational exposures to forestry workers from environmental Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii Karen Bartlett Jan. 2006
In Vivo Measurements of Lumbar Mechanics from Ultrasound Imaging Ted Milner Jun. 2005
Joint Prevention of Workplace Violence: Creating an Innovative Web-based Tool Annalee Yassi Dec. 2010
Lift Device to Reduce Musculoskeletal Injuries among Home Support Workers in B.C. Nancy Paris Aug. 2006
Long-Term Impact of Western Red Cedar Asthma on Work, Health and Quality of Life Helen Ward Apr. 2006
Measuring Health Outcomes:  An Empirical Comparison of Adaptive and Standard Questionnaires Jacek Kopec Jun. 2005
Measuring the Effectiveness of a Hand Hygiene Campaign on Health Care Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Intention to Comply with Hand Hygiene Guidelines Elizabeth Bryce Mar. 2007
Mobile Equipment Safety System Richard Shervey Jun. 2011
Nurses’ Experiences of Workplace Violence: Towards Effective Intervention Dr. Angela Henderson Apr. 2010
Occupational Risk Identification for Ovarian Cancer Nhu Le Dec. 2006
Nov. 2004
On-Water Visibility Study: Determining the most visible colour that can be worn by floating subjects Wendell Uglene Aug. 2011
Optimization of Ultrasound Guided Hyperosmolar Dextrose Injection Therapy for Chronic Tendinopathy Jack Taunton Oct. 2009
Outcome Assessment of Clinical Practice Guidelines in the Medical and Chiropractic Management of Patients with Acute Mechanical Lower Back Pain: A Randomized Control Trial Paul Bishop Nov. 2007
Parkinson’s Disease: Workplace Risk Factors Kay Teschke Sept. 2011
Population-based Survey of Beliefs about Neck and Upper Extremity Injuries:  Prelude to social marketing campaigns designed to reduce disability Robert Ferrari Nov. 2007
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Hospital Emergency Room Personnel Lynn Alden Nov. 2005
Preventing Needle-stick Injuries and the Use of Dental Safety Syringes Mel Sawyer Oct. 2010
Radon in British Columbia Work Places Raymond Copes Nov. 2009
Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Selective Nerve Root Blockade (SNRB) in Acute Lumbar Disc Herniation and Sciatica Maziar Badii Nov. 2006
Reducing Cytotoxic Drug Exposure in Healthcare: Determinants Influencing Cleaning Effectivess Prescillia Chua
Winnie Chu
Mar. 2008
Shift Work, Light-at-night, and Melatonin:  Characterizing a new Cancer-related Occupational Exposure Marilyn Borugian Jun. 2005
Shiftwork Practise in British Columbia Ralph Mistlberger Jul. 2004
Summative Evaluation of the Fish Safe Stability Education Program: A Multifaceted Approach Barbara Howe May 2009
Sustaining Health Care Professionals during Pandemic Influenza: A Pre-incident Pilot Project David Kuhl Sep. 2007
Systematic Review of Process & Implementation of Participatory Ergonomic (PE) Interventions:  Stakeholder Engagement Dwayne Van Eerd May 2008
Taking Care of Those Who Care: Assessing Organizational and Individual Stress Management Interventions for Anti-violence Workers Janice Abbott Nov. 2010
Tendinosis and Tendon Regeneration:  Roles of Apoptosis and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Karim Khan Apr. 2009
Tendinosis and Tendon Regeneration:  Roles of Apoptosis and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Vincent Duronio
Karim Khan
Jan. 2005
Testing Remotely Operated Hydraulic Flange Spreaders for Manual Tree Falling Kevin C. Lyons Jan. 2011
The Alberta Back Pain Initiative Study: Evaluation of a Population Based Social Marketing Intervention for the Prevention of Disability Associated with Back Pain Dr. Douglas Gross Sep. 2009
The Effect of Subject Awareness in Assessing the Probability of Slip and Fall Accidents Gunter Siegmund May 2005
The Effectiveness of Current Fire Fighter Rapid Intervention Teams James Carter Jan. 2010
The Prevalence, Nature and Risks of Voice Problems in Teachers Linda Rammage Mar. 2003
The use of Induced Sputum as an Additional Diagnostic Indicator of an Asthmatic Reaction to Red Cedar after Specific Inhalation Challenge Testing Dr. Raja Abboud Mar. 2008
Trace Metal and Pesticide Exposure in Tree Planting British Columbia Hugh Davies
Ernst Stjernberg
May 2009
Tracking BBF Exposures: The Implementation of the Exposure Prevention Information Network (EPINet™) System at VIHA Philip Bigelow Jul. 2006
Training, Dissemination & Evaluation of a Depression Self-care Tool Delivered to Injured Employees Joti Samra, Elliot Goldner Jul. 2011
Training for a Non-toxic Workplace Mae Burrows Mar. 2008
Ultrasound Guided Dextrose Injections as a New Treatment for Chronic Overuse Tendon Injuries Jack Taunton Nov. 2007
Using Remotely Operated Jacks to Fall Dangerous Trees Kevin Lyons Oct. 2008
Using Social Marketing to Increase Occupational Health and Safety Anne Lavack Aug. 2008
WorkSmart: A Warehouse Safety Video and Curriculum for Employees with Developmental Disabilities Kirsti Inglis Nov. 2008
Who Works Where?  Building Occupational Research Capacity in the B.C. Linked Health Database Mieke Koehoorn Jun. 2005
Working Safe in Aboriginal Communities Charles Horn Dec. 2008
Workplace Emergency Planning Inclusive of People with Disabilities Margaret Birrell Jun. 2008
Workplace Injury Management:  Using New Technology to Deliver and Evaluate Physician Continuing Medical Education Harry Karlinsky Jul. 2005
WorkSafeBC Benefits Study Report 1: The Impact of Bill 49 on Benefits Adequacy and Equity Emile Tompa Jul. 2011