- Location
- Webinars will be held via Zoom, details will be sent to all registered participants.
- Series/Type
- Alumni Event, DLSPH Event, Faculty/Staff Event, Student Event
- Format
- Online
- Dates
- November 22, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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About the event
Title: “The Northwestern Ontario Workplace & Worker Health Study”
Workplace mental health is increasingly becoming an important public health concern. To address the issue, the EPID@Work Research Institute launched the Northwestern Ontario Workplace & Worker Health Study, a dynamic prospective cohort study of workers and workplaces across Northwestern Ontario. This presentation will describe the study and present preliminary cross-sectional findings from the baseline cohort data, including the prevalence of mental health disorders and workplace factors associated with these disorders. Improving workplace mental health has implications for society, the economy, and individual worker quality of life.
Presenter: Dr. Vicki Kristman
Dr. Vicki Kristman is a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Director and Senior Scientist of the EPID@Work (Enhancing the Prevention of Injury and Disability@Work) Research Institute at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She holds a Lakehead University-Ontario Research Chair in Injury & Disability Prevention. She conducts research to better understand factors associated with health, particularly mental health, and disability in the workplace to develop and test interventions to improve the lives of workers. She is currently leading a large cohort study, the “Northwestern Ontario Workplace and Worker Health Study”.
