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The site aims to make this information readily and easily accessible to Canadians in the continuing effort to prevent workplace injury and illness and help create healthy workplaces. Canosh was created and is maintained by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Podcasts - new episodes added monthly; e-courses
Healthy Work Environments Best Practice Guidelines In July 2003, RNAO commenced the development of evidence-based best practice guidelines aimed at creating a healthy work environment for nurses. This was achieved with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, working in partnership with Health Canada's Office of Nursing ...
Founded in 1973, the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is the trade union that represents 60,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, community agencies and industry throughout the province of Ontario. ONA has more than 14,000 nursing student affiliates; all members ...
Occupational health nursing is a specialty nursing practice that provides for and delivers health and safety programs and services to workers, worker populations, and community groups. The practice focuses on promotion, maintenance and restoration of health, prevention of illness and injury, and protection from work‐related and environmental ...
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is the workplace compensation board for provincially regulated workplaces in Ontario.As an agency of the Ontario government, the WSIB operates "at arm's length" from the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development and is solely funded by employer premiums, administration fees, and investment revenue.
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU; French: Fédération canadienne des syndicats d'infirmières et infirmiers [FCSII]) is a trade union centre in Canada.The CFNU is a federation of provincial unions representing nurses, nurse practitioners, student nurses, and various allied health care workers.
Workplace health promotion is the combined efforts of employers, employees, and society to improve the mental and physical health and well-being of people at work. [1] The term workplace health promotion denotes a comprehensive analysis and design of human and organizational work levels with the strategic aim of developing and improving health resources in an enterprise.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a case study of a workplace wellness program at Capital Metro, the local transit authority in Austin, TX. [70] The study found that there was a reduction in costs associated with employee health care and absenteeism after the workplace welfare program was implemented. [70]