This presentation was given at the Creating and Sustaining Psychologically
Healthy Workplaces: Learning from Research and Practice conference that was held
on June 26-27, 2014.
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This series of brief research reports discusses the findings of two major
syntheses of research literature over the past 10 years to identify (i)
workplace and worker factors that increase the risk of work absence, and (ii)
what can we learn about workplace interventions that reduce work absence, work
productivity and financial outcomes.
Following the
presentation, participants will be able to:
- Discuss and describe modifiable workplace factors that contribute to work
absence across health conditions
- Able to list three factors that are consistent
- Discuss and develop an action plan for your organization
- Establish an evaluation framework to assess program success
Izabela Schultz PhD
Professor,
Rehabilitation counseling psychology, Department of Educational and Counseling
Psychology and Special Education, University of British Columbia
Dr. Schultz is a registered psychologist specializing in medico-legal and
occupational aspects of psychological, neuropsychological and pain-related
disability, both in her academic research and her forensic practice. She
currently is a Professor in the Counseling Psychology Program at the University
of British Columbia where she also serves as Director of the only Canadian
graduate Program in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. She has presented,
taught and published extensively in the United States, Canada and
internationally in the areas of psycho-social and psycho-legal aspects of
disability, rehabilitation and compensation for psychological injury. Her
innovative investigation into the prediction of pain-related occupational
disability has won her research team two international research
awards.
