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- Title: Examining Changes in Reported Work Conditions in Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan Between 1994 and 2003-05 (QUANTITATIVE Research) (Survey)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 313 KB
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Labour market experiences are an important determinant of health. (1,2) Important dimensions of work related to health status include the psychosocial work environment, which has been associated with an increased risk in the development of a variety of physical and mental health problems. (3-6) Physical work demands and psychosocial work exposures are also key determinants of musculoskeletal health. (7,8) Various shift work schedules may also be associated with increased risk of injury, cardiovascular disease and possibly various types of cancer. (9-12) As such, the ongoing monitoring of important aspects of the working environment in Canada is an integral part of a preventive population health agenda. Two previous studies have examined changes in the psychosocial work environment of Canadians over the mid 1990s through to the early 2000s. Shannon and colleagues reported that between 1994 and 2000, most dimensions of the psychosocial work environment in Canada were stable for the most part, with the exception of job security, which increased, and self-reported physical demands, which decreased. (13) Shields has also examined changes in dimensions of job strain (the ratio of job control to psychological demands) between 1994 and 2002, reporting small decreases in job strain, mainly due to small decreases in psychological demands and small increases in skill discretion. (14) A limitation in the above studies is that neither took into account demographic and social changes in the working population over time when estimating if labour market conditions had changed or not. Labour force participants today are--in general--older, better educated, and more likely to be immigrants to Canada than they were 10 years ago. (15) When assessing the change in self-reported dimensions of work over time, it is important to take these factors into account as they may influence reporting tendencies, as well as influence the natural expected course of some conditions (e.g., given levels of education in the labour market are increasing, we might expect a concurrent increase in the skill utilization among respondents as a result). (16)