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Articles about 'Barriers and facilitators in RTW'

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Emotional demands — the invisible forces that influence the experience of work

contributorLauren Finestone

What are emotional demands in the workplace? And how do they affect workers' well-being? The answer is not black and white.

Webinar recording - Eliminating psychosocial risks

contributorJacquline Agius

Jacqueline Agius, the ACT’s WHS Commissioner talks about what psychosocial hazards are, the impacts they have on workers and others, and how workplaces can manage the associated risks and protect workers.

Webinar recording — Translating Employer Insights

contributorMegan Buick

Megan Buick, General Manager of the Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Group at Comcare talks about the challenges employers experience in supporting work participation and provides many resources to help meet their needs.

Webinar recording — Rethinking modern pain treatment

contributorBen Sheat

Ben Sheat, General Manager, Professional Services and Partnerships at Reality Health looks at modern pain science education and strategies to ensure high quality, scientifically accurate, compelling and persuasive pain education.

Is your organisation ready for regulatory change? — the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of psychosocial risk assessment and control

contributorLauren Finestone

This is Part 2 of a 2-part article that summarises a presentation by Professor Angela Martin at the 2022 Workplace Mental Health Symposium. Part 1 dealt with the ‘what’ about how organisations can prevent harm to people's mental health at

Is your organisation ready for regulatory change? — the ‘what’ of psychosocial risk assessment and control

contributorLauren Finestone

This is Part 1 of a 2-part article that summarises a presentation by Professor Angela Martin at the 2022 Workplace Mental Health Symposium. It looks at the ‘what’ about how organisations can prevent harm to people's mental health at work&

Webinar recording - Managing the relationship with an injured or ill worker during return to work: A guide for supervisors in small and medium businesses

contributorCorey Grandin, Andrea Willis & Dr Hanne M Watkins

This webinar discusses a guide that helps supervisors support and communicate with workers, and make changes to facilitate their return to work. This webinar will discuss the project's goals, design process, lessons learned about small to medium ente

Webinar recording — X-Ray Visions of Doom: Why Radiology Results Can Hinder Back Pain Self-Management

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Dr Wyatt discusses the rise in spinal radiology over the last 30 years and the associated harms that come with it.

Webinar recording —Will best practice in personal injury case/claims management please reveal itself?

contributorDr Andrew Fronsko

Learn about personal injury compensation schemes and their impact on return to work outcomes. Explore the latest research and interdisciplinary care approaches for supporting individuals with injury and disability.

Threading the needle (Part 2) — tips for managing RTW for injured or ill workers

contributorLauren Finestone

Safework Australia has a guide helps supervisors in small and medium businesses tread the tricky path of managing RTW for ill or injured workers.

Get out the barometer — your organisation's psychosocial safety climate predicts RTW

contributorLauren Finestone

Senior management teams can be ‘psychosocial safety climate’ engineers.

10 common unhelpful beliefs about low back pain, and 10 facts to set us straight

contributorLauren Finestone

10 common and unhelpful myths about low back pain, and 10 facts that bust them.

‘An epidemic of useless and often harmful care’ — Part 1

contributorLauren Finestone

Our standard pathway of care in injury management leads to low value care and over-investigation, over-diagnosis and over-treatment. Dr Mary Wyatt, Occupational Physician, presents ideas to bridge the gap between current practice and the evidence-base.

RTW: from policy to practice. An imperative for change and call to action

contributorLauren Finestone

An important policy paper — It pays to care — calls for a conversation about, and action on, how we can work together to improve health and recovery outcomes and reduce the barriers to care for people with work injuries.