Publications by authors named "L Holness"
Background: There is a dearth of research about occupational health and safety experience in Indigenous communities and compensation applications from Indigenous workers appear limited.
Objective: This qualitative descriptive study was designed to explore workers' compensation experiences in some Canadian Indigenous communities.
Methods: A community-based participatory research approach was used to conduct focus groups (n = 25 participants) in three Northeastern Ontario (NEO) Indigenous communities and at one NEO Indigenous employment centre.
Background: Although the association of cannabis use with automobile accidents has been well-studied, the impact of cannabis on workplace safety and injuries is less clear.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between work-related injury and cannabis use in the past year.
Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey (2013-16) of working individuals.
Purpose: With improvements in screening, diagnosis, and treatment, the number of persons surviving cancer and staying at or returning to work is increasing. While workplace accommodations optimize workers' abilities to participate in the workforce, there has been little in-depth investigation of the types of accommodations reported to have been provided to cancer survivors and the processes relevant to ensuring their successful implementation.
Methods: We employed an exploratory qualitative method and conducted 40 semi-structured interviews with three groups: (i) cancers survivors (n = 16), (ii) health/vocational service providers (n = 16), and (iii) employer representatives (n = 8) to explore return to work and accommodation processes, successes, and challenges.
Background: Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a serious complication leading to pulmonary edema and respiratory failure. This study's objective was to assess TRALI occurrence and potential risk factors among inpatient US elderly Medicare beneficiaries, ages 65 and older, during 2007 through 2011.
Study Design And Methods: This retrospective claims-based study utilized large Medicare administrative databases.
Background And Objectives: Transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO) is a serious transfusion complication resulting in respiratory distress. The study's objective was to assess TACO occurrence and potential risk factors among elderly Medicare beneficiaries (ages 65 and older) in the inpatient setting during 2011.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective claims-based study utilized Medicare administrative databases in coordination with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.