Publications by authors named "Whitney Haynes"
Introduction: Little is known about the effectiveness of ongoing mental health support in reducing the mental health impacts of a traumatic deployment.
Methods: A cohort of firefighters was established among those deployed to a devastating wildfire in Alberta, Canada in May 2016. Firefighters completed three questionnaires: at recruitment giving details of exposures, a first follow-up reporting mental health supports before, during, and after the fire and a second follow-up, at least 30 months after the fire, with screening questionnaires for anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Introduction: Workers moving between states or provinces to find employment are reported to take longer to return to work after the injury.
Methods: The Alberta Workers Compensation Board (WCB) identified all workers from four Canadian Atlantic provinces who sustained a work injury in Alberta resulting in greater than 5 total temporary disability days (TTDDays) from January 2015 to June 2017. Each was matched on sex, age, and injury date with an Alberta claimant also with greater than 5 TTDDays.
Introduction: It is not known whether out-of-province Canadians, who travel to Alberta for work, are at increased risk of occupational injury.
Methods: Workers' compensation board (WCB) claims in 2013 to 2015 for those injured in Alberta were extracted by home province. Denominator data, from Statistics Canada, indicated the numbers from Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) employed in Alberta in 2012.
Background: Wildfire engulfed Fort McMurray, Alberta on May 3, 2016, leading to a total evacuation. Access to 2 active cohorts allowed us to rapidly assess health effects in those evacuated.
Methods: People working in Fort McMurray who had been recruited before the fire for 2 occupational health cohort studies completed a questionnaire (online or via telephone) 3-26 weeks after evacuation.