Michel A Lariviere

Laurentian University · Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health

Mental health problems negatively impact workplaces. Poor mental health in the workplace contributes to higher turnover, poor worker engagement, and job dissatisfaction. The health and safety implications can be especially serious: poor mental health in the workplace increases the risk of accidents and injuries. This risk is notably elevated in ind...

Athletes experience mental ill-health at prevalence rates similar to the general population but are reluctant to discuss or seek help for mental ill-health due to stigma, which can impact their status, playing time, or spot on the team. Researchers have alluded to social sequelae of mental ill-health stigma in sport (e.g., ostracization, reduced so...

Occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) promote healthy workplace environments through regulating hazards and health promotion activities. Abuse within elite sports is one hazard that threatens the health and safety of elite adult athletes. Despite the widespread existence of evidence-informed guidelines to safeguard youth athlete...

Occupational health and safety is an overarching framework used to create objective and subjectively safe workplace environments where employees feel safe and experience reduced likelihood of harm. Safe sport is a global movement to create sporting environments where athletes are protected from the harms of abuse. Despite recognition that safe spor...

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 com...

The media have reported stories of a toxic sport culture in elite gymnastics. Our interdisciplinary research team, through the lens of cultural relativism, sought to present athlete maltreatment as culturally constructed across individual, organizational and national cultural layers in Olympic development contexts. Tracing storied media data from e...

Although the cancer role is becoming increasingly studied within sports psychology research, there is a dearth of applied interventions for improving the negative consequences caused by the cancer role. Using insights from a previous pilot project drawing on Canadian interuniversity athletes’ stories of a staff cancer and recommendations from athle...

Background Sickness absenteeism is an area of concern in nursing and is more concerning given the rec ent impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare. This study is one of two meta-analyses that examined sickness absenteeism in nursing. In this study, we examined demographic, lifestyle, and physical health predictors. Methods We reviewed five d...

Background: Nursing is a stressful occupation with high rates of sickness absence. To date, there are no meta-analyses that statistically determined the correlates of sickness absence in this population. Aims: This meta-analysis examined organizational and psychosocial predictors of sickness absence among nursing staff. Methods: As a registered sys...

Informal roles can be beneficial or detrimental to sport performance. Researchers have identified negative informal roles within sports and organisational contexts; however, exploration of these roles has been limited to athletes within sports research or staff members within organisational research. To our knowledge, negative informal roles occupi...

Background: Nurses and personal support workers (PSWs) have high sickness absence rates in Canada. Whilst the evidence-based literature helped to identify the variables related to sickness absenteeism, understanding "why" remains unknown. This information could benefit the healthcare sector in northeastern Ontario and in locations where healthcare...

Objective The aim of the study was to assess the sleep quality, quantity, and fatigue levels of Canadian wildland firefighters while on deployment. Methods Objective and subjective sleep and fatigue measures were collected using actigraphy and questionnaires during non-fire (Base) and fire (Initial Attack and Project) deployments. Results Subopti...

Background The mining industry is associated with high levels of accidents, injuries and illnesses. Lost-time injuries are useful measures of health and safety in mines, and the effectiveness of its safety programmes. Aims To identify the type of lost-time injuries in the US mining workforce and to examine predictors of these occupational injuries...

Introduction The seasonal profession of wildland fire fighting in Canada requires individuals to work in harsh environmental conditions that are physically demanding. The purpose of this study was to use novel technologies to evaluate the physiological demands and nutritional practices of Canadian FireRangers during fire deployments. Methods Parti...

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The objective of this study was to conduct a literature review examining predictors of lost-time injury, illness and disability (IID) in the workplace, with a focus on obesity as a predictor, and to evaluate the relationship between obesity and losttime IID. The study objective was also to analyze workplace disability prevention and interventions a...

We present descriptions of new tools that may be used in evaluating Latent Variable Models of Mine Worker health and well-being. Latent Variable Models have often played an important role in the development of psychological theory. We examine the data obtained in this large study of Mine Worker Health and Well-being using Deep Learning networks des...

Previous literature has demonstrated that mining and mining related work present significant hazards to workers (ILO, 2010, Gyekye, 2003, Amponsah-Tawiah et al, 2013). They are exposed to a number of potentially dangerous conditions and therefore are at increased risk of physical and mental harm. This presentation will consider some of the more con...

Background: The purpose of the study was to examine factors related to the retention of registered nurses in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Objective/method: A cross-sectional survey of registered nurses working in northeastern Ontario, Canada was conducted. Logistic regression analyses were used to consider intent to stay in current employment i...

The non-physical hazards of firefighting may be easily overlooked given the clearly more obvious physical risks these workers face. Less obvious, but no less deleterious, are issues such as stress, fatigue, and psychological trauma. In fact, it has been suggested that job-related deaths in this occupational group are more often caused by psychosoci...

Prevention and recognition of, and compensation for, health risks among firefighters are issues of fairness and occupational justice, for which firefighters have advocated, as well as concrete problems in occupational health and preparedness. This book brings together material on the health risks of firefighting, connects the risks with hazards and...

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the quality of work life of registered nurses working in obstetrics at 4 hospitals in northeastern Ontario and explore demographic and occupational factors related to nurses' quality of work life (QWL). A stratified random sample of registered nurses (N = 111) selected from the 138 eligible reg...

This article reports on a literature review of workplace interventions (i.e., creating healthy work environments and improving nurses' quality of work life [QWL]) aimed at managing occupational stress and burnout for nurses. A literature search was conducted using the keywords nursing, nurses, stress, distress, stress management, burnout, and inter...

Background: Nurses work environment is inherent with stressors that impact their quality of work life (QWL). Moreover, there is a dearth of evidence examining occupational stressors and QWL in nurses working in northern and rural areas of Canada. Objective: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore and understand the work environment of...

Literature from the past two decades has presented an insufficient amount of research conducted on the nursing practice environments of registered practical nurses (RPNs). The objective of this article was to investigate the barriers and facilitators to sustaining the nursing workforce in north-eastern Ontario (NEO), Canada. In particular, retentio...

Abstract BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine: 1) if quality of work life (QWL), location of cross-training, stress variables, and various demographic factors in nurses are associated with work ability, and 2) nursing occupational stress, QWL, and various associated factors are related with nurses' work ability. There is limited rese...

Background: Forest firefighters are faced with multiple physical and psychological challenges as a result of their duties. Little is known about the determinants of injury among these workers. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) records detailed information on two mutually exclusive...

Perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge of parents of preschool children regarding eating, health, obesity and physical activity: a qualitative approach The purpose of this study was to determine parental values, perceptions, and attitudes toward preschool-aged children’s health, obesity, body image, nutrition, and physical activity. Eleven mothers r...

Objective: Children and youth mental health is a growing priority with research suggesting that approximately one in five children and youth are suffering from a mental health disorder. To support after school program providers, the Canadian Active After School Partnership (CAASP) undertook a project to examine the links between participation in qu...

Objectives A considerable effort has been made to examine the health and safety of employees in large-sized enterprises. However, there has not been much attention given to the organisation of work, occupational health and safety, and work disability prevention in small and medium enterprises (SME). The purpose of our study is to examine facilitato...

Background: The aim of this study was to determine: 1) if quality of work life (QWL), location of cross-training, stress variables, and various demographic factors in nurses are associated with work ability, and 2) nursing occupational stress, QWL, and various associated factors are related with nurses' work ability. There is limited research exam...

Mental health problems have particularly incapacitating effects on an individual’s capacity to hold and maintain employment. Over half a million Canadians are absent from work due to mental health problems every day, costing Canadian companies 14% of their net annual profit. Individuals off work for mental health reasons often experience longer per...

This article discusses evaluating and improving the health and quality of work life (QOWL) of nurses. Nurses are reported to have higher illness, disability, and absenteeism rates than all other health care workers. Research suggests that QOWL impacts nurses' health and the provision of quality health care, particularly patient safety. Occupational...

This article discusses evaluating and improving the health and quality of work life (QOWL) of nurses. Nurses are reported to have higher illness, disability, and absenteeism rates than all other health care workers. Research suggests that QOWL impacts nurses' health and the provision of quality health care, particularly patient safety. Occupational...

Understanding the professional pathways and the occupational issues faced by recent graduates is foundational for effective program readjustment and improvement. The goal of the current study was to better understand the relationship between academic performance of graduates from the School of Human Kinetics (SHK) at Laurentian University, their em...

Wilderness therapy (WT) provides an alternative treatment modality for a number of mental health issues. It holds particular appeal for at-risk youth, a population that is often less responsive to traditional psychotherapeutic interventions. Anecdotal accounts on the effectiveness of WT often show positive outcomes. Still, some researchers have que...

Researchers have recently expressed their concern for the health of Francophones and rural dwellers in Canada. Their levels of physical activity may explain part of the observed differences. However, little is known about the physical activity levels of these 2 groups. The purpose of this study was to assess levels of physical activity among a samp...

The main objective of this study was to investigate normal weight and overweight preschool children's ability to understand conceptualizations of body image and their association with parental perceptions of their child's body. One hundred and forty-four children aged 3-5 years were interviewed (68 girls and 76 boys) regarding their body image and...

Researchers have found important differences among population sub-groups when considering their "determinants of physical activity". The health of Francophones and Northern Ontario residents in Canada has been assessed as relatively poorer than the general population. Understanding the determinants of physical activity in these populations holds co...

Parents influence on their young children's physical activity (PA) behaviours was examined in a sample of 102 preschool-aged children (54 boys). Questionnaires regarding family sociodemographics and physical activity habits were completed. Results showed that children who received greater parental support for activity (B = .78, P < .10) and had par...

The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) has received significant attention since the late 1990s. As it currently stands, its long version has been translated in English, German, Icelandic, Korean, Polish, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. However no data originating from the self-administered long version (last 7 days) of the IPAQ...

The authors present the case of a 7-year-old girl with disordered eating secondary to severe symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) experienced during infancy. Symptoms include deficits in interpreting signs of hunger and refusals to eat, leading to latent physical development. Methods of assessment include parent and child interviews, child eat...

The main objective of this study is to verify the hypothesis that pubertal development, obesity, body satisfaction, as well as family and peer influences predict unhealthy eating habits in children and adolescents. A randomized stratified sample of young Quebecers aged 9, 13, and 16 years on March 31, 1999 [608 children aged of 9 years (325 girls a...

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