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							These sites are listed here because they have useful information about health in the workplace. Should any of these organizations also offer consulting services, they may likewise be helpful, but our focus is just on the web sites.



							Health Canada www.hc-sc.gc.ca This site has extensive information about many aspects of personal and community health. To access information on any topic of workplace health, type your topic in the search option located on Health Canada's Home Page. For example type in the words, "Stress in the Workplace". When you arrive at the page of resources, you will see two categories of references titled "Best Advice on Stress Risk Management". Both Part 1 and Part 2 describe the causes of stress in the workplace and action which can be taken to solve the problems of stress. Institute for Work & Health www.iwh.on.ca As a leading research centre in Canada, the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto, has a mission to research and promote new ways to prevent workplace disability, improve treatment, and optimize recovery and safe return to work. Their research is in three areas: Health Services Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Workplace Studies. The psychosocial aspects of disease and injury are covered in several of their research reports. Team Management Systems www.tms.com.au When you enter this site, click on "Learning Exchange" which gives you the option of accepting a free membership and provides the introductory page of the current Journal. Then, clicking on TMS Worldwide introduces you to the explanations about Team Management Profiles and Linking Skills Profiles. Their mailings contain many descriptions about how companies have made changes to improve their operations. This company is located in Australia, but their training courses are World-wide. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA. NIOSH www.cdc.gov/niosh This group has the responsibility for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related illness and injury. There is information about psychosocial aspects of injury and disease in a paper titled Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Psychosocial Factors. In order to reach that report and information on Stress at Work ... insert the topics in the search option on the NIOSH home page. The coordinating body for NIOSH research is called NORA, but they do not have a search option. Keeping an Eye on Pharmaceuticals DrugWatch.com is a comprehensive web site database featuring extensive information about thousands of different medications and drugs currently on the market or previously available worldwide. DrugWatch.com includes up-to-date information about prescription and over- the-counter medications and includes details about associated side effects to aid in the protection of patients and consumers. The resources available on DrugWatch.com are provided to offer visitors free and accurate information to aid in the understanding of various medications and conditions. The content on the site may help consumers formulate questions for medical professionals and alert the public about important information regarding potentially dangerous side effects associated with certain medications. By providing FDA alerts, drug interactions and potential side effects on the site, patients have access to valuable knowledge that could enhance their ability to voice concerns with their doctor and improve their quality of care. Vincent Ramos vramos@drugwatch.com National Awareness Coordinator 800-452-0949 (The Workplace Council does not take any responsibility for information or views which may be found at these web sites.) return to top of page home \| about us \| best practices \| contact us \| life on the web \| links