Current Canadian evidence demonstrating the health benefits of caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs) is needed if Canadian employers are to adopt and integrate caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs) into the workplace. This study will apply and measure an intervention strategy in two workplaces to examine the impact on caregiver-employees (CEs) mental and physical health. This 3-year research project contains three related studies: (1) an intervention study specific to CEs health; (2) an economic analysis of the intervention, and; (3) an implementation analysis of the intervention.
It is expected that the benefits of the intervention will include improvements in caregiver-employees (CEs’) health, as well as evidence of the cost-effectiveness of implementing caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs) for the employer. The implementation analysis will provide strategies on how to better implement the caregiver-friendly workplace policy (CFWP) interventions in other workplace settings.
This research project has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), through an Operating Grant (2014-2107) MOP 137044.
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Ding, R., Dardas, T., Wang, L., & Williams, A. (2021). Improving the workplace experience of caregiver-employees: A time-series analysis of a workplace intervention. Safety and Health at Work, 12(13), 296-303. Click here to access full article.
Dardas, A., Wang, L., & Williams, A. (2021). Evaluating changes in workplace culture: Effectiveness of a caregiver-friendly workplace program in a public post-secondary educational institution. PLOS ONE. Click here to access full article.
Atanackovic, J., Williams, A., Tompa, E., Ireson, R., & Yazdani, A. (2020). Overcoming recruitment difficulties in conducting intervention research with carer-employees: Lessons learned from a research study at a Canadian university. SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health. Click here to access full article.
Ding, R., Dardas, A., Wang, L., & Williams, A. (2020). Evaluation of caregiver-friendly workplace program (CFWPs) interventions on the health of full-time caregiver employees (CEs): A time series analysis of intervention effects. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(10). Click here to access full article.
Mofidi, A., Tompa, E., Williams, A., Yazdani, A., Lero, D., & Mortazavi, S. (2019). Impact of a caregiver-friendly workplace policies intervention program in the education sector: A prospective economic evaluation. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61(6). Click here to access full article.
Smith, P. M., Cawley, C., Williams, A., & Mustard, C. (2019). Male/female differences in the impact of caring for elderly relatives on labor market attachments and hours of work: 1997-2015. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, gbz026, 1-11. Click here to access full article.
Wang, L., Williams, A., & Kitchen, P. (2018). Health of caregiver-employees in Canada: Determining the value of caregiver-friendly workplace policies and social support. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 11(6), 382-394. Click here to access full article.
Williams, A., Tompa, E., Lero, D., Fast, J., Yazdani, A., & Zeytingolu, I. (2017). Evaluation of caregiver-friendly workplace policy (CFWPs) interventions on the health of full-time caregiver employees (CEs): Implementation and cost-benefit analysis. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 728. Click here to access full article.
Ding, A., Dardas, A., Wang, L., & Williams, A. (2019). Evaluation of a carer-friendly workplace program intervention on the health of carer-employees: A time series analysis. Paper presented at the International Medical Geography Symposium, July 5, 2019, Queenston, New Zealand.
Williams, A., Ding, R., Tompa, E., & Dardas, A. (2019). CIHR carer-employee project knowledge sharing with partner: Human Resources Department. Panel presentation at Carer-Employees at Work, May 1, 2019, Hamilton, Ontario.
Ding, A., Dardas, A., Wang, L., & Williams, A. (2019). Evaluation of a carer-friendly workplace program intervention on the health of carer-employees: A time series analysis. Oral presentation at the GeoHealth Conference, April 30, 2019, Toronto, Ontario.
Dardas, R., Ding, L., Wang, L., & Williams, A. (2018). Evaluation of a caregiver-friendly workplace program (CFWP) intervention on the health of full-time caregiver employees (CEs): A time series analysis of intervention effects. Poster presented at MIRA & Labarge Research Day, December 7, 2018, Hamilton, Ontario.
Dardas, R., Ding, L., Wang, L., & Williams, A. (2018). Improving caregiver-employee health: A time series analysis of the effectiveness of a caregiver-friendly workplace program intervention. Poster presented at MIRA & Labarge Research Day, December 7, 2018, Hamilton, Ontario.
Ding, A., Dardas, A., Wang, L., & Williams, A. (2018). Evaluation of a carer-friendly workplace program intervention on the health of carer-employees: A time series analysis. Oral presentation at the Canadian Association of Geographers – Ontario, October 20, 2018, Toronto, Ontario.
Ding, A., & Williams, A. (2018). Managing carer-employee role strain: Qualitative perspectives on a workplace health intervention. Poster presented at the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) & Labarge Research Day, October 12, 2018, Hamilton, Ontario.