Master of Public Health Alumnus: Practicum Placement leads to Publication

Ms. Sonja Senthanar, a 2013 graduate of the Master of Public Health program, is first author on an article published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (IJOEM) Vol 6, No 3 July (2015). Sonja’s Practicum project, conducted at the Institute for Work & Health (IWH), is the basis for the publication.

Entitled “Working and Living in Northern vs Southern Ontario Is Associated with the Duration of Compensated Time off Work: A Retrospective Cohort Study”, the article was co-authored with Dr. Vicki L. Kristman, Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, and Dr. Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Associate Scientific Director and Senior Scientist, IWH.

The objective of the project was to compare the duration of work disability in people working and living in Northern versus Southern Ontario from 2006-2011. Workers in Northern Ontario were found to have longer compensation periods than workers from Southern Ontario.

Read the July 24th CBC News article.