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SUMMARY:International Overdose Awareness Day
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row bg_image=”53967″ bg_color=”#3F4672″ top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”60″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Opiod Related Harms Among Ontario Workers” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:34px|text_align:left|color:%23FFFFFF|line_height:1.1″ google_fonts=”font_family:Signika%3A300%2Cregular%2C600%2C700|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1785942846307{margin-bottom: 0rem !important;padding-top: 0% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”40″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \n25 Years On. Still Needed.\nEvery August 31\, International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) brings a global community together to take action on overdose. Hold an event\, spread the message\, take action today. This year the theme for IOAD is 25 Years On. Still Needed. For 25 years\, International Overdose Awareness Day has brought people together to remember those we’ve lost and to take action to save lives. [/vc_column_text]Go to Site[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”20″ bottom_padding=”0″][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”57131″ img_size=”large”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”20″ row_id=”box”][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text el_class=”chart”] \nStudying the Problem\nThe Institute for Work and Health conducted an extensive study on Opiod use among Ontario workers. They explored which professions were at greater risk for opioid use and overdose. See the information here. \nA Data Tool\nThe IWH and the Ontario Cancer Research Centre partnered to create The Opioid-Related Harms among Ontario Workers project.  This project aims to establish a surveillance program to monitor opioid-related adverse health events among Ontario workers. \nThe Opioids and Work Data Tool is an interactive tool that illustrates patterns of opioid-related harms among Ontario workers. The tool includes three dashboards\, each displaying data for a different opioid-related harm identified in emergency department and hospitalization records: \n\nPoisonings\nMental and behavioural disorders\nAdverse reactions\n\nGraphs within each dashboard can be customized to show trends in opioid-related harms over time\, as well as the characteristics of the workers experiencing these harms (i.e.\, their age\, sex\, health region\, occupation\, and industry).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#007481″ text_color=”light” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″][vc_column column_padding=”padding-3″ column_center=”true” width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”] \nDid You Know?\nSince 2023\, employers must provide naloxone in the workplace if certain circumstances described in the Occupational Health and Safety Act apply. FIND OUT MORE[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”20″ bottom_padding=”0″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nOHCOW Webinars\nOpiod Use at Workplaces\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”5″][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nOpioid and substance misuse in the Building Trades: A strategy to deal with an epidemic.\nSpeaker: Carmine Tiano\, MA\, Director of Occupational Services\, Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario\nCarmine covers factors in the construction industry that make its workers vulnerable to substance abuse and addiction. Workers usually work contract on different sites\, sometimes for short periods of time\, and are always adjusting to new work sites and conditions. Work can be dependent on weather and project progress. He explains how accepted accident stats are skewed and don’t show the whole story\, and how the compensation landscape does not adequately support injured workers.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner el_id=”links2″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image onclick=”custom_link” image=”48490″ img_size=”medium” link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ7XtPnL8Uo&list=PLVbf80Y8uEFOBMbgKkXtIFigTduOU2wpQ” img_link_target=”_blank” el_class=”pdfs” title=”See Webinar (starts at 1:45)”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image onclick=”custom_link” image=”48479″ img_size=”medium” link=”https://www.ohcow.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MAYDAY2023_May3_OpioidSubstance.pdf” el_class=”pdfs” title=”Download PDF slides:”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”80″][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] \nOpioid-harms among Ontario Workers\, what we know and are striving to learn.\nSpeaker: Dr. Nancy Carnide\, PhD\, Associate Scientist\, Institute for Work & Health \nDr. Carnide discusses the statistics for OPIOID harms among Ontario workers. Opioid uses has increased since the Covid pandemic\, and males are most effected. In Ontario\, there are not adequate statistics gathered or surveillance systems to monitor substance abuse in workplace — BC has better records. In that province\, construction\, transportation and warehousing are the topic fields where opioid abuse and fatalities occur.  44% of those who died from overdose were employed at the time of their death. Get factual information about the real numbers from this webinar.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner el_id=”links2″][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image onclick=”custom_link” image=”48490″ img_size=”medium” css=”.vc_custom_1731942805353{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}” link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ7XtPnL8Uo&list=PLVbf80Y8uEFOBMbgKkXtIFigTduOU2wpQ” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”See Webinar (starts at 36:50)” el_class=”pdfs”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image onclick=”custom_link” image=”48484″ img_size=”medium” css=”.vc_custom_1731942795916{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}” link=”https://www.ohcow.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/MAYDAY2023_May3_OpioidRelatedHarms.pdf” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”Download PDF slides:” el_class=”pdfs”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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