WORKREACH RESEARCH UNIT
Recent and upcoming research publications and presentations
Featured article:
A Researcher's Inside Look at the Impact of Employee Assistance Programs
Published in the Plans & Trusts magazine (Jan/Feb 2020), this piece discusses the role of employee assistance programs (EAPs) in addressing mental health challenges and their economic impact in the workplace. It also discusses recent impact/outcome studies we conducted with the Canadian EAP provider Arete HR Inc.
Video-based EAP counselling: a research and service delivery perspective.
Video-based counselling
Journal of Employee Assistance: Q1 2021
Characteristics of working Canadians and mental health
Workreach Lab research report (December 2020).
This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the characteristics of working Canadians associated with poor
mental health.
The impact of a Canadian external EAP on mental health and workplace functioning: findings from a prospective quasi-experimental study
Quasi-experimental EAP study
Research article (2019) published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
Job stress in users of an employee assistance program and association with presenting status
Job stress in EAP users article
Research article (2018) published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
Resilience and self-efficacy
Dr. Milot was a speaker at the 2018 Employee Assitance Society of North America (EASNA) Institute.
Investigating Resilience & Self-Efficacy in Workplace Counseling
What's Work Got to Do With?
Work stress and health in EAPs
Dr. Milot was a speaker at the 2017 Employee Assistance Society of North America (EASNA) Institute.
Lost productive time at work index
Research report in preparation for publication
Validation of Workreach's Lost Productive Time at Work Index (LPTWI-3)
EAP treatment stigma
Research article and scale (2019) published in the EASNA Research Notes journal
EAP treatment stigma as a barrier to employee help-seeking: predictors and validation of a brief scale for its measurement.
EAPs in the Canadian Workplace
Presented at the 53rd annual Canadian Employee Benefits Conference (2020)
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Discusses recent EAP research by Workreach Lab;
Virtual conference available online
A Workreach Solutions research report (2019). Full report is available here.
Stigma as a barrier to the use of Employee Assistance Programs
Stigma as a barrier to use of EAPs
EAP benefit equity
Research article (2017) published in the EASNA Research Notes journal.
Evaluating Benefit Equity in Outcomes Among Users of an Employee Assistance Program
Psychological job stress scale
Research report in preparation for publication
Validation of Workreach's Psychological Feelings of Job Stress Scale (PFJSS-4)
Ongoing research
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Exercise and workplace health and productivity (McGill University collaboration)
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Alternative measures of workplace well-being
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Improved screening of alcohol-related presenteeism/absenteeism
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Transtheoretical model of change in the workplace
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Many others...
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