2nd place, PREMUS best paper competition: implementing return-to-work interventions for workers with low-back pain – a conceptual framework to identify barriers and facilitators
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & HealthPublished 20 December 2010Open access
Jean‐Baptiste Fassier, Marie‐José Durand, Patrick Loisel
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This conceptual framework constructed can be used in various settings to identify barriers and facilitators prior to implementing RTW interventions and enable evidence-based implementation strategies to be drawn up, improving intervention uptake and thus facilitating occupational disability prevention in low-back pain.
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This conceptual framework is an important contribution to the field of implementation science. It can be used in various settings to identify barriers and facilitators prior to implementing RTW interventions. In line with recommendations on knowledge transfer, this will enable evidence-based implementation strategies to be drawn up, improving intervention uptake and thus facilitating occupational disability prevention in low-back pain.
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