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The effectiveness of occupational health and safety management system interventions: A systematic review by Lynda S. Robson; Judith A. Clarke; Kimberley Cullen; Amber Bielecky; Colette Severin; Philip L. Bigelow; Emma Irvin; Anthony Culyer; Quenby Mahood is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.

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A variety of OHSMS-based standards, guidelines, and audits has been developed and disseminated over the past 20 years. A good understanding of the impact of these systems is timely. This systematic literature review aimed to synthesize the best available evidence on the effects of OHSMS interventions on employee health and safety and associated economic outcomes. Eight bibliographic databases covering a wide range of fields were searched. Twenty-three articles met the study's relevance criteria. Thirteen of these met the methodological quality criteria. Only one of these 13 original studies was judged to be of high methodological quality; the remainder had moderate limitations. The studies' results were generally positive. There were some null findings but no negative findings. In spite of these promising results, the review concluded that the body of evidence was insufficient to make recommendations either in favour of or against OHSMSs. This was due to: the heterogeneity

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Author

Lynda S. Robson; Judith A. Clarke; Kimberley Cullen; Amber Bielecky; Colette Severin; Philip L. Bigelow; Emma Irvin; Anthony Culyer; Quenby Mahood

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0925-7535)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Social Sciences)