PRESENTATION
Listening To The Workers’ Voice: Reimagining Workers’ Compensation Claim Systems in Australia.
Historically, Australian workers have not been directly involved in the design or operation of compensation systems; reflecting their experiences, views and preferences. Research findings have consistently shown that the current system can inflict additional trauma, particularly for people with complex conditions or mental health claims. This 3-year ARC funded Workers’ Voice study, aims to reimagine a different future for workers’ compensation, by co-designing a new approach with injured workers’ and their support people, to ‘Challenge What’s Possible’.
Through multiple methods of data collection; surveys, personal stories/submissions, and interviews; a computer model of the current system will be created. In co-design workshops researchers and injured workers will develop a computer model of a new proposed system.
An overview of the study methods and initial findings will be presented, including early results from the large national survey and themes emerging from interviews with workers.
About the Presenter
Dr Elizabeth Pritchard is a Research Fellow with the Healthy Working Lives Research Group based in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She has led the several qualitative studies including the Driving Health study, Proof of Concept Pilot on the digital National Certificate of capacity Comcare, Truckie Tuneup program – Ozhelp, the REDDS2 transfusion study qualitative interview component, and the Movember study - identifying clinician-related barriers to active surveillance in prostate cancer treatment. Elizabeth is currently working on the Worker's Voice project, gathering the injured workers voice through surveys, interviews, and workshops, to create a virtual workers' compensation scheme, from their perspective. Elizabeth has been a registered Occupational Therapist for 28 years specialising in neuro-rehabilitation. She currently utilises both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies with a passion for health and wellness and providing a voice for those receiving health services.
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