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Book SynopsisWork and employment are central to people''s lives, health, and wellbeing. Through participation in the labour market, income and related life chances are improved, social protection and security are strengthened, and important psychological and social needs are met, such as striving for skill development, autonomy, social recognition, and social belonging. Yet, globally, only a minority of working people experience these favourable conditions. In developing countries, substantial parts of the population are excluded from paid work, or are confined to informal, poor, and dangerous work. In developed countries, adverse working and employment conditions contribute to a burden of disease. With the advent of economic globalisation and ground-breaking technological innovations, new occupational health risks have emerged, such as stressful high psycho-mental work pressures, increased job insecurity and flexibility, and widely prevalent social tensions and conflicts. These risks are aggravate
Table of ContentsPart I: General background 1: Psychosocial occupational health: A new perspective 2: The changing nature of work and employment in modern societies Part II: Assessing psychosocial work environments and their relationship with health 3: Theoretical concepts of psychosocial work 4: Measurement methods, data collection and study designs 5: Data analysis and statistical modelling Part III: Effects of work on health 6: Evidence from cohort studies 7: Evidence on psychobiologic pathways Part IV: Effects of health on work 8: Working with a disease or disability 9: Organisational contexts and social change in rehabilitation Part V: Prevention - the policy dimension 10: Prevention and health promotion at work: the organisational level 11: Healthy work in a national and international perspective
