A5088761349- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Global Health Care Issues
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences and Policies
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces
- Aging, Health, and Disability
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Labor Law and Work Dynamics
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2016-2025
Johns Hopkins University
2016-2025
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2016-2025
Barcelona School of Economics
2022-2025
UPF Barcelona School of Management
2022-2025
Universitat de Barcelona
2018-2023
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
2008-2022
Municipal Institute for Medical Research
2022
3M (United States)
2022
Hospital del Mar Research Institute
2022
Employment precariousness is a social determinant that affects the health of workers, families, and communities. Its recent popularity has been spearheaded by three main developments: surge in “flexible employment” its associated erosion workers' employment working conditions since mid-1970s; growing interest determinants health, including conditions; availability new data information systems. This article identifies historical, economic, political factors link precarious to equity; reviews...
Objectives. We examined gender differences in the effects of unemployment on mental health and assessed whether such are associated with interactions among gender, family roles, social class. Methods. Our analysis included 3881 employed 638 unemployed workers, aged 25 to 64 years, interviewed 1994 Catalonian Health Survey. Results. Unemployment had more an effect men (age-adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 2.98; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.30, 3.87) than that women OR 1.51; CI 1.11, 2.06). Gender...
Objective: To examine whether trends in smoking behaviour Western Europe between 1985 and 2000 differed by education group. Design: Data of level were obtained from national cross sectional surveys conducted (a period characterised intense tobacco control policies) analysed for countries combined each country separately. Annual prevalence the quantity cigarettes consumed smokers summarised level. Education inequalities examined at four time points. Setting: nine European countries: Norway,...
New types of work arrangements can be as dangerous traditional unemployment for workers’ health Since at least the late 1970s, “flexible production” has commonly been considered a positive and necessary innovation to ensure sustainable economic growth.1,2 The need “flexible” proposed workplace technical systems, schedules salaries, “flexibility” even recognised feature worker’s personality. Increasing labour flexibility means reducing constraints on movement workers into out jobs previously...
The generalization of flexible labour markets, the declining influence unions and degradation social protection has led to emergence new forms employment at expense Standard Employment Relationship, as well a considerable amount research across scientific disciplines. Years ago we suggested urgent need disentangle consequences types for health well-being workers, contending that study precarious is in its infancy. Today, challenges include clearer, more precise definitions original concepts,...
This article presents an overview of the recent work on precarious employment and quality in relation to workers’ health well-being. More specifically, mainly reviews performed E.U. 7th Framework project, SOPHIE. First, we present our overarching conceptual framework. Then, provide a compiled evidence sociodemographic European cross-country distribution precariousness. Subsequently, current regarding relations with broader worker well-being indicators. A final section summarizes insights...
Despite the fact that labour market flexibility has resulted in an expansion of precarious employment industrialised countries, to date there is limited empirical evidence concerning its health consequences. The Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES) a newly developed, theory-based, multidimensional questionnaire specifically devised for epidemiological studies among waged and salaried workers.To assess acceptability, reliability construct validity EPRES sample workers Spain.A 6968...
In recent years, a research area has emerged within social determinants of health that examines the role politics, expressed as political traditions/parties and welfare state characteristics, on population health. To better understand synthesise this growing body evidence, present literature review, informed by economy regimes framework, located 73 empirical comparative studies politics health, meeting our inclusion criteria in three databases: PubMed (1948-), Sociological Abstracts (1953-),...
To determine whether observed higher risks of occupational injury among temporary workers are due to exposure hazardous working conditions and/or lack job experience level.Data systematically recorded for 2000 and 2001 by the Spanish Ministry Labour Social Affairs on fatal non-fatal traumatic injuries were examined type employment accident, while adjusting gender, age, occupation, length in company. In study period there 1500 1 806 532 that occurred at workplace. Incidence rates rate ratios...
Background. Evidence on the health-damaging effects of precarious employment is limited by use one-dimensional approaches focused instability. This study assesses association between and poor mental health using multidimensional Employment Precariousness Scale. Methods. Cross-sectional 5679 temporary permanent workers from population-based Psychosocial Factors Survey was carried out in 2004-2005 Spain. Poor defined as SF-36 scores below 25th percentile Spanish reference for each respondent’s...
Increasing evidence shows that health inequalities exist between and within countries, emphasis has been placed on strengthening the production use of global research, so as to improve capacities act. Yet, a comprehensive overview this base is still needed, determine what known about historical scientific date, how it distributed in terms country income groups world regions, changed over time, international collaboration dynamics exist.A bibliometric analysis inequalities, from 1966 2015,...
The study explores the pathways and mechanisms of relation between employment conditions health inequalities. A significant amount published research has proved that workers in several risky types labor—precarious employment, unemployment, informal labor, child bonded labor—are exposed to behavioral, psychosocial, physio-pathological leading physical mental problems. Other pathways, linking inequalities, are closely connected hazardous working (material social deprivation, lack protection,...
The last decade has witnessed a surge in interest for policies to tackle health inequalities. Adequate theoretical development of policy models is needed understand how design and evaluate equity-oriented policies. In this paper we review Graham's typology (focused on the worst-off, gap, or gradient) propose an adaptation (targeted, universal with additional targeting, redistributive, proportionate universalism). For each type, potential scenarios impact population inequalities are depicted...
BACKGROUND: Precarious employment is becoming an increasingly important social determinant of health inequalities among workers. The way in which contemporary arrangements and their consequences are addressed empirical research i