J Ferrie
Biographic Data
| ID | 3929636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Ferrie |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferrie |
| SIGNATURE | FERRIE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Do we need to worry about the health effects of unemployment
The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has a tradition of publishing articles and commentaries on associations between unemployment and health; work that has helped shaped the agenda for future research in the field.1 2 3 4 5 The article by Lundin and colleagues in the current issue, ( see page 22 ),6 is a welcome continuation of that tradition. Coming early in the current recession the article is a timely reminder of the individual hea…
Economic difficulties and common mental disorders among Finnish and British white-collar employees
BACKGROUND: In addition to conventional indicators of socioeconomic position, material conditions such as economic difficulties are associated with mental health. However, there has been little investigation of these associations. This study aims to examine the association of current economic difficulties with common mental disorders (CMD) and the contribution of social and behavioural factors to this association in two cohorts of Finnish and Bri…
Employment security and health
Objective: To study the relation of contractual and perceived employment security to employee health. Design: Cross sectional survey. Setting: Municipal sector employees in eight Finnish towns. Participants: 5981 employees with a permanent contract and 2786 employees with a non-permanent contract (2194 fixed term contract, 682 government subsidised contract). Outcome measures: Poor self rated health, chronic disease, and psychological distress. R…
Glossary
Writing a glossary on unemployment and health for an international epidemiological journal poses a number of rather daunting challenges. However, these are the sorts of challenges we need to accept in order to further the understanding of social factors in health and disease. First of all, every nation has its own ways of defining unemployment and administering benefits. Even the ideas of "unemployment" and "benefits" are less salient in many nat…
Paradigms of retirement
Employment security and health
Objective: To study the relation of contractual and perceived employment security to employee health. Design: Cross sectional survey. Setting: Municipal sector employees in eight Finnish towns. Participants: 5981 employees with a permanent contract and 2786 employees with a non-permanent contract (2194 fixed term contract, 682 government subsidised contract). Outcome measures: Poor self rated health, chronic disease, and psychological distress. R…
Glossary
Writing a glossary on unemployment and health for an international epidemiological journal poses a number of rather daunting challenges. However, these are the sorts of challenges we need to accept in order to further the understanding of social factors in health and disease. First of all, every nation has its own ways of defining unemployment and administering benefits. Even the ideas of "unemployment" and "benefits" are less salient in many nat…
Paradigms of retirement
Economic difficulties and common mental disorders among Finnish and British white-collar employees
BACKGROUND: In addition to conventional indicators of socioeconomic position, material conditions such as economic difficulties are associated with mental health. However, there has been little investigation of these associations. This study aims to examine the association of current economic difficulties with common mental disorders (CMD) and the contribution of social and behavioural factors to this association in two cohorts of Finnish and Bri…
Do we need to worry about the health effects of unemployment
The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has a tradition of publishing articles and commentaries on associations between unemployment and health; work that has helped shaped the agenda for future research in the field.1 2 3 4 5 The article by Lundin and colleagues in the current issue, ( see page 22 ),6 is a welcome continuation of that tradition. Coming early in the current recession the article is a timely reminder of the individual hea…
Paradigms of retirement
Glossary
Writing a glossary on unemployment and health for an international epidemiological journal poses a number of rather daunting challenges. However, these are the sorts of challenges we need to accept in order to further the understanding of social factors in health and disease. First of all, every nation has its own ways of defining unemployment and administering benefits. Even the ideas of "unemployment" and "benefits" are less salient in many nat…
Employment security and health
Objective: To study the relation of contractual and perceived employment security to employee health. Design: Cross sectional survey. Setting: Municipal sector employees in eight Finnish towns. Participants: 5981 employees with a permanent contract and 2786 employees with a non-permanent contract (2194 fixed term contract, 682 government subsidised contract). Outcome measures: Poor self rated health, chronic disease, and psychological distress. R…
Economic difficulties and common mental disorders among Finnish and British white-collar employees
BACKGROUND: In addition to conventional indicators of socioeconomic position, material conditions such as economic difficulties are associated with mental health. However, there has been little investigation of these associations. This study aims to examine the association of current economic difficulties with common mental disorders (CMD) and the contribution of social and behavioural factors to this association in two cohorts of Finnish and Bri…
Do we need to worry about the health effects of unemployment
The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has a tradition of publishing articles and commentaries on associations between unemployment and health; work that has helped shaped the agenda for future research in the field.1 2 3 4 5 The article by Lundin and colleagues in the current issue, ( see page 22 ),6 is a welcome continuation of that tradition. Coming early in the current recession the article is a timely reminder of the individual hea…
Medicine (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works)