Employment and Chronic Diseases

Suggested Actions for The Implementation of Inclusive Policies for The Participation of People with Chronic Diseases in the Labour Market

Bibliographic Data

ID15468648
AuthorsFabiola Silvaggi (0000-0003-3745-632X, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, corresponding author), Michela Eigenmann (Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta), Chiara Scaratti (0000-0002-6664-4787, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta), Erika Guastafierro (0000-0002-5051-0207, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta), Claudia Toppo (0000-0002-1312-6679, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta), Jaana Lindström (0000-0001-9255-020X, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Eeva Rantala (0000-0001-8512-6638, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Iñaki Imaz-Iglesia (0000-0002-7864-4194, Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Andrew Barnfield (0000-0002-7457-8687, EuroHealthNet), Alison Maassen (EuroHealthNet), Matilde Leonardi (0000-0003-0552-8923, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue3
Pages820-820
Publication date2020-01-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17030820
PMID32013004
OpenAlexW3003987378
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited3

In recent decades, the number of people living with one or more chronic diseases has increased dramatically, affecting all sectors of society, particularly the labour market. Such an increase of people with chronic diseases combined with the aging of working population affects income levels and job opportunities, careers, social inclusion and working conditions. Both legislation and company regulations should take into account the difficulties that workers experiencing chronic diseases may face in order to be able to formulate innovative and person-centred responses to effectively manage this workforce while simultaneously ensuring employee wellbeing and continued employer productivity. The European Joint Action "CHRODIS PLUS: Implementing good practices for Chronic Diseases" supports European Union Member States in the implementation of new and innovative policies and practices for health promotion, diseases prevention and for promoting participation of people with chronic diseases in labour market. Therefore, a Toolbox for employment and chronic conditions has been developed and its aim is to improve work access and participation of people with chronic diseases and to support employers in implementing health promotion and chronic disease prevention activities in the workplace. The Toolbox consists of two independent instruments: the Training tool for managers and the Toolkit for workplaces that have been tested in different medium and large companies and working sectors in several European countries

Business · Chronic poverty · Economic growth · Economic policy · Economics · Environmental health · European union · Labour economics · Legislation · Market economy · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Poverty · Productivity · Promotion (chess · Social dialogue · Social partners · Toolbox · Workforce · Engineering · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Medicine

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