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Lower education leads to a more stressful working life; labour market policies can mitigate this

On April 30, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection
Does investing in labour market policies (such as protective policies offering social provision for those out of work, or integrative policies aiding employment) lead to a less stressed workforce? It would seem so; data taken from thousands of citizens, and across 16 European countries, revealed that countries with stronger labour market policies generally reported lower [...]
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DRIVERS policy briefs to improve health equity through policy and practice

On March 11, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, policy recommendations
DRIVERS has published targeted policy briefs focused on early childhood, employment & working conditions, and income & social protection. They gather the latest evidence from the project, provide a synopsis of the issue, solutions, and opportunities to advocate. The briefs have been informed by the findings of work on advocacy for health equity, and are [...]
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European policy makers support DRIVERS solutions to tackle health inequalities

On February 8, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Final events, Income & Social Protection, policy recommendations, policy solutions
On Tuesday 3 February 2015, DRIVERS showcased its recommendations for improving health equity at its conference ‘Tackling societal challenges: solutions from DRIVERS for Health Equity’.
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DRIVERS reports on early child development, employment & working conditions, and income & social protection

On February 2, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: DRIVERS event - European Parliament, Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, project outcomes dissemination, Report
Three important reports are published today by the DRIVERS project. They detail the scientific work carried out by teams at University College London/UCL Institute of Health Equity, the Department of Medical Sociology at Universität Düsseldorf, and the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) at Stockholms Universitet, on (respectively) early child development, employment [...]
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Work-related stress significantly increases depressive symptoms among older employees, but social protection can help

On December 3, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, Report
In a recent paper published by BMC Public Health a team of researchers including DRIVERS' Johannes Siegrist describe the effects of work-related stress on depression in older employees. Using data from three longitudinal ageing studies (SHARE, HRS, ELSA), including 5650 men and women in 13 countries, they find significantly increased chances of depressive symptoms two [...]
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DRIVERS presentations at the 6th European Public Health Conference and the 3rd Annual Convention Against Poverty & Social Exclusion

On November 26, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, Presentation
DRIVERS hosted a dissemination workshop at the Sixth European Public Health Conference on 15 November 2013 in Brussels. It was a chance to disseminate preliminary findings of the work of the research consortium. Claudia Marinetti presented on the project as a whole. Hynek Pikhart presented on the work on early childhood development on behalf [...]
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Review of social determinants and the health divide in the WHO European Region

On October 3, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, Report
This recently published review follows up on the 2008 Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (CSDH). It details health inequalities across the 53 member states of the WHO-Europe region, and was commissioned to support Health 2020. It builds on global evidence and recommends policies to reduce health inequities across all countries, and [...]
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Santiago Declaration: Unbalanced austerity has exacerbated health risks and aggravated the downward spiral in economic performance

On September 10, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, policy statement
The Santiago Declaration is a major outcome of "Economic Crisis, Unemployment, Social and Health Effects – and Side Effects – of Action and Inaction”, a conference which took place in Spain in July 2013. Professor Johannes Siegrist of the University of Dusseldorf, partner in the DRIVERS project, was closely involved in its drafting. The [...]
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Work characteristics, socio-economic position and health: A systematic review of mediation and moderation effects in prospective studies

On September 9, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Report
We’re pleased to announce that Work characteristics, socio-economic position and health: A systematic review of mediation and moderation effects in prospective studies, has been published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine and is open access. This systematic review, by Hanno Hoven & Johannes Siegrist (Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf), produced as part of the DRIVERS project, looks [...]
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Young people at risk: how changes in work are affecting young Italians’ health and safety

On July 2, 2013 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, Report
This report, published by the European Trade Union Institute, explores various aspects of 'casualised' work for young Italians. Its backdrop is a society where public policy has been consistently family-focused and where (in contrast to many other European countries) the family is relied upon to provide a public safety net, and where young people [...]
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