Handbook of work disability : prevention and management /

As work is recognized as beneficial to people's well-being, its absence is being considered in greater detail. Increasingly, work disability is being understood as a public health issue, and work disability prevention is gaining strength as an aspect of occupational health. The Handbook of Work...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Loisel, Patrick, Anema, Johannes R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer, 2013
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The Burden of Work Disability
  • Sickness Absence and Disability: An International Perspective
  • The Work-Disabled Patient
  • Work Absenteeism and Productivity Loss at Work
  • Measuring the Burden of Work Disability: A Review of Methods, Measurement Issues and Evidence
  • The Work Disability Paradigm and Its Public Health Implications
  • Part II: Unraveling Work Disability Prevention
  • Work Disability Models: Past and Present
  • Measurement of Outcomes in WDP: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations and Recommendations for Measuring Outcomes
  • Pain, Chronicity, and Disability
  • Methodological Issues in Work Disability Prevention Research
  • Part III: Work Disability Determinants and Diagnosis
  • Individual-Level Psychosocial Factors and Work Disability Prevention
  • Workplace Issues
  • Public Insurance Systems: A Comparison of Cause-Based and Disability-Based Income Support Systems
  • The Role and Influence of Care Providers on Work Disability
  • Understanding Work Disability Systems and Intervening Upstream
  • Tools for Assessing Work Disability
  • Part IV: Work Disability Issues on Speci fi c Disorders
  • Predicting Return to Work for Workers with Low-Back Pain
  • Mental Health Problems and Mental Disorders: Linked Determinants to Work Participation and Work Functioning
  • Cancer Survivorship
  • Specific Disorder-Linked Determinants: Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Part V: Effective Work Disability Prevention Interventions
  • Clinical Interventions to Reduce Work Disability in Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders or Mental Health Problems
  • Workplace Interventions
  • Sickness and Disability Policy Interventions
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions for Prevention of Work Disability
  • Informing the Public: Preventing Work Disability and Fostering Behavior Change at the Societal Level
  • Return to Work Stakeholders' Perspectives on Work Disability
  • Part VI: The Challenge of Implementing Evidence
  • Core Components of Return-to-Work Interventions
  • Identifying Local Obstacles and Facilitators of Implementation
  • Building an International Educational Network in Work Disability Prevention.