SJWEH - Online-first articles

Objectives Long-term sickness absence is a risk factor for leaving the workforce, causing economic stress and deteriorating health. Women have higher rates of sickness absence compared to men in most, but not all, European countries. Reasons for apparent gender differences are currently poorly understood, but hypotheses include that women may have more health problems (particula...

Objective The aim of this Discussion Paper is to examine the integration of occupational health within the European Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda on Health and Climate Change (SRIAHCC) and identify critical gaps relevant to worker health, equity, and the European Green Deal. Methods We analyze the SRIAHCC in relation to related EU policy documents on occupational saf...

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between shift work (including night work) and multiple prescriptions of anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs (PAD) among nursing staff in Region Stockholm, Stockholm County’s healthcare authority. Methods Using register-based data, 32 375 nurses and nursing assistants employed at Region Stockholm for ≥1 year bet...

Objective We aimed to assess the long-term association between high job strain (JS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in cohorts from Italy, Germany, and the United States. Methods We harmonized data from four cohort studies (MONICA Brianza, SEMM, MONICA/KORA, MIDUS), selecting employed participants aged 30–60 years and CVD-free at baseline. High JS was operationalized...

Modern health economics traces its origins to the 1960s, when Kenneth Arrow, an American Nobel laureate in economics, argued that healthcare differs fundamentally from goods traded in competitive markets, thus requiring special institutions and policies (1). His core ideas ─ uncertainty in health, the need for insurance, information asymmetry between actors, and limits to ration...