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| Psychosocial Occupational Health: An Interdisciplinary Textbook |
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ISBN: 978-0-19-288792-4,
396 pages,
Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 0-19-288792-0 |
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| Copyright: |
2024 |
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| Edition: |
1st |
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| Author: |
Siegrist, Johannes; Li, Jian |
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
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| Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
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| List Price: |
$50.00 |
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At A Glance
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Work and employment are central to peoples lives, health, and wellbeing. Through participation in the labour market, income and related life chances are improved, social protection and security are strengthened, and important psychological and social needs are met, such as striving for skill development, autonomy, social recognition, and social belonging. Yet, globally, only a minority of working people experience these favourable conditions. In developing countries, substantial parts of the population are excluded from paid work, or are confined to informal, poor, and dangerous work. In developed countries, adverse working and employment conditions contribute to a burden of disease. With the advent of economic globalisation and ground-breaking technological innovations, new occupational health risks have emerged, such as stressful high psycho-mental work pressures, increased job insecurity and flexibility, and widely prevalent social tensions and conflicts. These risks areaggravated by two global challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. How can professionals who are committed to occupational health cope with these challenges?This book provides a comprehensive review of scientific evidence dealing with the far-reaching changes and challenges of modern work and its impact on health. It extends conventional occupational medicine by introducing essential knowledge on the psychosocial dimensions of work and health, bridging social and behavioural sciences with biomedical research. Opening chapters cover the conceptual and historical background of the field, followed by a section on the theoretical and methodological bases of knowledge. The next part looks at empirical evidence on psychosocial work-related health effects derived from epidemiologic investigations and studies, with a focus on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and mental disorders. The fourth part addresses the effects of disease and disability on work and employment opportunities and related coping efforts. Finally, options of prevention and health promotion at the level of organisation and of national labour and social policies are discussed.Written for future and current occupational health professionals, students and researchers with an interest or specialisation in occupational health, and practitioners and diverse stakeholders dealing with these topics, this book serves as a source of scholarly evidence, shaping knowledge and skills to address new challenges and promote a fu
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Reviewer:
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John Pierce,
MBBS(MD) PhD
(Navy Environmental Health Center)
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Reviewer:
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John Pierce,
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Description
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| The book reviews the basis for understanding far-reaching challenges encountered in modern workplaces, often combining medical principles with those more characteristic of psychosocial theory and constructs. |
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Purpose
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| Ideally, this relatively short 400-page entry will shape beliefs and understanding among practitioners and researchers alike. The editors propose to enlighten diverse panels of occupational health professionals along with students and researchers. As an Oxford University Press entry, this book will join other work-related titles. |
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Audience
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| Beyond the occupational medicine community, a broad panel of behaviorally trained specialists will read, or at least peruse, this title. Given that the German Research Foundation provided financial support for the underpinning lectures and book preparation, readers will arise there, too. |
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Features
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| The book includes five major sections lasting 400-pages, along with a helpful index. The chapters begin with a background statement, before advancing through psychosocial realms, reflexive comparisons of health and health, and concluding in policy and prevention. Each chapter generally begins with a dimension or history before undertaking challenges, these all preceding a summary and study questions. Taken together, the chapter arrangements are internally consistent, allowing for adaptation as a textbook or even the subject of a grand rounds or journal club discussion. |
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Assessment
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| This book makes an important contribution, not only in identifying work-relevant behaviors but positing a way forward in the direction of relieving patient suffering and also improving work habits. This way forward may turn out to be organizationally directed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) or perhaps the International Labor (ILO) or even World Health organizations. One very 'healthy' adaptation applied in Psychosocial Occupational Health is that of comparing mental illnesses with physically derived conditions, thereby improving worker health and productivity in a humane manner. |
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