PHE1SDH Lecture 5: Week 5 employment as a social determinant of health
Document Summary
Access to economic resources to fully participate in society. Provides a way for psychosocial needs to be met. Contributes to individual identity, social roles, status in society. Employment, with socio-economic status, is one of the main drivers of social gradients in physical and mental health and mortality. Work affects length and quality of life - affects capacity to care for dependents. Financial and social implications of ill health for society. The workplace can be a key setting for improving people"s health and well-being. But work can expose us to dangers, for some workers, they are at greater risk of harm when at work, compared to not being at work. In general, good, meaningful work is better for health and well-being than not working, but we need to consider the nature and quality of the work. The size of the global burden of work-related ill health - the ilo estimates that annually there are:
