Handbook of Disability, Work and Health

Ute Bültmann is full Professor of Work and Health in the Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine at the University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She completed both her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. From 2003 until 2007, she worked at the National Institute of Occupational Health in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research includes the epidemiology of work and (mental) health and the measurement of health-related functioning at work. In addition to collaborative work and health research in Canada, she is affiliated with the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Copenhagen (DK) and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (SE). She is Vice-President of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) Section “Social Security, Work and Health.” She (co-)authored more than 200 scientific publications. Her current research activities focus on work and health research from a life-courseperspective with strong policy and practice links. She is a VICI laureate of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for her research on “Today’s youth is tomorrow’s workforce: Generation Y at work.”Johannes Siegrist is currently Senior Professor of work stress research at Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf in Germany. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Freiburg i. Br. in 1969, and he held professorships for medical sociology at the Universities of Marburg and Duesseldorf from 1973 to 2012. He was visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University (USA) (1981) and at Utrecht University (NE) 1994). With his long-standing research on healthadverse psychosocial work environments and social inequalities in health, he has published more than 500 papers and book chapters and several international books. In addition to his collaboration in distinct European research networks, he served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, and he chaired several national and international academic societies. Among other distinctions, he is a member of Academia Europaea (London) and a corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences.

• Preface by the Editors.- Section I: Occupational hazards, impaired health and disability risk. Section Editor: Johannes Siegrist.- A. General issues and challenges.- 1. The changing nature of work and employment in developed countries; Werner Eichhorst, IZA, Bonn, Germany.- 2. Trends of work and employment in rapidly developing countries; Arne Kalleberg, University of Chapel Hill, NC, USA.- 3. Trajectories from work to early exit from labour market: theoretical concepts; Hans Martin Hasselhorn, University of Wuppertal, Germany.- 4. Occupational hazards as determinants of early exit from labour market: conceptual and methodological approaches; Alex Burdorf, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.- 5. Disability pensions: regulatory principles and variations according to welfare policies; Anne Juvani and Jaana Pentti , Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Turku, Finland.- 6. Policies of reducing the burden of occupational hazards and disability pensions: overviewand critical appraisal; Espen Dahl and Johan Fritzell, Oslo University, Norway and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.- B.  Occupational hazards and main outcomes of impaired health.- 7. Occupational injuries: major trends in developed countries; Paivi Hämälainen, VTT Technical Research Centre, Tampere, Finland.- 8. Occupational injuries in rapidly developing countries; Jukka Takala, Workplace Safety and Health Institute Singapore.- 9. Chemical, physical and biological hazards and occupational diseases: cancer; Jack Siemiatycki, University of Montreal, Canada.- 10. Chemical, physical and biological hazards and respiratory diseases; Manolis Kogevinas, Research Centre of Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain.- 11. Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of musculoskeletal disorders; Annette Leclerc, INSERM, Paris.- 12 Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of cardiovascular disorders; Töres Theorell, Stockholm University, Stockholm,Sweden.- 13. Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of affective disorders; Reiner Rugulies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.- 14. Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of cognitive decline and dementia; Erika Sabbath and Claudine Berr, Boston University, Boston, USA and University of Montpellier, France.- 15. Occupational (physical and psychosocial) determinants of health-adverse behaviours (including overweight, smoking, alcohol, physical inactivity); Solja T. Nyberg, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.- C. Prevention strategies and challenges.- 16. A critical role of occupational health and safety services; Peter Schnall, University of California, Irvine, USA.- 17. Surveillance, monitoring and evaluation: regulatory and voluntary approaches; Stavroula Leka, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.- 18. Health-promoting work: strategies and models of best practice; Antony LaMontagne, Deakin University, Australia.- 19. Impactof national labour and social policies; Claire Bambra, Durham University, United Kingdom.- 20. Challenges at international/global level; Ronald Labonté, University of Montreal, Canada.- Section II: Access/return to work of persons with chronic diseases or disabilities; Section Editor Ute Bültmann.- A. Key issues.- 1. A human rights perspective on social participation; Tom Shakespeare, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.- 2. Legal aspects of access/return to work; Katherine Lippel and Genevieve Grant, University of Ottawa, Canada and Monash University, Australia.- 3. Economic aspects of access/return to work Chris McLeod, University of British Columbia, Canada.- 4. Impact of distinct national labour and social policies; Christopher Prinz, OECD, France.- 5. Employment as a key rehabilitation outcome; Kerstin Ekberg and Merete Labrioloa, University of Linköping, Sweden and University of Aarhus, Denmark.- 6. Socio-environmental and psychological barriers to employment; Sandra Brouwer and Cecile Boot, University of Groningen and VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- B. Determinants and outcomes of access/return to work in major disabilities or chronic diseases.- 7. Cancer; Anja Mehnert and Angela de Boer, University of Leipzig, Germany and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- 8. Spinal cord injury; Jan Reinhardt and Marcel Post, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland and Utrecht University, The Netherlands.- 9. Cardiovascular disease; Angelique de Rijk, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.- 10. Affective disorders; Silje Endresen Reme, University of Bergen, Norway.- 11. Musculoskeletal disorders; Dwayne van Eerd and Dorca Beaton, Institute for Work & Health, Toronto, Canada.- 12. Addictive disorders; Ulrich John, University of Greifswald, Germany.- 13. Mental disabilities; Marc Corbiere, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada.- 14. Multi-morbid conditions; George Declos and Monica Ubalde-Lopez, University of Houston, Texas, USA and University of Pompeu Fabre, Barcelona, Spain.- C. Rehabilitation strategies and policy challenges.- 15. Investing in medical and vocational rehabilitation services; Mathias Bethge and Christoph Gutenbrunner, University of Lübeck and MHH Hannover, Germany.- 16. Strengthening Individual Placement and Support Models, stepwise return to work and employer engagement; Gary Bond, The Dartmouth Institute, USA.- 17. Implementing best practice models of return to work; Bill Shaw and Vicky Kristmas, Hoptinkton, USA and Lakehed University, Canada.- 18. Prioritizing training/retraining of capabilities according to need; Reuben Escorpizo, University of Vermont, USA.- 19. Reducing societal (discrimination) and environmental barriers to work; Jerome Bickenbach and Per von Groote, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.- 20. Investing in integrative, active labour market policies, including fair social protection; Olle Lundberg, Stockholm University, Sweden; Subject Index.