Beschreibung
Equity in health is endorsed by most governments. But there is no progress in reducing the relative differences between different socioeconomic groups linked to the professional status. There are obvious reasons for class differences that include poverty, low education and certain life style factors. But do we know the true background of the differences? Why do blue-collar workers have less favourable health than white-collar workers? Is it due to selection of unhealthy workers to bad workplaces or due to the working conditions? This volume provides an overview of the importance of working conditions for social class differences in health. The magnitude of social class differences in health and the importance of working conditions for these differences are described for seven European countries and Massachusetts, USA. In a summary chapter conclusions are drawn regarding to what extent social class differences in health can be explained by working conditions. An agenda for future research is presented.
Autorenportrait
The Editors: Ingvar Lundberg has been Associate professor of Occupational Medicine at the Karolinska Institutet since 1993. Since 2002, he has been Professor of Occupational Epidemiology at the National Institute for Working Life.
Tomas Hemmingsson is Researcher at the National Institute for Working Life in Sweden. His dissertation investigated explanations for socioeconomic differences in alcoholism. His current area of research concerns influences of socioeconomic differences on mortality and morbidity.
Christer Hogstedt has been Head of the Research Department at the Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm, since 2001. He is the Swedish research counterpart for two major, long-term R&D programmes on Work and Health in Central America and Southern Africa.
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