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Chronic Disease and Disability in the United States: Trends, Inequities, and Imperatives for Policy Reform

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Position Universal, High‐Quality Education as a Foundational Public Health Strategy. Long‐term health and life expectancy in the United States are shaped more by educational attainment than by any other single factor. Disparities in access to early childhood, K‐12, and higher education perpetuate cycles of chronic disease, economic ...
ALI H. MOKDAD   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Policies in Historical Context and the Association Between Education and US Older Adults’ Health

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Improving population health while reducing inequality is possible, but it depends on broad institutional investments whose benefits extend across the socioeconomic distribution rather than accruing primarily to the advantaged. The education–health gradient is sensitive to the race between technology and education.
MARK D. HAYWARD, MATEO P. FARINA
wiley   +1 more source

Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
wiley   +1 more source

From Conflicting Outcomes to Mutual Losses: How Punitive Responses to Problematic Substance Use Suppress Help‐Seeking and Cause Harm

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Problematic substance use (PSU) is a significant, inadequately managed people management challenge. Drawing on the conflicting outcomes and mutual losses perspectives on HRM and employee wellbeing, and using Job Demands‐Resources theory to explain underlying strain‐driven loss cycles, we examine factors shaping PSU and help‐seeking among 575 ...
Karen Maher   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Swallowed by a Black Hole”: The Neglected Impact of Endometriosis in the Workplace

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how endometriosis, as a chronic and cyclical condition, is experienced and managed in contemporary workplaces, and what this reveals about the limits of existing human resource management (HRM) frameworks. Drawing on Feminist Disability Theory (FDT), we conceptualise endometriosis as a form of structurally produced ...
Meltem Yavuz Sercekman, Ozlem Ayaz
wiley   +1 more source

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