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Employment precariousness and mental health, understanding a complex reality: a systematic review

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020
Precarious employment has expanded during the last decades, but there is no full consensus on its definition, and its impact on mental health is not completely understood.
Mireia Utzet, Erika Valero, Isabel Mosquera, Unai Martin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Smart Denture with Embedded Thin‐Film Temperature Sensors Patterned by Femtosecond Laser Pulse for Elderly Healthcare

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
We demonstrate the direct‐laser patterning of a gold thin film on polymethyl methacrylate to fabricate a temperature sensor for dentures. The temperature sensor‐embedded smart dentures are evaluated in an oral environment, enabling in‐situ monitoring for elderly healthcare.
Han Ku Nam, Yong Kwon Chae, Seoung‐Jin Hong, Younggen Lee, Dongwook Yang, Byunggi Kim, Sang Wook Kang, Young‐Jin Kim   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple-job holding is not a type of precarious employment

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019
We are writing in regards to the review by Koranyi et al (1) on precarious employment and occupational accidents and injuries. In the review, multiple-job holding was classified as a type of precarious employment.
Stef Bouwhuis, Goedele A Geuskens, Allard J van der Beek, Cécile RL Boot   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is any job better than no job at all? Studying the relations between employment types, unemployment and subjective health in Belgium

Archives of Public Health, 2017
Background This study focuses on the health impact of the labour market position, since recent research indicates that exposure to both unemployment and precarious employment causes serious harm to people’s health and well-being.
Karen Van Aerden, Sylvie Gadeyne, Christophe Vanroelen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in precarious employment in the United States: A longitudinal analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2021
OBJECTIVE: This longitudinal study aimed to measure precarious employment in the US using a multidimensional indicator. METHODS: We used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1988–2016) and the Occupational Information Network database to ...
Vanessa M Oddo, Castiel Chen Zhuang, Sarah B Andrea, Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot, Trevor Peckham, Daniel Jacoby, Anjum Hajat   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring precarious employment in times of crisis: the revised Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES) in Spain

Gaceta Sanitaria, 2015
This study examines the psychometric properties of the revised Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES-2010) in a context of economic crisis and growing unemployment.Data correspond to salaried workers with a contract (n=4,750) from the second Psychosocial Work Environment Survey (Spain, 2010). Analyses included acceptability, scale score distributions,
Vives, Alejandra, González, Francisca, Moncada, Salvador, Llorens, Clara, Benach, Joan   +4 more
openaire   +7 more sources

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source