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Prevalence of and relationship between rhinoconjunctivitis and lower airway diseases in compost workers with current or former exposure to organic dust

open access: yesAnnals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2014
[b]introduction and objective[/b]. The relationship between allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma is well characterized. However, it remains unknown whether an association exists between symptoms of upper and lower airway diseases and occupational ...
Frank Hoffmeyer   +9 more
doaj  

Does price disclosure promote competition in private MRI markets? A difference-in-differences analysis

open access: yesHealth Economics Review
Background In Finland’s private health care markets, a lack of price transparency has made price shopping difficult for consumers in the past. To address this issue, two distinct online price comparison tools were introduced.
Riina Hiltunen
doaj   +1 more source

Community-based health insurance and social protection policy [PDF]

open access: yes
Of all the risks facing poor households, health risks pose the greatest threat to their lives and livelihoods. A health shock adds health expenditures to the burden of the poor precisely at the time when they can afford it the least.One of the ways that ...
Tabor, Steven R.
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Immigrant mental health, safe work, discrimination, and state policies: From racism and xenophobia to health equity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Determinants of Labour Market Institutions: Rent Seeking vs. Social Insurance [PDF]

open access: yes
What determines the structure of labour market institutions? I argue that common explanations based on rent seeking are incomplete. Unions, job protection, and egalitarian pay structures may have as much to do with social insurance of otherwise ...
Agell, Jonas
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NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Europe and Central Asia's great post-communist social health insurance experiment : impacts on health sector and labor market outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes
The post-communist transition to social health insurance in many of the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian countries provides a unique opportunity to try to answer some of the unresolved issues in the debate over the relative merits of social
Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo, Wagstaff, Adam
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Essential, Yet Precarious, Mistreated, Sick and Medicalized: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed‐Methods Study on Homecare Aides in Spain

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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