Susanna Toivanen

Work-Related Inequalities in Health

Studies of income, work environment, and sense of coherence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates work-related inequalities in health in Sweden from a sociological perspective. The focus is on income, aspects of the work environment, and sense of coherence. The aim is to study how these factors, individually or jointly, generate inequalities in cardiovascular disease, stroke, psychological distress and musculoskeletal pain. The studies are based on Swedish national survey data and registers during the period 1990- 2003. In general, the findings show that both income and work environment are important in generating health inequalities in the working population. Work environment contributes to the association between income and cardiovascular disease. The risk of stroke is higher for women and men in occupations with low job control than for those with high job control. A strong sense of coherence moderates the effect of physical work demands on musculoskeletal pain in both women and men. Thus the book, with its wide variety of component studies, providesa broad view of work-related inequalities in health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 310g
• ISBN-13: 9783838325606
• ISBN-10: 3838325605
• Artikelnr.: 27964840

Autorenporträt

Susanna Toivanen, PhD, is a sociologist from the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. Her research focuses on social inequalities in health, and how aspects of people¿s work influence their health and well-being. Presently, she works at the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet.