Tag Archives: SDOH

Temp, part-time workers have more health problems

Workers on temporary or part-time contracts don’t just have budget shortfalls to worry about. New Canadian research suggests that workers who do not have job security will develop more physical and mental health problems compared to their full-time counterparts.
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Studies demonstrate that the amount of mental illness in a rich nation is associated with the income gap, the difference in earnings between the rich and the rest of us.
In a big-gap nation, life is much more stressful for most people. Those lower down the economic ladder (the bulk of the population) struggle [...]

Soaring social inequality makes too many people sick

“Poor social policies, unfair economics and bad politics are killing people on a grand scale.”
This is the stark conclusion of a three-year study from the World Health Organization’s blue-ribbon panel last week. The report by the Commission on Social Determinants of Health shows how the inequitable distribution of resources, social exclusion and a simple lack [...]