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- Title
Health promotion and prevention among the unemployed: a systematic review.
- Authors
Hollederer, Alfons
- Abstract
The interactions between unemployment and health create a need for specific interventions for health promotion and prevention. This overview provides information on how health promotion for the unemployed has been approached with an analysis of controlled intervention studies between 1996 and 2016. The literature search consulted 11 international databases in medicine, social sciences and psychology. A total of 30 health interventions for the unemployed were identified, with 43 articles that included the effects of intervention. A controlled-study design was used in 14 studies. The health promotion measures were generally based on individual counselling, case management, training or group services. The overview demonstrates the breadth of variation in target groups and types of measures. Their result indicators for health and integration into the labor market vary substantially, as do the employment promotion effects. There is evidence of improved health and labor market integration for established approaches like the JOBS Program and JobFit. Effects are rather moderate or low in magnitude and the effect mechanisms often remain unclear. Effects weaken over time. While success is more common in the areas of health, physical activity, nutrition and stress relief, there was no impact on smoking behavior. A significant evolution can be observed in the quality and quantity of health promotion for the unemployed over time. There is a need for further research on the effectiveness and sustainability of interventions. Intervention strategies should be developed that take account of the diversity of the unemployed and their different needs.
- Subjects
UNEMPLOYMENT &; psychology; BEHAVIOR modification; COGNITIVE therapy; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH promotion; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL databases; PSYCHOLOGY information storage &; retrieval systems; MEDLINE; VOCATIONAL guidance; SYSTEMATIC reviews; PHYSICAL activity
- Publication
Health Promotion International, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 6, p1078
- ISSN
0957-4824
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/heapro/day069