Now online! The Book “The Right Start to a Healthy Life”
The Book (220p) – “The Right Start to a Healthy Life: Levelling-up the Health Gradient Amongst Children, Young People and Families in the European Union – What Works?” is now online! In all EU...
View ArticleReport published: Pan-European macro-drivers – Work, worklessness, social...
Working for Equity in Health, a project funded by the EC’s PROGRESS programme and co-ordinated by Health Action Partnership International, has published its latest publication: Pan-European...
View ArticleEurochild annual conference: Promoting the rights of children in alternative...
Eurochild is organising its annual conference, to take place in Leiden (the Netherlands), October 24-26 2012. Children growing up in care or at risk of being taken into care are among the most...
View ArticleSocial Protection Committee report on Tackling and preventing child poverty,...
The Social Protection Committee adopted a report on “Tackling and preventing child poverty, promoting child well-being“, which the European Commission will build on when developing the upcoming Child...
View ArticleBeyond Austerity to Social Investment and Inclusive Growth EAPN analysis of...
National Reform Programmes (NRP) are key instruments in the revised European Employment Strategy and have replaced the earlier National Action Plans. The NRPs are intended to be forward-looking...
View ArticleThe Lancet: Work stress can raise risk of heart attack by 23 per cent
People with stressful jobs but little real control over decision making have a 23% increased risk of a heart attack, according to new research published in the Lancet. Thirteen European cohort studies,...
View ArticleRegister for the Working for Equity in Health Final Conference
Registration is now open for the concluding PROGRESS Project Conference – Working for Equity in Health to be held in Brussels on Monday, November 26th 2012. PROGRESS-funded Working for Equity in Health...
View ArticleResults from the Eurochild Peer Review on Parenting Support
Family and parenting support are services that support children within families. Examples of intervention range from information or helplines to parents on children’s development and upbringing,...
View ArticleEurochild publishes Compendium of Inspiring Practices on Early Intervention...
Eurochild launched its Compendium of Inspiring Practices on Early Intervention and Prevention in Family and Parenting Support last week. It presents 12 case studies across Europe, which offer a small...
View ArticleDrivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management: An analysis of the...
In 2009, EU-OSHA carried out the first Europe-wide establishment survey on health and safety at the workplace, the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER). Following on from...
View ArticleInterview with Prof. Johannes Siegrist
Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Düsseldorf Work Package Leader ‘Fair Employment’ What have been the main academic issues your team has worked on in the past? “Our team has worked...
View ArticleFrom homelessness to employment: Interim Keeping Work Report
Broadway’s Interim Keeping Work report has been published. It explores the experiences of 50 current or recently homeless people as they move into work, through in-depth interviews. It aims to...
View ArticleOSHA Literature reviews on motivating factors for workplace health promotion
Two new literature reviews published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work look at the factors motivating employers and workers to carry out and participate in workplace health promotion...
View ArticleEU Employment and Social Situation Quaterly Review: Social situation in the...
According to the EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review released on January 14 by the European Commission, the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU now...
View ArticleHealth inequalities in modern welfare states: Do we understand present...
Life expectancy has increased in the modern world, but health inequalities are large and seem to be growing steadily, including in countries with the most advanced welfare states. This one-day-long...
View ArticleTaking action to fight child poverty and to promote child well-being
Eurochild, EAPN and UNICEF are organising “Taking action to fight child poverty and to promote child well-being”, a high-profile political round table and seminar on 10-11 April 2013 in Dublin, under...
View ArticleOne in four children at risk of poverty in the EU – EAPN/Eurochild Explainer
Twenty-five million children in the European Union (EU) are at risk of poverty or social exclusion – that is one child in every four. Most of these children grow up in families that lack economic...
View ArticleDIW Report: Is a Temporary Job Better than Unemployment?
Is a temporary Job Better than Unemployment? This is the question tackled by this newly published paper by DIW Berlin. Using British, German, and Swiss panel data for the period of 1991–2009 this paper...
View ArticleYoung people at risk: how changes in work are affecting young Italians’...
This report, published by the European Trade Union Institute, explores various aspects of ‘casualised’ work for young Italians. Its backdrop is a society where public policy has been consistently...
View ArticlePaper published: Work characteristics, socio-economic position and health: A...
We’re pleased to announce that Work characteristics, socio-economic position and health: A systematic review of mediation and moderation effects in prospective studies, has been published in...
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