How can we help employees with chronic diseases to stay at work? A review of interventions aimed at job retention and based on an empowerment perspective

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-97

  Varekamp, Inge ^a   Verbeek, Jos H A M ^a,b   van Dijk, Frank J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Employment; Empowerment; Job retention; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBASE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EMPOWERMENT; ENTERITIS; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORTED; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL;

EID: 33750470387     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0112-9     Document Type: Review

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