ArticleScandinavian journal of work, environment & health2021
Working life, health and well-being of parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in European birth cohorts.
Article in Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Integrating a life course perspective in work environment and health research: empirical challenges and interdisciplinary opportunities.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Physical exposures in the work environment during pregnancy - a challenge for risk assessment.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2023Article
- What is next for occupational cancer epidemiology?Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Article
- REPRO_PL-Polish Mother and Child Cohort-Exposure, Health Status, and Neurobehavioral Assessments in Adolescents-Design and Cohort Update.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Interventions to promote mental and physical health in changing working environments due to climate change, sustainable work practices, and work in green jobs: The EU INTERCAMBIO project.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveBirth cohorts collect valuable and under-utilized information on employment and health of parents before and during pregnancy, at birth, and sometimes after birth. In this discussion paper, we examine how these data could be exploited to study the complex relationships and interactions between parenthood, work, and health among parents themselves.
methodsUsing a web-based database of birth cohorts, we summarize information on maternal employment and health conditions and other potentially related variables in cohorts spread throughout Europe. This provided information on what data are available and could be used in future studies, and what was missing if specific questions are to be addressed, exploiting the opportunity to explore work-health associations across heterogenous geographical and social contexts.
resultsWe highlight the many potentialities provided by birth cohorts and identify gaps that need to be addressed to adopt a life-course approach and investigate topics specific to the peri-pregnancy period, such as psychosocial aspects. We address the technical difficulties implied by data harmonization and the ethical challenges related to the repurposing of data, and provide scientific, ecological and economic arguments in favor of improving the value of data already available as a result of a serious investment in human and material resources.
conclusionsThere is a hidden treasure in birth cohorts that deserves to be brought out to study the relationships between employment and health among working parents in a time when the boundaries between work and life are being stretched more than ever before.
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