+ Health impacts of overwork and time urgency. + The cultural underpinnings of our time-poverty. + Can shorter work-time be good for business and the economy? + What is the connection between overwork and environmental behaviors, ecological footprint, etc.
www.timeday.org/teach-ins-email.asp
TAKE BACK YOUR TIME is a major U.S./Canadian initiative to challenge the epidemic of overwork, over-scheduling and time famine that now threatens our health, our families and relationships, our communities and our environment.
www.timeday.org/
Karoshi-Death from overwork: Occupational health consequences of the Japanese production management; (Sixth Draft for International Journal of Health Services); (February 4, 1997) ... His research integrates sociological and epidemiological perspectives on the impact of work organization on chronic disease.
www.workhealth.org/whatsnew/lpkarosh.html www.workhealth.org/whatsnew/lpkarosh.html
Health impacts related to overworking issues include headaches, ... They do work long hours, seeking the "high" that the addiction requires from overworking, however, the exhaustion that it causes, and the damage to the employee's sense of self worth has only a negative impact on that person's abilities to achieve.
www.anonymousemployee.com/csssite/sidelinks/overworking... www.anonymousemployee.com/csssite/sidelinks/overworking_issues.php
The next series of chapters examines the impact of overwork and over-scheduling on our families, children, communities, citizen participation, and even our treatment of animals. Health and security concerns follow.
www.fastcompany.com/bookclub/excerpts/1576752453.html
The Alfred P. Sloan Work and Family Research Network is the premier online destination for information about work and family. ... “Fifty-two percent of employees experiencing high overwork levels report that their health is good versus 65% of those experiencing low overwork levels” (Galinsky et al., 2005, p. 3).
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The Alfred P. Sloan Work and Family Research Network is the premier online destination for information about work and family. ... “Only 8% of those with low overwork levels have high levels of depressive symptoms compared with 21% of those who are highly overworked” (Galinsky et al., 2005, p. 3).
wfnetwork.bc.edu/statistics_template.php?id=1714
When it Comes to Health Care the NYT Is Protectionist ... Every other wealthy country provides high quality health care at a far lower price than in the United States. If we want to lower cost then an obvious way would be to try to take advantage of these lower cost systems.
thehealthimpact.wordpress.com/ thehealthimpact.wordpress.com/
The Hutchinson Center/UW Toxicogenomics Consortium, part of a research collective involving a handful of academic institutions nationwide, will receive more than $7 million in funding over five years from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, or NIEHS, headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/2001archive/11-01archi... www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/2001archive/11-01archive/k110501.html
Health impact assessment in new Member States and pre-accession countries (HIA-NMAC) [external link] ... WHO/Europe coordinated this EC co-funded project to support healthier transport policies by developing tools that integrate health impact assessments in the decision-making process for transport...
www.euro.who.int/healthimpact/MainActs/20011211_1 www.euro.who.int/healthimpact/MainActs/20011211_1