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Working for a healthier tomorrow
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Carel T J Hulshof, Academic Medical Center, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam; c.t.hulshof@amc.uva.nl
Accepted 29 August 2008
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"As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey" (Thomas A. Edison, 1847–1931).
Work, matched to one’s knowledge and skills and undertaken in a safe, healthy and supportive environment, can reverse the harmful effects of prolonged sickness absence or long-term unemployment, and promote health, well-being and prosperity. In spite of this, over 170 million working days were lost to illness in the UK in 2006 and around 7% of the working-age population are workless and receiving incapacity benefits. This waste of human potential represents a significant economical and societal cost, and impedes the prospects of many young people, the working-age population of tomorrow. Government, employers and trade unions, healthcare workers and the voluntary sector should unite to help people enter, stay in or return to work by prevention of illness and promotion of health and well-being, early intervention in case of sickness absence, and an improvement in the health
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