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dc.contributor.authorHarris, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorRose, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Jan
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Neil
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:04:07Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:04:07Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-07-08T01:08:31Z
dc.identifier.issn1036-1073
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30696
dc.description.abstractIssue addressed: Unemployment is detrimental to health. The Unemployment and Health Project in South Western Sydney sought to work with labour market programs to improve the health, particularly, mental health, of unemployed people. This paper describes the experiences of the Project. Methods: Phase one commenced in 1995 and involved consultation with the majority of Skillshares (labour market programs under the Labor government) in south-western Sydney to identify potential areas of action. Phase two commenced in 1998 and involved the development of a brief cognitive behaviour therapy intervention that was delivered in Job Network Settings (the next generation of labour market programs under the Liberal government). Results: The cognitive behaviour therapy intervention has been successful in improving mental health in five small scale trials but the intervention has proved difficult to scale up and evaluate comprehensively. Generating more general interest in improving the health of unemployed people through the Job Network has also been difficult. This is related to different understanding and valuing of evidence, a highly volatile context, lack of shared core business by the health and employment sectors, and the changing nature of work in Australia. Conclusions: There are theoretical and practical reasons why it is difficult for labour market programs to be a setting for improving the health of unemployed people. However, the reach of labour market programs into the high risk groups warrants more attention by mental health promotion programs.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Health Promotion Association
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.healthpromotion.org.au/journal/table-of-contents/236-abstract-2009-20214-20
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom214
dc.relation.ispartofpageto220
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalHealth Promotion Journal of Australia
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth and community services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth promotion
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth policy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420305
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420603
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440706
dc.titleLabour market initiatives: potential settings for improving the health of people who are unemployed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHarris, Neil D.


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