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Monday 16 September 2013

Job insecurity and health Health risk from job insecurity needs to be mitigated in these “VUCA times”

Health risk from job insecurity needs to be mitigated in these “VUCA times” | BMJ http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f5504

Virtanen and colleagues’ meta-analysis provides high level evidence of a modest link between job insecurity and risk of ischaemic heart disease.1 The association between unemployment and raised morbidity and mortality is known, but few studies have examined measures of health in employees at risk of unemployment,2 some notable studies being reviewed in the meta-analysis.