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How many core principles of labour standards are there?
4.
Poor mental health outcomes are associated with what type of employment?
Precarious employment - informal work, temporary work, contract work, child labour, and slavery/bonded labour.
How many children globally aged 5-17 years are considered economically active (millions)?
200 million.
In low-income countries, what does competitive advantage heavily depend on?
Low labour costs.
Rebalancing work and private life requires ___ and ___.
Rebalancing work and private life requires government policy and legislative support.
Adverse conditions that expose individuals to a range of health hazards tend to cluster in ___ ___ occupations.
Adverse conditions that expose individuals to a range of health hazards tend to cluster in lower-status occupations.
Mental health is affected equally by which two occupational factors?
Poor work quality and loss of work.
What 2 things would help reduce the need for children to work?
Increasing poor households’ income and ensuring essential quality schooling.
Living for health requires supportive ___ and ___ policy.
Living for health requires supportive economic and social policy.
What types of workers are excluded from policies that support work-life balance?
Informal/precarious workers.
What 3 measures can contribute to the practice of fair employment?
Direct market constraints, competitive constraints, and international agreements.
Mortality is significantly higher among ____ _____ compared to ____ ____.
Mortality is significantly higher among temporary workers compared to permanent workers.
__% of child labourers in India would go to school if it was available and free.
70% of child labourers in India would go to school if it was available and free.
Give examples of the basic costs of health.
Nutritious food, shelter, water and sanitation, social participation.
What are some provisions that could be implemented to support a rebalancing of work and private life?
Childcare regardless of ability, flexible working hours, paid holidays, parental leave, job share, long-service leave.
____ at work is associated with a 50% excess risk of coronary heart disease.
Stress at work is associated with a 50% excess risk of coronary heart disease.
Which employment condition is associated with having the best health status?
Permanent employment.
Protection and benefits provided by work are poorer for ___ than ___.
Protection and benefits provided by work are poorer for women than men.
True/False: Governments, along with public health and social policy researchers should calculate the cost of the healthy living wage level in each country.
True
Policies that provide parents with the right time to look after children have begun to emerge in ___-___ countries?
Policies that provide parents with the right time to look after children have begun to emerge in high-income countries?
High job demand, low control, and effort-reward imbalance are associated with what 2 types of health problems?
Mental and physical.
Give examples of types of precarious employment.
Informal work, temporary work, contract work, child labour, and slavery/bonded labour.
Fair employment requires freedom from what?
Coercion.
What takes into account the real and current costs of living for health?
Living healthy wage.
True/false: Imbalance between work and private life has negative effects on health and well-being.
True.