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From Work Ability Research to Implementation

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  • Juhani Ilmarinen

    (Juhani Ilmarinen Consulting Ltd., Ruuvitie2, 01650 Vantaa, Finland)

Abstract

Work ability research started in Finland in the 1990s due to the challenges of work force aging. The employment rates of older workers (55+) were below 40% and early retirement and work disability rates were rather common in many European countries. The work ability concept and methods were developed and broad international research activities started in the 1990s. A comprehensive promotion model for work ability was created aiming to prevent work ability from declining during aging. However, to be able to impact the work ability is a complicated and difficult task, and requires effects on human resources, work arrangements, and management. Therefore, only a limited number of intervention studies have shown an improvement of work ability during aging. This article introduces some possibilities regarding how to make work ability interventions more successful.

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  • Juhani Ilmarinen, 2019. "From Work Ability Research to Implementation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(16), pages 1-7, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:16:p:2882-:d:257009
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    1. Monica Unsgaard-Tøndel & Anne Lovise Nordstoga, 2022. "Are Work Demand, Support and Control Associated with Work Ability and Disability during Back Pain Treatment? A Prospective Explorative Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-9, March.
    2. Henry Lipponen & Mirja Hirvensalo & Kasper Salin, 2022. "Older Physical Education Teachers’ Wellbeing at Work and Its Challenges," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-16, October.
    3. Franca Barbic & Maura Minonzio & Beatrice Cairo & Dana Shiffer & Antonio Roberto Zamuner & Silvia Cavalieri & Franca Dipaola & Nicola Magnavita & Alberto Porta & Raffaello Furlan, 2020. "Work Ability Assessment and Its Relationship with Cardiovascular Autonomic Profile in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-15, October.
    4. Frida Marina Fischer & Maria Carmen Martinez & Camila Helaehil Alfredo & João Silvestre Silva-Junior & Jodi Oakman & Teresa Cotrim & Donald Fisher & Stephen Popkin & Gretchen A. Petery & Paul A. Schul, 2021. "Aging and the Future of Decent Work," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-11, August.
    5. Petr Hlado & Klara Harvankova, 2024. "Teachers’ perceived work ability: a qualitative exploration using the Job Demands-Resources model," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-10, December.
    6. Katarina Aili & Therese Hellman & Magnus Svartengren & Katarina Danielsson, 2022. "Including a Three-Party Meeting Using the Demand and Ability Protocol in an Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Programme for a Successful Return to Work Process," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-13, December.
    7. Anabela Pereira & Elisabeth Brito & Isabel Souto & Bruno Alves, 2022. "Healthcare Services and Formal Caregiver’s Psychosocial Risk Factors: An Observational Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-10, April.
    8. Johannes Carl & Eva Grüne & Johanna Popp & Klaus Pfeifer, 2020. "Physical Activity Promotion for Apprentices in Nursing Care and Automotive Mechatronics–Competence Counts More than Volume," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-16, January.

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