Work-related population health indicators

Objective: To provide evidence-based recommendations for work-related population health indicators. Methods: Drawing on a framework of work-related experiences, we systematically reviewed studies that assess the association between these experiences and health and reviewed related measures at: the population level that could be used as indicators. Results: We recommend land grade the strength of evidence supporting our recommendation for) the following indicators for which data are already routinely collected: unemployment rare (strong), long-term unemployment race (limited), and permanent lay-off rate (limited). As well, we recommend and grade our support for the following new indicators: insecurity associated with pending job loss (limited), with possible major organizational change (limited), and with actual major organizational change (limited); and job strain (medium). Conclusion: These evidence-based indicators can be used to monitor work-related determinants of health and thus to inform the conceptualization, development, and evaluation of policies and programs related to these determinants.