Chronic Diseases & Employment: An Overview of Existing Training Tools for Employers

Fabiola Silvaggi, Matilde Leonardi, Erika Guastafierro, Rui Quintas, Claudia Toppo, Jerome Foucaud, Kristopher Lamore, Ulrike Rothe and Chiara Scaratti
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Fabiola Silvaggi: Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, 20133 Milan, Italy
Matilde Leonardi: Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, 20133 Milan, Italy
Erika Guastafierro: Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, 20133 Milan, Italy
Rui Quintas: Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, 20133 Milan, Italy
Claudia Toppo: Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, 20133 Milan, Italy
Jerome Foucaud: Institut National du Cancer (INCa), 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Kristopher Lamore: Institut National du Cancer (INCa), 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Ulrike Rothe: Faculty of Medicine “Carl Gustav Carus”—Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
Chiara Scaratti: Neurology, Public Health, Disability Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, 20133 Milan, Italy

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Background : The number of people living with one or more chronic diseases (e.g., neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic disorders) has dramatically increased in recent decades, affecting all sectors, including the social and economic aspects of the work sector. In the frame of the European Union (EU) Joint Action “Chrodis Plus: Implementing good practices for chronic diseases”, a review has been performed in order to identify and analyze existing training tools for employers, including managers and Human Resources Staff (HRs), which aimed at creating and fostering inclusive and supportive workplaces for workers with chronic conditions and to avoid absenteeism, presenteeism, and early retirement. Methods : The training tools were identified through a revision of online published materials through Google Scholar and internet searches, published since 2006, in English, Italian, and Spanish. Results : The mapping of existing training tools highlighted the existence of two types of training tools: the first type includes those implemented by Social and Institutional Organizations (e.g., Patients’ Associations, Ministries, Unions), external to the company; the second involves those implemented by Large Multinational Enterprises. Conclusions : to promote an effective and concrete inclusion and participation of employees that are affected by chronic diseases in the labor market is necessary to involve employers and managers in training programs.

Keywords: training tools; employment; chronic diseases; return to work; inclusion; employers; work ability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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