Further Reading and Presentations

Background papers to the report "Hearts and Minds at work in Europe":

• Employability (PDF 0.03 MB)
  by Kuhn, K.
• Health impact on the labour force (PDF 0.08 MB)
  by Barnay, T. - IRDES (Institute of Research and Documentation in Health Economics)
• Individual non-work related risk factors (PDF 0.1 MB)
  by Tountas, Y.; Petanidou, D.; Gouvery, E.; Filippidis, F. T.
• Mental ill health: Individual, non work-related risk factors (PDF 0.1 MB)
  by Thorlacius, S. - University of Iceland
• Supplement: Detailed description of the relations between CVD and Mental-Ill-Health (PDF 0.1 MB)
  by Dragano, N.; Wege, N. - University Clinic Duesseldorf
• Assessment of the current status of work-related health monitoring and the interrelations between the workplace, mental health, CVD problems ? exemplary based on five new member states (PDF 0.3 MB)
  by Zapryanov, Z.
• Usability of sickness absence data from selected European member states for work-related health reporting (PDF 0.1 MB)
  by Boedeker, W.; Meggeneder, O.; Bergendorff, S.

WORKSHOP  in Brussels, 21st March 2007: Hearts and Minds at Work in Europe: Strategies and Policies for Promoting Health in Working Life and other Life Domains. 

The aim of this workshop was to bridge the gap between workplace health and public health by discussing the current knowledge available on workplace health in the context of today?s health promotion strategies and practices.

• Programme (PDF 0.03 MB)
• Hearts and Minds at work in Europe: Results from the WORKHEALTH II project (PDF 0,4 MB) 
  Wolfgang Boedeker, BKK Federal Association, Germany 
• Work stress in Europe - current trends (PDF 0.1 MB) 
  Greet Vermeylen, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Ireland
• Good practice in organisational stress prevention (PDF 0.09 MB)
  Richard Wynne, Work Research Centre, Ireland 
• Good practice in organisational lifestyle improvement (PDF 0.7 MB)
  Gregor Breucker, BKK Federal Association, Germany
• Networking Workplace Health: Current activities and priorities of European Networks 
  Catherine Rubbens, CSR Europe, Belgium (PDF 0.7 MB)
  Katie Cooper, Christine Hancock, Oxford Health Alliance UK (PDF 0.8 MB),
  Maria Dolores Solé, European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP), Spain (PDF 0.3 MB)
• The role of workplace health within EU policies - the position of the European Commission (PDF 0.1 MB)
  Jorge Costa-David, DG Employment, Luxembourg

WORKSHOP in Krakow/Poland, 14th October 2006: Hearts and Minds at Work: Work-related Health Monitoring in the New Member States

In the workshop in Krakow the current status of work-related health monitoring in the New Member States has been reflected and discussed. Presentations were made which aimed to explain the reasons for the high incident rates of mental health problems and cardiovascular diseases.

• Hearts and Minds at Work: Work-Related Health Monitoring in the New Member States and Candidate Countries (PPT 0,7 MB)
  Dr. Reinhold Sochert, BKK Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds, Essen
• Work-related health reporting in Europe - Indicators and data sources (PPT 0,9 MB)
  Dr. Wolfgang Bödeker, BKK Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds, Essen
• Workplace Health Monitoring in Romania (PPT 0,3 MB)
  Dr. Adriana Todea, Public Health Institute, Bucharest
• Workplace Health Monitoring in Slovenia (PPT 0,5 MB), Graphs (PPT 0,2 MB) 
  Eva Stergar, Mag. univ. dipl. psih. University Medical Centre, Ljubljana
• Workplace Health Monitoring in Bulgaria (PPT 0,1 MB)
  Prof. Zaprian Zapryanov, National Centre of Public Health Protection, Sofia