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dc.contributor.authorHarris, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorStewart, Donald
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Neil
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Jan
dc.contributor.editorDaly J, Lowe J, Robinson P, Thompson S, Woodward A
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:14:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:14:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2013-05-29T23:55:37Z
dc.identifier.issn1326-0200
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00646.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/37944
dc.description.abstractObjective: To explore the changing nature of Australia's potential workforce, and comment on the limitations of existing fragmented infrastructure to address the health needs of all potential workers. Approach: This paper analyses the changing nature of work in Australia and the challenges this presents to existing health infrastructure. This paper argues that there are more than 1.5 million Australians who are currently unemployed, under-employed or potentially employable who should be seen as part of the workforce. Conclusion: Australia cannot afford to have so many people exposed to the significant health risks of unemployment and underemployment. Implications: Given the changing nature of employment, it may be more appropriate to see employment as a continuous variable from secure full-time employment to systematic social exclusion from the workforce, rather than a dichotomous variable of employed and unemployed. Structural responsibility for the health of the workforce is currently based on services for those in the workforce and those out of the workforce. Transforming these systems will be a complex but necessary task if we are to engage the entire potential workforce in productive activity.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom190
dc.relation.ispartofpageto194
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume35
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth care administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEpidemiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420306
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.titleUnderstanding workforce participation as a continuous rather than dichotomous variable: implications for improving workforce health
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHarris, Neil D.
gro.griffith.authorStewart, Donald E.


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