Health Affairs ’ February Issue: The Work/Health Relationship

The February issue of Health Affairs contains a collection of papers about the complex work/health relationship. Work conditions can affect employees’ physical and mental health, and worker productivity can be affected by the demands employees face after returning home from the office. The issue is supported by the Integrated Benefits Institute, Sedgwick, and UnitedHealth Group, as well as Pfizer and Pinnacol Assurance. Check out Health Affairs’ newest web hub: Obamacare to Trumpcare. Key health policy questions are explored for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare, Medicaid, and payment reform. Will low-income minority employees with breast cancer retain their jobs after treatment? Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States, with approximately 70–80 percent of employed breast cancer survivors returning to work following diagnosis. Employer accommodations, such as schedule flexibility, have been associated with job retention in higher-income white women. In what may be one of the first studies to evaluate the role of employer accommodations of low-income minority women following breast cancer treatment, Victoria Blinder of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and coauthors conducted a longitudinal study of a racially and ethnically diverse sample of employed women in New York City undergoing treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Of the 267 participants, 57 percent were either low- or middle-income. The authors found that women with low-incomes...
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