BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as feeding an infant breast milk only, for the first six months. In Ethiopia, more than half of infants do not receive exclusive breastfeeding. Workplace barriers contribute to these low rates of exclusive breastfeeding practices. Understanding the sociodemographic, health related, behavioral and economic factors is crucial to promote the practice o...

AIM To explore to what degree unemployment was related to health problems expressed in terms of consumption of prescription drugs in Croatian citizens. METHODS Based on the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance data for 2003, the number of prescriptions per insured individual (NPI) was calculated for employed and unemployed persons, as well as for different subsets according to the region (...

OBJECTIVE To examine job stability moderating variables and develop a postinjury work stability prediction model. DESIGN Multicenter analysis of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who returned for follow-up at 1, 2, and 3, or 4 years postinjury, were of working age (between 18 and 62 years of age at injury), and were working preinjury. SETTING Six National Institute on Disability...

BACKGROUND Unemployment is associated with adverse effects on health. Social capital has been suggested as a promoter of health via several causal pathways that are associated with the known health risk factors of being unemployed. This cross-sectional study investigated possible additive- and interaction effects of unemployment and five different measures of social capital in relation to psych...

OBJECTIVE To document the development of work participation in young adults with cerebral palsy who are transitioning into adulthood, examine associated characteristics, and investigate work limitations and barriers among employed persons. DESIGN Observational longitudinal cohort study. SUBJECTS Seventy-four young adults with cerebral palsy of average intelligence, aged 16-20 years at basel...