title: Health problems and long-term unemployment.
abstract: The article deals with the relation between unemployment and health problems using as a case a local support project for long-term unemployed in northern Finland. Mass unemployment has increased competition on the labor market, and successful job-seekers must have a wider range of qualifications than before. As demands have intensified on the labor market, health has become a salient criterion in the recruitment process. At the same time the incidence of illness among long-term unemployed is surprisingly high. The situations of the project clients strongly indicate that health-related difficulties are one distinct risk factor for the long-term unemployed in finding work. We need new means for health promotion, more extensive psychosocial rehabilitation and local solutions for people who are unemployed.
authors.affiliation: University of Lapland, Department of Social Work.
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authors.lastname: Pohjola
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010560:Personnel Selection; D012922:Social Change; D012947:Social Work; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*