Working well with a disability: Health promotion as a means to employment.

Abstract

Overall, health data indicated that the Working Well program may be particularly helpful to VR clients with higher rates of secondary health conditions and may represent one strategy for overcoming barriers to employment.

Multiple sclerosis and employment: Associations of psychological factors and work instability

“…The fact that psychological variables show strong associations with the physical health and daily functioning of PwMS suggests psychological interventions could be effective in helping PwMS improve how they cope with their MS in the context of their work. Ipsen et al (10) demonstrated interventions such as health-promotion programmes can play a role in reducing symptoms, such as pain, depression, anxiety, and sleep problems in a Non-MS Population. Understanding further the relationship these symptoms have with work instability could potentially lead to psychological interventions, which improve the likelihood of job retention in patients with MS.…”

“…Thus, symptoms such as anxiety and depression (7), pessimism (8) and selfefficacy (9) have also been shown to be associated with an increased risk of unemployment. Ipsen et al (10) found that patients with increased physical disability have a higher risk of unemployment when combined with factors such as fatigue, depression and anxiety; and Krokavcova et al (11) reported that MS patients without anxiety were 2.64 times as likely to be employed. However, Johnson et al (2) did not show any direct associations between psychological symptoms (e.g.…”

Evaluation of an online health promotion program for vocational rehabilitation consumers.

“…Due to the fact that the average VR case is open 20 months (RSA, 2009), we could not evaluate the impacts of the HPE on long-term VR employment outcomes (Ipsen et al, 2012). Future studies should address this limitation to fully understand the role that health promotion may play in facilitating VR outcomes over time.…”

“…While costs to implement such programs are reasonable, some participants have trouble attending in-person meetings due to transportation barriers, health complications, or ongoing commit ments (Ipsen et al, 2012). Additionally, programs are not broadly available across the United States.…”

The Adaptation of a School‐based Health Promotion Programme for Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Community‐Engaged Research Process

“…Even small efforts to improve their lifestyle behaviours can have a significant long‐term impact not only on their health and quality of life, but on their ability to be independent and productive members of society (Ipsen et al . ).…”