TAILIEUCHUNG - Mental Health at Work: Developing the business case

The Affordable Care Act, landmark health legislation passed in 2010, created the National Prevention Council and called for the development of the National Prevention Strategy to realize the benefits of prevention for all Americans’ health. The National Prevention Strategy is critical to the prevention focus of the Affordable Care Act and builds on the law’s efforts to lower health care costs, improve the quality of care, and provide coverage options for the uninsured. Preventing disease and injuries is key to improving America’s health. When we invest in prevention, the benefits are broadly shared. Children grow up in communities, homes, and families. | oỉi The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health POLICY PAPER 8 POLICY 8 Mental Health at Work Developing the business case The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health works to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems by influencing policy and practice in mental health and related services. We now focus on criminal justice and employment with supporting work on broader mental health and public policy. The Sainsbury Centre was founded in 1985 by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts from which we receive core funding. Summary Every organisation in Britain is affected by mental distress and ill health in the workforce. At any one time one worker in six will be experiencing depression anxiety or problems relating to stress. Mental ill health is normal in every workplace in the land. The total cost to employers of mental health problems among their staff is estimated at nearly 26 billion each year. That is equivalent to 1 035 for every employee in the UK workforce. The business costs of mental ill health are shown in Figure 1. They comprise billion a year in sickness absence. The average employee takes seven days off sick each year of which 40 per cent are for mental health problems. This adds up to 70 million lost working days a year including one in seven directly caused by a person s work or working conditions. billion a year in reduced productivity at work. Presenteeism accounts for times as much working time lost as absenteeism and costs more to employers because it is more common among higher-paid staff. billon a year in replacing staff who leave their jobs because of mental ill health. sickness absence reduced productivity at work staff turnover Simple steps to improve the management of mental health in the workplace including prevention and early identification of problems should enable employers to save 30 per cent or more of these costs - at least 8 billion a year. Taking action to .

• Y học thường thức
• bioimpedance spectroscopy
• Hilbert transform
• multi frequency BIA
• different non linear
• optimization techniques
• illegal adulterant
• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Validation study
• Reproducibility of results
• ROC curve