Mental health risk in human services work across Europe: the predictive role of employment in various sectors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human services occupations are highly exposed to mental health risks, thus psychosocial risk management is critical to assure healthy and safe working conditions, promote mental health and commitment, and prevent fluctuation of employees. However, still little is known about prominent psychosocial risk factors in various human services work.

Objectives

To identify prominent psychosocial risk factors of mental health in human services occupations and to explore their individual and organizational correlates in 19 European countries.

Methods

Cross-sectional survey using data from the European Union's Labor Force Survey among 379,759 active employees in 19 European countries. First, a descriptive analysis was carried out to establish the prevalence of mental h

SUBMITTER: Gyori A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11780093 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature