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What we know: There is suggestive evidence that organisation-level, workplace-based interventions are effective for supporting mental health, particularly when they are instituted alongside broader organisational efforts to support health and wellbeing and industry-wide structural changes to wage, contract and benefit policies (Grimmond et al., 2024). The effectiveness of workplace-based interventions is contextual dependent on the organisation and level of colleague participation and managerial support offered (Grimmond et al., 2024).
Types of identified actions: interpersonal skills training for staff and managers; revising organizational or supervisory styles to prioritize worker needs (e.g., "servant leadership" where supervisors act as part of team or "high commitment" management practices to support job control/autonomy and limiting job demands).
Types of identified training: worker protection knowledge among vineyard workers; safety and health training among construction workers; education for pesticide handlers; OSHA outreach training program for carpenters; safety practices for machine-related safety; managerial training program.
What we know: There is suggestive evidence of efficacy for education and training programmes for workers on occupational health and safety rights and protections, but the limited number of studies and differences between types of interventions and contexts of implementation prevent substantive conclusions (Andersen et al., 2019).
Types of identified campaigns: Broadcast campaign on eye-injuries; dissemination of North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks.
What we know: There is suggestive evidence of effect for education campaigns to increase community awareness of health and safety regulations but the limited number of studies and differences between types of interventions and contexts of implementation prevent substantive conclusions (Andersen et al., 2019).
Definition: Earned Income Tax Credit is a tax credit for low-to-moderate wage earners and their families in the US.
What we know: Mixed effects were noted for studies examining EITC expansion, with no effects of different EITC levels on adult health behaviours (e.g., smoking) and self-reported health-related outcomes (overall health, obesity, high blood pressure, functional limitations and emotional problems) (Clark et al., 2022). Mixed effects were also reported for studies examining the effects of EITC on birth outcomes (Clark et al., 2022).
What we know: Clark et al., (2022) reported on one study that examined the relationship between increased government spending on non-health services (social services, housing, education, environment) in the US and infant mortality. This study found the increased spending had no significant effects on infant mortality (Clark et al., 2022).
What we know: Mixed effects were observed for local welfare and social protection public policies implemented in the US. An examination of the Old Age Assistance programme reported reduced mortality in populations within non-Southern states, whereas no statistical changes for mortality occurred in southern states (Clark et al., 2022). Reform of the New Jersey Family Development Welfare Program was associated with mixed effects on mental health outcomes across different populations, with decreased incidence of anxiety disorder diagnosis and depressive disorder diagnosis for Black women, but increased incidence of depressive disorder diagnosis for Hispanic women (Clark et al., 2022).
Types of identified restrictions: parental involvement laws, Medicaid funding restrictions, mandatory waiting period).
What we know: The implementation of restrictive abortion statutes in the US is associated with negative health effects (Clark et al., 2022). Restrictions to Medicaid funding were associated with Black minors having higher rates of unplanned births than in states without restrictions. States with less restrictive abortion policies provided a protective effect for Black women, who had lower risks of low birth weight than Black women in more restrictive states (Clark et al., 2022).
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