Working life, health and well-being of parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in European birth cohorts

Ubalde López, Mònica, 1972-; Garani-Papadatos, Tina; Scelo, Ghislaine; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Lissåker, Claudia; Peters, Susan; Aagaard Nohr, Ellen; Albin, Maria; Lucas, Raquel; Papantoniou, Kyriaki, 1983-; Polańska, Kinga; Ramlau-Hansen, Cecilia H.; Šarac, Jelena; Selander, Jenny; Skröder, Helena; Vasileiou, Elena; Kogevinas, Manolis; Bültmann, Ute; Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind; Maule, Milena

Working life, health and well-being of parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in European birth cohorts

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dc.contributor.author Ubalde López, Mònica, 1972-
dc.contributor.author Garani-Papadatos, Tina
dc.contributor.author Scelo, Ghislaine
dc.contributor.author Casas Sanahuja, Maribel
dc.contributor.author Lissåker, Claudia
dc.contributor.author Peters, Susan
dc.contributor.author Aagaard Nohr, Ellen
dc.contributor.author Albin, Maria
dc.contributor.author Lucas, Raquel
dc.contributor.author Papantoniou, Kyriaki, 1983-
dc.contributor.author Polańska, Kinga
dc.contributor.author Ramlau-Hansen, Cecilia H.
dc.contributor.author Šarac, Jelena
dc.contributor.author Selander, Jenny
dc.contributor.author Skröder, Helena
dc.contributor.author Vasileiou, Elena
dc.contributor.author Kogevinas, Manolis
dc.contributor.author Bültmann, Ute
dc.contributor.author Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind
dc.contributor.author Maule, Milena
dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-01T05:32:07Z
dc.date.available 2022-06-01T05:32:07Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description.abstract Objective: Birth cohorts collect valuable and under-utilized information on employment and health of parents before and during pregnancy, at birth, and sometimes after birth. In this discussion paper, we examine how these data could be exploited to study the complex relationships and interactions between parenthood, work, and health among parents themselves. Methods: Using a web-based database of birth cohorts, we summarize information on maternal employment and health conditions and other potentially related variables in cohorts spread throughout Europe. This provided information on what data are available and could be used in future studies, and what was missing if specific questions are to be addressed, exploiting the opportunity to explore work-health associations across heterogenous geographical and social contexts. Results: We highlight the many potentialities provided by birth cohorts and identify gaps that need to be addressed to adopt a life-course approach and investigate topics specific to the peri-pregnancy period, such as psychosocial aspects. We address the technical difficulties implied by data harmonization and the ethical challenges related to the repurposing of data, and provide scientific, ecological and economic arguments in favor of improving the value of data already available as a result of a serious investment in human and material resources. Conclusions: There is a hidden treasure in birth cohorts that deserves to be brought out to study the relationships between employment and health among working parents in a time when the boundaries between work and life are being stretched more than ever before.
dc.description.sponsorship This paper was written within the scope of OMEGANET, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), project CA16216: Network on the Coordination and Harmonisation of European Occupational Cohorts. Maribel Casas holds a Miguel Servet fellowship (CP16/00128) funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III and co-funded by European Social Fund “Investing in your future”. We acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the “Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2019-2023” Program (2018-000806-S), and support from the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program. Milena Maule’s work was supported by the Compagnia di San Paolo “Bando per il finanziamento ex-post di Progetti di Ricerca di Ateneo – Anno 2018”. Ghislaine Scelo’s work was supported by a LifeCycle fellowship (Grant Agreement No. 733206 LifeCycle). Working life, health and well-being of parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in European birth cohorts.
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dc.identifier.citation Ubalde-Lopez M, Garani-Papadatos T, Scelo G, Casas M, Lissåker C, Peters S, Aagaard Nohr E, Albin M, Lucas R, Papantoniou K, Polańska K, Ramlau-Hansen CH, Šarac J, Selander J, Skröder H, Vasileiou E, Kogevinas M, Bültmann U, Mehlum IS, Maule M. Working life, health and well-being of parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in European birth cohorts. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2021 Oct 1;47(7):550-60. DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3980
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3980
dc.identifier.issn 0355-3140
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53336
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH)
dc.relation.ispartof Scand J Work Environ Health. 2021 Oct 1;47(7):550-60
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/733206
dc.rights This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.keyword Birth cohort
dc.subject.keyword Health
dc.subject.keyword Life-course
dc.subject.keyword Occupational epidemiology
dc.subject.keyword Parent
dc.subject.keyword Pooled analysis
dc.subject.keyword Well-being
dc.subject.keyword Working life
dc.title Working life, health and well-being of parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in European birth cohorts
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