Table 2.
European level strategies: policies and their recipients.
| Strategies Identified | Policies Supporting Employment (Re-)integration of Persons with Chronic Diseases Indirectly (i.e., PwCDs are Part of Broader Categories) | Policies Supporting Employment (Re-) integration of Persons with Chronic Diseases Directly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Policies Targeted at Persons with Disabilities 1 | Policies Targeted at Other Categories | Policies Specifically Targeted at Persons with CD (CDs in General) | Policies Targeted at Specific Categories of CD (e.g., Mental Health 2, Neurological, Musculoskeletal, Respiratory, Cardiovascular, etc.) | |
| EU Directive on Employment Equality 2000/78/EC | • | • Elderly | ||
| Equal opportunities for people with disabilities: a European action plan (2004–2010) | • | |||
| Disability Action Plan 2006–2015 | • | |||
| Community strategy 2007–2012 on health and safety at work | • | • Workers excluded from the workplace for a long period of time because of an accident at work, an occupational illness, or a disability | • Mental health | |
| EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014–2020 | • | • | • Mental health | |
| European Commission White Paper “Together for Health: A strategic approach for the EU 2008–2013”. | • People inactive due to ill-health | |||
| Commission Recommendation 2008/867/EC on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labor market | • People excluded from the labor market | |||
| European Disability Strategy 2010–2020 | • | |||
| Europe 2020: the European Union strategy for growth and employment | • | • Vulnerable workers, elderly | ||
| Reflection Process on Chronic diseases: Final Report | • | |||
| Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labor market | • Long-term unemployed | |||
| European Accessibility Act | • | |||
| Joint Action on Chronic Diseases (JA-CHRODIS) | • | |||
| Green Paper on Improving the mental health of the population: Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union | • Mental health | |||
| European Pact for Mental Health and Well-being | • Mental health | |||
| Joint Action Mental health and Well-being | • Mental health | |||
| European Parliament resolution of 19 February 2009 on Mental Health | • Mental health | |||
| Declaration of the European Parliament of 13 September 2012 on tackling multiple sclerosis in Europe | • Multiple sclerosis | |||
| CanCon Joint Action 2014–2017 (cancer) | • Cancer | |||
Note: 1 In European policies, the definition of disability includes mental disability. In cases, where mental disability is included in the definition of disability, the strategies where not indicated separately in the last column of this table as “Policies targeted at specific categories of CD”.2 Mental health is included in this column only when mentioned specifically, separately or outside the broader definition of disability. PwCDs: Persons with chronic diseases, CD: chronic diseases. CanCon: Cancer Control.