Rethinking the Management of Health Human Resources in Light of Social Determinants and Hospital Magnetism

Abstract

Employment is a social determinant of health whose ambivalence is a well-established fact. Unemployment is therefore detrimental not only to the health of the unemployed but also to that of their families. Research even suggests that they (the unemployed and their family members) would be more likely to die prematurely than others. On the other hand, a safe job is conducive to the good health of the workers, to their well-being and it brings them satisfaction on the professional level. Nevertheless, the ambivalent nature of work means that it can also determine poor health for workers insofar as “the social organization of work, the mode of management and social relations in the workplace have an impact on the health.” This article aims to identify the organizational and social factors that have a negative impact on the health of health workers and in the light of social determinants and hospital magnetism, to propose a nonexhaustive list of recommendations for redesigned health human resource (HHR) management.