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• More children make teachers sick
  

  Staff in nursery schools or crèches are likely to have more sick days and change jobs more often if the number of children increases. This is the conclusion of a new study by AKF.

  8 June 2010
• Social and health-care workers often change jobs
  

  One out of three social or health-care workers leaves their job within a year, according to a new analysis from AKF. A focus on the emotional work climate and improved job satisfaction can make more of them stay.

  3 June 2010
• Municipalities stumble in partnerships with the private sector
  

  Public-private partnerships have got off to a slow start in Denmark compared with other countries. One of the reasons for this is unclear rules, according to an analysis by AKF.

  26 May 2010
• Municipal health campaigns not much help
  

  Easy access to keep-fit facilities makes people exercise more. But municipal advice about healthy diets, smoking and exercise is not reflected in a change of people’s habits. This is the conclusion of a new report by AKF.

  28 April 2010
• Effects of three local authorities’ measures to promote health
  

  Easy local access to exercise makes people more active. However, new AKF report shows that public or municipal guidance on healthy diet, smoking and exercise does not change people's behaviour.

  26 April 2010
• Special-needs pupils struggle after elementary school
  

  Most pupils in remedial classes gain academically and socially from special-needs teaching. Studies from AKF, Danish Institute for Governmental Research show that they have a hard time gaining a foothold in the employment field after elementary school.

  14 April 2010
• Nordic health services at the crossroads
  

  Health services in the Nordic countries are undergoing major transformations. The challenges they face and the necessary reforms are described by Scandinavian health-care scientists in a new book.

  12 April 2010
• Immigrant women wish to learn Danish
  

  Many immigrant women have a great wish to learn Danish, but arrive at language centres with different bases, and therefore the language centres need to create flexible teaching, that takes its startingpoint in the individual needs of the women.

  12 April 2010
• Upper secondary school pupils find creative subjects highly useful
  

  Creative subjects were cut back in the latest school reform. But music, art and drama give schoolchildren valuable skills which are often in demand by employers. This is the conclusion of a new report by AKF.

  22 March 2010
• Public-sector employees appreciate a friendly working climate
  

  A friendly working climate and plenty of time for core tasks increases job satisfaction among local government employees and means they are more likely to stay in the job. This is the conclusion of a new study by AKF.

  2 February 2010

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