Amid the highest unemployment rate in recent decades and massive job losses around the country, most workers feel happy to at least be employed. What they aren't feeling, however, is healthy.

    One in three workers has at least one symptom of clinical depression; 41 percent say they feel stressed sometimes, often, or very often; and one in five has trouble falling asleep often or very often. In all, 14 percent are being treated for high cholesterol and one in five is taking blood-pressure-lowering medication.

    In fact, the percentage of workers who say they're in excellent health has dropped from 34 percent in 2002 to 28 percent in 2008, according to a report recently released by the Families and Work Institute （FWI）, a nonprofit research company.

    Some workplaces are healthier than others

    Not all workplaces are created equal when it comes to health. In fact, 38 percent of workers at certain jobs -- called "effective" workplaces in the report -- were much more likely to say they were in excellent health. Conversely, only 19 percent of employees in workplaces with a low effectiveness rating reported being in excellent health.

    So what makes an effective workplace? Six factors make a difference. Workers may feel healthier if they have learning opportunities and challenge, a good fit between work and personal life, autonomy, having a supervisor who supports job success, economic security -- no surprise in this economy -- and a work climate of respect and trust.

    Feeling a lack of control in the workplace or not enough support from a supervisor may lead to feelings of helplessness which in turn can spiral into depression.

    According to the report, one of the biggest predictors of feeling healthy is a balance between work and personal life. If someone has difficulty with this balance, then they're going to be cutting back wherever they can," including on important components of a healthy lifestyle, like getting enough sleep, shopping for and preparing healthy food, and exercising.

    What employers--and employees--can do

    It's a tough economy, and many employers may feel that they have no choice but to cut corners. For example, the researchers found that employees with paid sick days and more paid vacation days reported better health. Although these options may cost employers, there are other things employers can do -- such as promoting a respectful work environment -- to become more effective workplaces.

    Allowing employees to work earlier or later could even benefit the company, for example, by extending hours of business or productivity each day. It can also help to survey employees and listen to their suggestions, which can bolster employees' feelings of control.

    Employees can take matters into their own hands too. Half of the workers in the survey didn't exercise regularly, and 25 percent smoked. In 2002, 21 percent were obese, but by 2008, that number had jumped to 26 percent. So taking charge of your health outside of the workplace is a good place to start.

    You can also gauge your workplace's effectiveness （and make suggestions for improvement） by taking the FWI's quiz.

    The survey, which is updated every five years, focused on about 2,800 workers who were salaried or paid on an hourly wage basis.

    zaijinershijiniandegaoshiyelv

，guoneigongzuoshuliangdedafudujianshaoguochengzhong，daduoshugongzuozheweinengyoufengongzuoergandaogaoxing。ranertamenquemeiyouxiangdaotamendejiankangwenti。

    三個職工之中就有一個人至少患有一種抑鬱症的臨床症狀；41%的職工說他們有時，經常，甚至頻繁感到壓抑
；五分之一的人經常或頻繁有睡眠問題的困擾。總體看來，有14%的職工正在接受高膽固醇的治療，五分之一的職工正在降血壓。

    實際


，最近家庭和工作研究會（一家非營利研究公司）調查報告表明認為自己健康的職工比例從2002年的34%降到2008年的28%.

    某些職業比其他的更健康

    談到健康
，並不是所有的職業都是一樣的情況。事實上，某些工作既報告中所謂的"有效地"職業中有38%的職工更願意認為他們是處於優秀的健康狀況中。相反，在那些低效率的職業中隻有19%的員工認為他們是非常健康的。

    那麼什麼可以使工作有效呢？6zhongyinsugaibianyiqie。dangzhigongyouxuexibingjieshoutiaozhandejihui，gongzuoyusirenshenghuodehexiezhuangtai，yongyouzizhuquan
，youyigeguanlizhezhutagongzuochenggong

，jingjibaozhang，youyigezunzhongyuxinrendegongzuohuanjing，tahuiganjiaozijishijiankangde。

    感到在工作中失去控製，或從主管那裏得不到足夠的支持可能就導致了這種無助感
，也就導致了壓抑感。

    baogaoxianshi
，duigandaojiankangzuidayucejiushigongzuoyusirenshenghuozhijiandepingheng。ruguogandaohennanweichizhezhongpingheng
，natamenjiuhuiyouhuidaoyuandian，baokuojiankangshenghuofangshidezhongyaobufen，lirushuimianchongzu，goumaibingzhunbeijiankangdeyinshi，yijiduanlian。

    雇主與被雇者該如何做

    這zhe是shi一yi個ge經jing濟ji艱jian難nan的de時shi代dai，很hen多duo雇gu主zhu認ren為wei他ta們men別bie無wu選xuan擇ze，隻zhi能neng縮suo小xiao空kong間jian。例li如ru，研yan究jiu人ren員yuan發fa現xian帶dai薪xin休xiu病bing假jia和he享xiang有you帶dai薪xin假jia日ri的de受shou雇gu人ren員yuan更geng健jian康kang。盡jin管guan這zhe些xie會hui使shi雇gu主zhu花hua掉diao一yi些xie成cheng本ben，然ran而er擁yong有you一yi個ge更geng加jia有you效xiao率lv的de工gong作zuo地di點dian還hai有you其qi他ta是shi他ta們men能neng做zuo的de
，像xiang是shi製zhi造zao一yi個ge相xiang互hu尊zun重zhong的de工gong作zuo環huan境jing。