To support employees quitting smoking may prevent work disability pensions. Background: Refugees are at a dramatically increased risk to suffer from mental & somatic disorders. Research has focused on pre-displacement trauma. However, many refugees find themselves unemployed or underemployed in their new country. Employment is known to be critical for social integration & well-being. This study focuses on the relationship between postdisplacement skills utilization among Iraqi refugees and health. Methodology: Iraqis throughout the world were contacted using web-pages commonly used by Iraqis and by emails. Inclusion criteria were bachelor or above and having left Iraq as refugees 1990 or later. Potential participants were referred to a Monkey Survey Link, & following consenting to the study, they responded to a survey with 34 questions concerning socio-demographic, employment, stress, psychosomatic, mental & somatic complaints. All respondents (n=408) were classified according to employment status; Unemployed (G1, 42% of total), Professional working at their skills level (G2, 27%), & Professionals working below their skills level (G3, 31%), representing 65 countries. Significant group differences are presented. WSU HIC approved the study. Results: Participants in the G1 group rated their health the highest (Excellent to Good, 69%), versus 80% in G3, and 86% in G2. Stress, sleep difficulties, depression and psychosomatic symptoms were the highest in G1, intermediate in G3, & the lowest in G2. 90% of G2 enjoyed their work significantly more as compared to G3 (10%). The major barriers to getting a job were: language, financial limitation for training, & insufficient professional skills. Logistic regressions showed that G1 rated their health better versus unemployed (OR 2.6; 95% C.I. 1.4-5.2). There were no differences between G2 and G3. Conclusions: Professional refugees allowed working at their skills level, fair better than underemployed following forced displacement. Results have implications for refugee policy. Background: Diverging return to work (RTW) interventions can be found in literature, designed for specific populations. However, no such intervention exists for patients with acute hand injuries, while these injuries can be devastating and severely influence a person's ability to work. Regular rehabilitation interventions' focus is on functional recovery of the hand, including tasks necessary to perform the job. However, also psychosocial and work-related factors influence RTW strongly. Therefore, we developed a psychosocial intervention for patients with acute hand injuries, aimed at to facilitate RTW in this population. Methods: A combination of qualitative research techniques was used, comprising a mixture of literature study, survey, individual and focus group interviews with patients, rehabilitation practitioners and work counseling experts, and translation methodology.