Where African-American Women Work and the Nonfatal Work-Related Injuries They Experienced in the U.S. in 1996, Compared to Women of Other Races

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• Personal Author:
  Chen GX ; Layne LA
• Description:
  African-American women had higher rates of nonfatal occupational injuries presented to a hospital ED for medical treatment, that white women, in all age groups. Differences in employment status by racial group may suggest potential explanations for the higher risk among African-American women. For example, the higher proportion of African-American women working in the health care sector (where patient lifting and moving are often required) may be associated with the high risk of sprains and strains. More information on occupation, industry, and workplace exposure of the injured worker should be collected and examined to study these associations. Differences in demographic characteristics by racial group should also be considered in future design of research involving occupational injuries among African-American women. Based on the fact that the medical service and hospital industries covered one-fifth of all employed African-American women in the U.S., we suggest that the services industries in general, and the health care sector in particular, should be a priority for research and prevention of nonfatal occupational injuries among African-American women. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Health Personnel Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Workplace
• Keywords:
  African-American Author Keywords: Occupational Injury Demographic-characteristics Employment Health-care-industry Health-care-personnel Injuries Minority-workers NEISS Occupational-accidents Occupational Health And Safety Racial-factors Sex-factors Traumatic-injuries Women Work-environment Work Environment

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  34-36
• Volume:
  36
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000821
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1999 Sep; 36(S1):34-36
• Contact Point Address:
  Guang Xiang Chen, NIOSH, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, P-1133,Morgantown,WV 26505
• Email:
  gdc0@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:55d5e469f3568c1e7d8de70fbb4dcfaafb0bc39404de0754d5c93707456dea6d062242efb47c6490eea981ba78718b27ae214cc3c727314d19dd3977a023fc92
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198202/cdc_198202_DS1.pdf
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