Safety and the diverse workforce: lessons from NIOSH's work with Latino immigrants

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• Personal Author:
  Flynn MA
• Description:
  The U.S. workforce is undergoing dramatic demographic shifts that are likely to continue in the coming decades. Increasing participation of men and women in previously gender-segregated fields (Sarkar, 2002), the aging workforce (National Research Council, 2012) and the integration of 2.4 million soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2011 (Waterstone, 2010) are just a few characteristics of the emerging diverse workplace. Perhaps most noticeable is the country's growing ethnic diversity as a result of immigration and higher birthrates; this trend has prompted estimates that no ethnic or racial majority will exist in the U.S. by 2042 (Johnson & Lichter, 2010). Each group brings unique experiences, assets and challenges to the workplace in general and occupational safety and health in particular. Effectively responding to this diversity will be increasingly important for public- and private-sector institutions alike. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Demography Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mass Behavior Men Mortality Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Demographic-characteristics Group-dynamics Health-services Injuries Injury-prevention Management-personnel Military-personnel Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-sociology Racial-factors Safety-education Sociological-factors Soldiers Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-organization Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0099-0027
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  52-57
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044890
• Citation:
  Prof Saf 2014 Jun; 59(6):52-57
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Professional Safety
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:04125560bd4ef88cb409e6a749e4b57545c5665a79c3d4c4fa9e2cffee33136866a0dd989b4e8e4c1c76b532cb4df0a890cdc8881fc576a4e3b6e7b939ab4461
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200490/cdc_200490_DS1.pdf
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