Engaging Interdisciplinary Professionals for Worker Health Equity

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• Personal Author:
  Martelino JZ ; Soh ED ; Tsai JH-C
• Description:
  Worker health and safety is layered and complex. The burden of work-related illnesses and injuries disproportionately impacts systemically disenfranchised workers. Social determinants of equity, such as racism, sexism, and classism (Wipfli et al., 2021), influence available work opportunities, employment quality, and working conditions based on an individual's identities (e.g., race, gender, class). The multifaceted nature of worker health and safety necessitates a systems-thinking approach that demands interdisciplinary engagement from professionals both within and outside occupational health and safety (OHS; Felknor et al., 2020) to advance worker health equity effectively. Bound by the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Code of Ethics to promote collaboration with other professionals, occupational health nurses (OHNs) are well-positioned to lead worker health equity engagement among interdisciplinary colleagues. While interdisciplinary engagement within OHS is ongoing, there are opportunities for OHNs to increase awareness and collaboration among non-OHS professionals in advancing worker health equity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Health Nursing (OHN) Practice Engagement Interdisciplinary Collaboration Nursing Occupational Health Disparities Occupational Health Equity Organizational Culture/Climate Safety Culture Worker Health Worker Health Equity Worker Safety

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• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  79
• Volume:
  72
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069112
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2024 Feb; 72(2):79
• Contact Point Address:
  Janelle Z. Martelino, RN, MN, FACMPE, Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Washington, Box 357263, Seattle, WA 98195-7263
• Email:
  jzamora@uw.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4c6558f692578e2e2e575e974027057dabd3c47d90cc607a791754c4bbeb368f20abf77583a09847445eac0a532e37660d6e444848f2a219a21d006606aff1ee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207650/cdc_207650_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 95.48 KB ]