Low-Socioeconomic Status Workers: Their Health Risks and How to Reach Them

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• Personal Author:
  Hannon PA ; Harris JR ; Huang Y ; Williams B
• Description:
  Objective: To help workplace health promotion practitioners reach low-socioeconomic status workers at high risk for chronic diseases. Methods: We describe low-socioeconomic status workers' diseases, health status, demographics, risk behaviors, and workplaces, using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Results: Workers with household annual incomes less than $35,000, or a high school education or less, report more chronic diseases and lower health status. They tend to be younger, nonwhite, and have much higher levels of smoking and missed cholesterol screening. They are concentrated in the smallest and largest workplaces and in three low-wage industries that employ one-quarter of the population. Conclusions: To decrease chronic diseases among low-socioeconomic status workers, we need to focus workplace health promotion programs on workers in low-wage industries and small workplaces. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Chronic Disease Demography Health Promotion Occupational Health Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Chronic Diseases Demographic Characteristics Health Promotion Small Businesses Socioeconomics Sociological Factors Worker Health
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• 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:
  132-138
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056583
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2011 Feb; 53(2):132-138
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeffrey R. Harris, MD, MPH, MBA, Health Promotion Research Center, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98105
• Email:
  jh7@uw.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214164/cdc_214164_DS1.pdf
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