Evaluating Employment Quality as a Determinant of Health in a Changing Labor Market

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• Personal Author:
  Flaherty BP ; Fujishiro K ; Hajat A ; Peckham T ; Seixas, Noah S.
• Description:
  The shifting nature of employment in recent decades has not been adequately examined from a public health perspective. To that end, traditional models of work and health research need to be expanded to include the relational and contractual aspects of employment that also affect health. We examine the association of three health outcomes with different types of employment in the contemporary U.S. labor market, as measured by a multidimensional construct of employment quality (EQ) derived from latent class analysis. We find that EQ is associated with self-rated health, mental health, and occupational injury. Further, we explore three proposed mediating mechanisms of the EQ-health relationship (material deprivation, employment-related stressors, and occupational risk factors), and find each to be supported by these data. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Analytical Processes Author Keywords: Employment Quality Employees Health Surveys Injuries Job Analysis Job Stress Latent Class Analysis Mental Health Occupational Health Occupations Public Health Risk Factors Sociological Factors Statistical Analysis Work-related Injury Work Capability Worker Health Work Experience Work Performance

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• ISSN:
  2377-8261
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  258-281
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057435
• Citation:
  RSF 2019 Sep; 5(4):258-281
• Contact Point Address:
  Trevor Peckham, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
• Email:
  tpeckham@uw.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:af9be5721b7155f469eb3705b2e05dbdf2ef4fea8620119b135c74617356808df9748813c2db36592234cbb5c0932f0c792d41e208a00c555d3da6bf0c7e8932
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214792/cdc_214792_DS1.pdf
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