Health Disparities Are an Occupational Health Issue

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University. College of Human Medicine
• Description:
  Although occupational health is generally not included in the discussion of health disparities by local, state or federal agencies, there are both historical and current examples of occupational health disparities that underscore that occupational health should be included in programs to address health disparities. This oversight in addressing occupational health disparities has occurred despite the many examples in the medical literature of a disproportionate occurrence of work-related injuries and illnesses among minority and immigrant populations (Table 1), the estimated economic costs of occupational injuries and illnesses in low-wage workers of $15 billion for medical care and another $24 billion for lost productivity (Leigh, 2012), the history of tragedies among minority and immigrant workers such as the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in 1911 in New York City where 146 mostly female immigrant textile workers died, and the current differences in the predominant jobs performed by different racial groups (Table 2). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emigration And Immigration Minority Health Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Discrimination Gender Factors Immigrant Workers Minority Health Occupational Health Disparities Racial Factors
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University-College of Human Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Newsletter
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054611
• Citation:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News 2014 Aug; 25(4):1-4
• Contact Point Address:
  MSU-CHM, 117 West Fee Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824-1316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Project S.E.N.S.O.R. News
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217108/cdc_217108_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 66.45 KB ]