Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Scientific Evidence, Methods, and Research Implications for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Occupational Health

The extent of racial/ethnic disparities in occupational health have not been well studied. The author reviews the evidence about workers of color and occupational injuries and disease. Patterns of employment in the U.S. workforce according to education, gender, and race/ethnicity are discussed, and...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2003-02, Vol.93 (2), p.221-226
Main Author: Murray, Linda Rae
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Occupational - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Ethnic Groups - classification
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Farmworkers
Fatalities
Female
Health disparities
Health Status
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Methods
Minority & ethnic groups
Miscellaneous
Mortality
Occupational accidents
Occupational Diseases - ethnology
Occupational health
Occupational Health - statistics & numerical data
Occupational medicine
Population Surveillance
Poverty
Prejudice
Public Health
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Race
Racial inequalities
Racial/Ethnic Bias and Health
Risk Factors
Risks
Social research
Socioeconomic Factors
United States - epidemiology
USA
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Summary:The extent of racial/ethnic disparities in occupational health have not been well studied. The author reviews the evidence about workers of color and occupational injuries and disease. Patterns of employment in the U.S. workforce according to education, gender, and race/ethnicity are discussed, and how these patterns might cause disproportionate exposure leading to disproportionate disease and injury. Methodological issues are explored that have hampered research about occupational health disparities, and future research needs are identified.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.93.2.221