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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2018

Work as an Inclusive Part of Population Health Inequities Research and Prevention.

Emily Quinn Ahonen, Kaori Fujishiro, Thomas Cunningham, Michael Flynn

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Article in American journal of public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Emily Quinn AhonenEmily Quinn Ahonen is with the departments of Environmental Health Science and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis. Kaori Fujishiro is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH. Thomas Cunningham is with the Training Research and Evaluation Branch, Education and Information Division, NIOSH. Michael Flynn is with the Occupational Health Equity Program, NIOSH.
Kaori FujishiroEmily Quinn Ahonen is with the departments of Environmental Health Science and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis. Kaori Fujishiro is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH. Thomas Cunningham is with the Training Research and Evaluation Branch, Education and Information Division, NIOSH. Michael Flynn is with the Occupational Health Equity Program, NIOSH.
Thomas CunninghamEmily Quinn Ahonen is with the departments of Environmental Health Science and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis. Kaori Fujishiro is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH. Thomas Cunningham is with the Training Research and Evaluation Branch, Education and Information Division, NIOSH. Michael Flynn is with the Occupational Health Equity Program, NIOSH.
Michael FlynnEmily Quinn Ahonen is with the departments of Environmental Health Science and Social and Behavioral Sciences, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis. Kaori Fujishiro is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, OH. Thomas Cunningham is with the Training Research and Evaluation Branch, Education and Information Division, NIOSH. Michael Flynn is with the Occupational Health Equity Program, NIOSH.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite its inclusion in models of social and ecological determinants of health, work has not been explored in most health inequity research in the United States. Leaving work out of public health inequities research creates a blind spot in our understanding of how inequities are created and impedes our progress toward health equity. We first describe why work is vital to our understanding of observed societal-level health inequities. Next, we outline challenges to incorporating work in the study of health inequities, including (1) the complexity of work as a concept; (2) work's overlap with socioeconomic position, race, ethnicity, and gender; (3) the development of a parallel line of inquiry into occupational health inequities; and (4) the dearth of precise data with which to explore the relationships between work and health status. Finally, we summarize opportunities for advancing health equity and monitoring progress that could be achieved if researchers and practitioners more robustly include work in their efforts to understand and address health inequities.

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Biomedical ResearchHealth Status DisparitiesPopulation HealthEmploymentHumansSocioeconomic FactorsUnited States

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PMID29345994
PMCPMC5803801

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