Where African-American women work and the nonfatal work-related injuries they experienced in the U.S. in 1996, compared to women of other races
✍ Scribed by Guang X. Chen; Larry A. Layne
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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✦ Synopsis
BACKGROUND
Occupational safety and health problems of women in general, and African-American women in particular, have historically not been adequately addressed. In fact, concern on racial disparity, and dif®culties in obtaining scienti®c data for the studies of minority public health led to the disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-527). This study was conducted to identify where African-American women work and the nonfatal injuries they experienced on the job in the United States in 1996, and to compare these patterns to women of other races.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
African-American women had higher rates of nonfatal occupational injuries presented to a hospital ED for medical treatment, than white women, in all age groups. Differences