[Inequity and health in the workplace: exploring an emergent area].

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    • Transliterated Title:
      La equidad y la salud en el trabajo: explorando un área emergente.
    • Source:
      Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Salud Country of Publication: Peru NLM ID: 101227566 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1726-4642 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17264634 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Lima : Instituto Nacional de Salud
    • Subject Terms:
      Health Status Disparities* ; Healthcare Disparities* ; Occupational Health*; Humans ; Workplace
    • Abstract:
      Work, under fair employment and decent work, reduces inequities in health. Nowadays it seems, however, that obtaining and carrying out a job and worker performance take precedence over the aforementioned attributes. Workers are not only exposed to accidents, diseases caused by various agents, ergonomic and psychosocial risks but also affected by work modes imposed by the "wildmarket", such as the lack of social security benefits. Member countries of the International Labour Organization (ILO) should institute occupational health and safety policies in order to reduce the above mentioned inequities. Nonetheless, governments, which would guarantee such policies, seem to have become intermediaries in favor of large corporations. It is essential to define and strengthen actions that create jobs in decent and appropriate conditions with a view to generating equity, equality, and social well-being.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20140123 Date Completed: 20150406 Latest Revision: 20140122
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      24448947