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Editorial
. 2021 Nov;148(5):1148-1150.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.09.007. Epub 2021 Sep 14.

Occupational health disparities: The pandemic as prism and prod

Emily Brigham  1 , Drew Harris  2 , Christopher Carlsten  3 , Carrie A Redlich  4
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Editorial

Occupational health disparities: The pandemic as prism and prod

Emily Brigham et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Occupation; disparities; pandemic.

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Worker health as a modifiable spectrum. A, Nonoccupational factors (including age, race/ethnicity, sex, education, health care access) are associated with disparities in health outcomes. Occupation is related to these factors, but it may also independently affect and further expand the spectrum of outcomes through exposure and income disparities. B, Onset of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded preexisting workplace hazards, shifting the spectrum of outcomes to harm in the absence of compensatory worker protections. C, Shifting the spectrum away from poor outcomes in worker health requires population-level interventions that reduce health disparities and improve workplace conditions and protections. The schematic is intentionally simplistic for conceptual representation, with the greater complexity underlying occupational health disparities noted in this article's text and referenced works.
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