Strategies for advancing occupational safety and health: Examining health inequities

The United States has a long history of occupational safety and health (OSH) research, policy, and intervention. Despite this, long-standing occupational health inequities continue, with underserved workers experiencing higher rates of injury and illness. Occupational Health Equity Program researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently wrote a commentary published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The commentary discusses the evolving framework for understanding worker injury and illness, and it suggests how to “push the needle forward” to make sure work-related benefits and risks are more evenly distributed among all workers. (author introduction)