From Workers to the Working-Age Population: A New Paradigm for the Occupational Health Service

Park, Jungsun; Kim, Yangho

doi:10.1016/j.shaw.2019.07.002

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“…Our previous study showed that unskilled manual workers were more likely to report exposure to physical/chemical and ergonomic hazards and musculoskeletal pain, relative to nonmanual workers [11]. Individuals with precarious employment have limited access to occupational and general health care services [17]. Taken together, our results indicated that social determinants were the main factors responsible for the poor physical and mental health status of unskilled manual workers.…”

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confidence: 48%

“…Physical and mental health problems can vary widely in scope. The analysis of physical health problems focused on noncommunicable diseases, which negatively impact work ability and threaten the sustainability of employment [17]. The analysis of mental health problems focused on depression (which may be affected by performing emotional labor or by psychosocial factors) [18], [19] and suicidal ideation [20] (which may be influenced by socioeconomic status or by the presence of a chronic disease).…”

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Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems

Ahn

Kim

Lee

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Safety and Health at Work

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ObjectivesWe evaluated the physical and mental health problems of waged workers in Korea who had different classes of occupation.MethodsWe used data from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007–2017) to examine 22,788 workers who were waged employees and categorized these workers into 5 occupational classes.Results“Unskilled manual workers” were more likely to be older, less educated, have lower monthly income, and work fewer hours per week. Among men and relative to “managers and professionals” (reference group), “skilled manual workers” were more likely to have physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis, “clerks” were less likely to report suicidal ideation, and “unskilled manual workers” were more likely to report suicidal ideation. Among women and relative to “managers and professionals” (reference group), “service and sales workers” and “unskilled manual workers” were more likely to report physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis, depressive feelings, and suicidal ideation. However, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases did not differ among the occupational classes for men and women.ConclusionWe identified differences between men and women and among those in different occupational classes regarding employment status, physical health, and mental health. “Unskilled manual workers” of both genders were more likely to be older, less educated, have less monthly income, work fewer hours per week, and have suicidal ideation. Female “service and sales workers” were more likely to have osteoarthritis, depressive feelings, and suicidal ideation.

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Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems

Ahn

Kim

Lee

et al. 2019

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“…In 2019, more than 30% of Korea's economically active population had nonstandard employment. 11 A study reported that approximately one third of young adults, including those with doctorate degrees, started their first career with PE. 12 PE has been considered to be a social determinant of poor health, 2 and numerous studies have investigated the relationship between PE and employees' health, including mental health, [13][14][15][16][17] general health, 18,19 physical health problems, 20 and musculoskeleta symptoms.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…PE is also increasingly prevalent in Korea. In 2019, more than 30% of Korea’s economically active population had nonstandard employment 11 . A study reported that approximately one third of young adults, including those with doctorate degrees, started their first career with PE 12…”

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Precarious Employment and Self-Rated Health in Young Adults

Park

2022

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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Objective: To investigate the relationship between employment changes including sustained precarious employment (PE) and poor self-rated health (SRH) in young Korean adults. Methods: A longitudinal study was performed using follow-up data from the Korea Youth Panel Survey 2007 (3rd-12th). Overall, 1265 young adults were included. Multiple logistic regression analyses estimated the poor SRH risk according to employment changes. Results: Poor SRH risk was significantly higher in sustained PE than in fulltime permanent employment in young male adults and overall. However, in young female adults, PE was not clearly associated with poor SRH risk. Conclusions: The proportion of new cases of poor SRH was increased by PE, particularly in young male workers. This finding emphasizes the importance of improving the health of young workers with PE and employment quality for young people vulnerable to PE.

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“…During the last few decades, the number of workers in precarious employment has grown in many developed countries, including the US, Europe, and Korea [ 7 , 8 ]. In 2019, the combined proportion of daily and temporary employment was estimated to be 21.7% among the economically active population in Korea [ 9 ].…”

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Precarious Employment and Increased Incidence of Musculoskeletal Pain among Wage Workers in Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Park

Lee

2021

IJERPH

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The number of precarious workers is increasing globally, and precarious employment is becoming a public concern in terms of workers’ health. However, sufficient research on precarious employment and its impact on musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is lacking. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between precarious employment and the risk of MSP among Korean wage workers. After merging the data from the 4th and 5th Korean Working Conditions Surveys, 59,644 wage workers were analyzed. The control group comprised full-time permanent workers, and precarious employment was defined as workers involved in temporary or daily employment, or part-time workers. The outcome variable was the summed number of MSP in three anatomical sites (back, neck and upper limb, lower limb). Zero-inflated negative binomial analyses were selected to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) between precarious employment and MSP. In adjusted models with age, sex, educational level, income level, weekly working hours, and occupation, precarious employment was significantly associated with an increased risk of both MSP (OR 1.66 95% CI 1.56–1.77) and work-related MSP (OR 1.18 95% CI 1.11–1.25). Given the job insecurity and health inequity associated with precarious employment, special attention on precarious workers’ health is needed.

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From Workers to the Working-Age Population: A New Paradigm for the Occupational Health Service

Cited by 11 publications

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Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems

Relationship of Occupational Category With Risk of Physical and Mental Health Problems

Precarious Employment and Self-Rated Health in Young Adults

Precarious Employment and Increased Incidence of Musculoskeletal Pain among Wage Workers in Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study

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