Contextualising workers’ health and safety in urban settings: The need for a global perspective and an integrated approach

Characterizing the low wage immigrant workforce: A comparative analysis of the health disparities among selected occupations in Somerville, Massachusetts

“…Some of the incumbents in these occupations are undocumented and define themselves as either self‐employed or unemployed, or working on multiple temporary jobs with long work hours. These workers do not qualify for the benefits of full time employment and work protection and are mostly paid in cash on a weekly or even daily basis [Clinton, ; NIOSH, ; Tompa et al, ; Barten et al, ]. The highly fluid work settings among the low wage jobs make occupational monitoring and access to these immigrant workers difficult.…”

Quantitative Microbial Risk Analysis to evaluate health effects of interventions in the urban water system of Accra, Ghana

“…Lack of proper water supply, sanitation, flood protection and solid waste collection are serious environmental problems escalating in sub-Saharan Africa due to the large growing urban population (Barten et al 2008). Currently, nearly 300 million people in this part of the world do not have access to clean drinking water and 440 million do not have access to basic sanitation (G8 2007).…”

Perspectivas da investigação sobre determinantes sociais em câncer

“…As desigualdades na ocorrência de câncer são relevantes e devem ser preocupação dos epidemiologistas neste momento histórico em que as discrepâncias na saúde tendem a aumentar de magnitude pelo processo de globalização, crescente urbanização e precariedade no trabalho (BARTEN et al, 2008). O estudo das desigualdades em saúde permite reconhecer possíveis mecanismos causais das doenças e identificar oportunidades de intervenções preventivas com alto potencial de efetividade (KAPLAN, 1998).…”