Deprivation, occupational hazards and perinatal outcomes in pregnant workers

Abstract

Our data suggest that deprived pregnant workers are an occupationally vulnerable group.

Exposure to occupational hazards for pregnancy and sick leave in pregnant workers: a cross-sectional study

“…The assessment of occupational exposures was carried out by OHPs with good knowledge of the workstations and the workers answered the questionnaire before visiting the OHPs. Also our results were improved by adjustment for socioeconomic deprivation based on the EPICES scale [12, 31]. The other advantages of our study were its large size and the wide range of possible confounders collected, for which we adjusted our data.…”

“…From literature data, early SL was more frequent among pregnant workers with unstable jobs and with less-qualified occupational categories [12]. Deprived pregnant workers were exposed to more occupational hazards for pregnancy and higher risk of pregnancy-related illnesses [12, 31]. In France, pregnant workers can adapt their jobs using occupational health services, but not all women seem to benefit from those adjustments.…”

Geographical epidemiology of health and overall deprivation in England, its changes and persistence from 2004 to 2015: a longitudinal spatial population study

“…At the area level, greater deprivation is associated with worse clinical outcomes,1 2 higher comorbidity levels3 4 and lower levels of healthcare access and utilisation 5 6. Higher individual-level socioeconomic deprivation has been linked to poorer health for secondary school students in New Zealand,7 higher oral health-related hospitalisation rates in Australia,8 poorer self-reported health in Germany and the USA,9 10 worse perinatal outcomes in France11 and higher all-cause and cause-specific mortality in England and Wales 12…”

Occupational reporiductive system diseases in female workers employed at worplaces with harmful working conditions

“…Потапенко и M.R. Alex [5,13], одной из самых проблем-ных отраслей для женского здоровья является здравоохранение. Так, класс условий труда хи-рургов, стоматологов, акушеров-гинекологов, фтизиатров, медсестер, сотрудников клинико-диагностических и бактериологических лабора-торий оценивался как 3.3; рентгенологов, фи-зиотерапевтов, специалистов функциональной диагностики -как 3.2.…”