Worker Health and Safety, International Issues

London, Leslie

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“…[6][7][8] The adverse impacts on occupational health have occurred through various mechanisms, such as deregulatory measures, which have weakened legal protections against occupational hazards, promotion of labor flexibility, a shift toward informal sector employment, and outsourced production to settings where safety measures are more difficult to implement. 9,10 Although human rights discourse is a useful and increasingly utilized tool for responding to growing global inequalities, until recently, 11 the explicit use of human rights discourse in occupational health research and policy development has been relatively uncommon. Although the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) has acknowledged basic occupational health services as a human right, 2 more typically, efforts to promote better standards for occupational health practice have focused on developing and applying ethical guidelines for occupational health professionals to secure improved care for workers.…”

Section: Int J Occup Environ Health 2011;17:80-92mentioning

confidence: 99%

Human Rights and Health: Opportunities to Advance Rural Occupational Health

London

2011

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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Human rights norms principally apply to governments, setting out state obligations and citizen entitlements to a range of social and material claims, whereas the highest ethical standards of occupational health professionals (OHPs) are outlined in ethical codes. Human rights discourse is rarely used to shape professional standards for health and safety. Yet there is much potential for synergy by applying human rights approaches to workplace health and safety and professional ethics. A review of international treaties confirms an extensive articulation of the right to workplace health and safety. A case study of pesticide exposure risks to small farmers in developing countries illustrates the links between human rights, occupational health practice, and professional ethics. OHPs have a responsibility to assist in the realization of workers' occupational health rights, particularly by promoting meaningful participation of those affected by hazardous exposures. Human rights approaches may assist the prevention of work-related morbidity.

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Section: Int J Occup Environ Health 2011;17:80-92mentioning

confidence: 99%

Human Rights and Health: Opportunities to Advance Rural Occupational Health

London

2011

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

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Ethics in occupational health: deliberations of an international workgroup addressing challenges in an African context

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BackgroundInternational codes of ethics play an important role in guiding professional practice in developing countries. In the occupational health setting, codes developed by international agencies have substantial import on protecting working populations from harm. This is particularly so under globalisation which has transformed processes of production in fundamental ways across the globe. As part of the process of revising the Ethical Code of the International Commission on Occupational Health, an Africa Working Group addressed key challenges for the relevance and cogency of an ethical code in occupational health for an African context through an iterative consultative process.DiscussionFirstly, even in the absence of strong legal systems of enforcement, and notwithstanding the value of legal institutionalisation of ethical codes, guidelines alone may offer advantageous routes to enhancing ethical practice in occupational health. Secondly, globalisation has particularly impacted on health and safety at workplaces in Africa, challenging occupational health professionals to be sensitive to, and actively redress imbalance of power. Thirdly, the different ways in which vulnerability is exemplified in the workplace in Africa often places the occupational health professional in invidious positions of Dual Loyalty. Fourth, the particular cultural emphasis in traditional African societies on collective responsibilities within the community impacts directly on how consent should be sought in occupational health practice, and how stigma should be dealt with, balancing individual autonomy with ideas of personhood that are more collective as in the African philosophy of ubuntu. To address stigma, practitioners need to be additionally sensitive to how power imbalances at the workplace intersect with traditional cultural norms related to solidarity. Lastly, particularly in the African context, the inseparability of workplace and community means that efforts to address workplace hazards demand that actions for occupational health extend beyond just the workplace.SummaryA stronger articulation of occupational health practice with advocacy for prevention should be an ethical norm. Ethical codes should ideally harmonize and balance individual and community needs so as to provide stronger moral authority guidelines. There is a need to consider an African Charter on Bioethics as complementary and strengthening of existing codes for the region.

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Health Outcomes Among Garment Workers in Low-Middle Income Countries: A Scoping Review

Hajaraih¹,

Tabb²

2019

Women Health Bull

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Worker Health and Safety, International Issues

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Human Rights and Health: Opportunities to Advance Rural Occupational Health

Human Rights and Health: Opportunities to Advance Rural Occupational Health

Ethics in occupational health: deliberations of an international workgroup addressing challenges in an African context

Health Outcomes Among Garment Workers in Low-Middle Income Countries: A Scoping Review

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