School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK.
Occup Med (Lond). 2010 May;60(3):172-7. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqq030.
Older women make up an increasingly important sector in the labour market. However, we know little about their health-the various influences on their health and the ways in which paid and unpaid work impact on both physical and mental well being. This paper reviews the available literature on older women's health in the workplace, focussing on work-specific and more general risks for older women, including stress, discrimination, physical hazards and the 'double burden' of paid work and caring responsibilities.
Databases searched included Web of Science, CAS, CINAHL, Medline and ASSIA, together with UK and European statistical sources.
We conclude with a three-point research agenda, calling for more empirical work on the risks faced by older women, studies that take a life-course perspective of women's occupational health and work that explores the interactions between unpaid and paid work in later life.
老年女性在劳动力市场中占比越来越大。然而，我们对她们的健康知之甚少，包括影响健康的各种因素，以及有偿工作和无偿工作对身心健康的影响方式。本文回顾了关于老年女性工作场所健康的现有文献，重点关注与老年女性相关的特定工作和更普遍的风险，包括压力、歧视、身体危害以及有偿工作和照顾责任的“双重负担”。
搜索的数据库包括 Web of Science、CAS、CINAHL、Medline 和 ASSIA，以及英国和欧洲的统计来源。
我们总结了三点研究议程，呼吁开展更多关于老年女性所面临风险的实证研究，从女性职业健康的生命历程视角进行研究，并探索晚年无偿工作和有偿工作之间的相互作用。
