Messing K
Centre pour l'étude des interactions biologiques entre la santé et l'environnement (CINBIOSE), Université du Québec à Montréal.
Women Health. 1997;25(4):39-68. doi: 10.1300/J013v25n04_03.
Action to improve women's occupational health has been slowed by a notion that women's jobs are safe and that any health problems identified among women workers can be attributed to unfitness for the job or unnecessary complaining. With increasing numbers of women in the labor force, the effects of work on women's health have recently started to interest health care providers, health and safety representatives and researchers. We begin our summary of their discoveries with a discussion of women's place in the workplace and its implications for occupational health, followed by a brief review of some gender-insensitive data-gathering techniques. We have then chosen to concentrate on the following four areas: methods and data collection; directing attention to women's occupational health problems; musculoskeletal disease; mental and emotional stress. We conclude by pointing out some neglected occupational groups and health issues.
改善女性职业健康的行动一直因一种观念而受阻，即女性的工作是安全的，而且在女性工人中发现的任何健康问题都可归因于不适合这份工作或不必要的抱怨。随着劳动力中女性人数的增加，工作对女性健康的影响最近已开始引起医疗保健提供者、健康与安全代表及研究人员的关注。我们在总结他们的发现时，首先讨论女性在工作场所的地位及其对职业健康的影响，接着简要回顾一些对性别不敏感的数据收集技术。然后，我们选择重点关注以下四个领域：方法与数据收集；关注女性职业健康问题；肌肉骨骼疾病；精神和情绪压力。我们在结尾指出一些被忽视的职业群体和健康问题。
