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Black Jobs Matter: Racial Inequalities in Conditions of Employment and Subsequent Health Outcomes
Author(s) -
Doede Megan Sarah
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12241
Subject(s) - unemployment , socioeconomic status , racism , public health , inequality , health equity , social determinants of health , social inequality , demographic economics , health care , addiction , psychology , environmental health , sociology , medicine , economic growth , economics , population , nursing , psychiatry , gender studies , mathematical analysis , mathematics
African‐Americans shoulder an excessive burden of unemployment, precarious employment, and low paying jobs in the United States, which may help explain why they experience some of the worst health outcomes among U.S. citizens. This paper presents a conceptual framework describing this phenomenon. The social determinants of health as described by this framework include racism, social and public policy formation, socioeconomic status, and conditions of employment. The intermediate determinants of health, which include the ability to afford health behavior, depression and addiction, environmental exposures, and access to primary care, are informed by conditions of employment, which leads to poor health outcomes for African‐Americans. This paper will explore in detail these relationships.