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Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut
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Silva-Peñaherrera, Michael
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2021-04-09T14:24:02Z
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2021-04-09T14:24:02Z
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2021-03-24
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http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671366
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Objective: To examine health inequities in the working population of Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC) according to sex, age, level of study, occupation and formality or
informality in employment.
Methods: We collected microdata from the most recent national working conditions
surveys, national health surveys, official registries and national statistics institutes, as well as
data from international organizations. We harmonized and recoded datasets in order to make
data comparable between countries, to the extent possible. We estimated health inequity gaps
by means of simple and complex measures of inequity calculating absolute and relative
values. All analyses were stratified by sex.
Results: We found wide health inequities between occupational and educational groups in
LAC. No evidence of progress in closing the health inequity gap over time was found. The
wider health inequity gap was observed between countries. Informal employment negatively
impacts population health, which is buffered by welfare state regimes.
Conclusions. Addressing informal employment could be an effective way to improve
population health in LAC. The welfare state is an important macro-level determinant of
health that buffer the negative effects of poor working conditions on population health.
Strengthening occupational health surveillance system in LAC countries is a priority, with a
view towards informing policy
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application/pdf
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L'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)
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Keywords: occupational health, health inequities, working and employment conditions Palabras clave: salud laboral, desigualdades en salud, condiciones de trabajo y empleo
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Occupational health
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Health inequities
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Working and employment conditions
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Desigualdades en salud
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Condiciones de trabajo y empleo
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Health inequities and paid work in Latin America and the Caribbean : Better employment and working conditions for reducing health inequities
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info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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michael.silviap@gmail.com
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Benavides, Fernando G. (Fernando García)
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López Ruiz, María
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Merino Salazar, Pamela Alexandra
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Programa de doctorat en Biomedicina