What do you think about gender inequality in the diagnosis of occupational diseases? Is occupational history of female workers underestimated or poorly questioned?
I will be happy if you can share any publication addressing this topic.
Dear Mohan,
Is there any study or would you like to share your experience?
Dear Metin,
Good question ! Issues of gender inequity exist in scientific knowledge, as well as in the workforce and workplaces.
Consider the following chapter.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292147982_Gender_InEquity_and_the_Scientific_Workforce
Chapter Gender, (In)Equity, and the Scientific Workforce
Gender in occupational health research of farmworkers: A systematic review
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1097-0274
In Scandinavia and in the Netherlands much research has been done on this subject. For a start I would recommend the following studies:
Sickness absence: A gender-focused review
Psychology, Health & Medicine Volume 14, 2009 - Issue 4
Marrie H.J. Bekker; Christel G Rutte, Karen van Rijswijk
Correspondence
, Christel G. Rutte Department of Social Psychology , Tilburg University , PO Box 90153, Tilburg , 5000 LE , Netherlands & Karen van Rijswijk Freelance Researcher and Advisor , Netherlands
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548500903012830
Road to help-seeking among (dedicated) human service professionals with burnout
K Putnik, A de Jong, P Verdonk - Patient education and counseling, 2011 - Elsevier
“My greatest dream is to be normal”: The impact of gender on the depression narratives of young Swedish men and women
UE Danielsson, C Bengs… - Qualitative Health …, 2011
Metin,
I honestly don't know. I haven't had the opportunity to read the references earlier cited by esteemed colleagues previously..
However, if occupational disease is diagnosed less frequently in women than men, I wonder if it could be because of the patterns of employment that women often follow, particularly after marriage and childbearing - often, this consists of part-time jobs held for short periods of time, which makes compiling an occupational history much more difficult (if it is done at all!) This might be even more problematic in societies in which women and the roles that they play are regarded as being subordinate to men.
Bw
Chris Ide
Dear Chris,
Thanks for the comment. The situation is more or the less same in certain regions. Another reason may be men-dominated labor that can cause underestimating occupational history of women.
Metin
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