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Occupational Contributions to Respiratory Health Disparities.

Sheiphali A Gandhi¹, Amy Heinzerling², Jennifer Flattery²

¹Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 2330 Post St Ste 460, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.

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Occupational exposures significantly contribute to respiratory diseases like asthma and lung cancer, worsening health inequities. Addressing workplace hazards through proper controls offers a key opportunity for achieving health equity.

Keywords:

Health disparities Occupational health Occupational lung diseases Respiratory diseases

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Environmental health
Occupational medicine
Public health

Background:

Occupation influences health disparities through financial status, healthcare access, and hazardous exposures.
Workplace exposures are often overlooked in health inequities research despite their inclusion in socioecological models.

Purpose of the Study:

To highlight the role of occupational exposures in health disparities for specific respiratory diseases.
To emphasize the preventable nature of occupational diseases and their potential for intervention.

Main Methods:

Literature review focusing on occupational contributions to respiratory diseases.
Analysis of socioecological models and their limitations regarding work exposures.

Main Results:

Occupational factors are significant drivers of disparities in asthma, COPD, silicosis, COVID-19, and lung cancer.
Workplace exposures are a critical, yet under-researched, component of health inequities.

Conclusions:

Recognizing occupational causes of respiratory disease is crucial for developing targeted interventions.
Implementing workplace controls can mitigate occupational exposures and advance health equity.