Sherry Baron|Sharon Beard|Leonard G. Davis|Linda Delp|Linda Forst|Andrea Kidd?Taylor|Amy K. Liebman|Laura Linnan|Laura Punnett|Laura S. Welch
Promoting integrated approaches to reducing health inequities among low?income workers: Applying a social ecological framework
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health|National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences|Triangle|Massachusetts Department of Public Health|University of California, Los Angeles|University of Illinois at Chicago|Morgan State University|Migrant Clinicians Network|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of Massachusetts Lowell|Center for Construction Research and Training
nearly one every three workers united states lowincome lowincome populations lower life expectancy greater rates chronic diseases compared higher incomes low income workers face hazards workplaces well communities developing integrated public health programs address combined health hazards especially interaction occupational nonoccupational risk factors promote greater health equitywe apply socialecological perspective considering ways improve health lowincome working population integrated health protection health promotion programs initiated four different settings worksite state local health departments community health centers communitybased organizationsexamples successful approaches developing integrated programs presented settings examples illustrate several complementary venues public health programs consider complex interplay workrelated non workrelated factors integrate health protection health promotion delivered multiple levels improve health lowincome workerswhether workplace community employers workers labor community advocates partnership public health practitioners deliver comprehensive integrated health protection health promotion programs recommendations improved research training coordination among health departments health practitioners worksites community organizations proposed