Work related injury among aging women

Tracie Harrison; Brittany Legarde; Sunhun Kim; Janiece Walker; Shelley Blozis; Debra Umberson

doi:10.1177/1527154413476095

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Work related injury among aging women

Tracie Harrison, Brittany Legarde, Sunhun Kim, Janiece Walker, Shelley Blozis and Debra Umberson

Policy, politics & nursing practice, Vol.14(1), pp.16-25

02/2013

DOI: 10.1177/1527154413476095

PMCID: PMC3695038

PMID: 23528432

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Abstract

This article reports the experiences of women aged 55 to 75 with mobility impairments who attributed aspects of their limitations to workplace injuries and provides insight into worker's compensation policies. The study sample includes Mexican American (MA) and non-Hispanic White (NHW) women aged 55 to 75 who participated in a 4-year ethnographic study of disablement. Ninety-two of the 122 participants in the study attributed aspects of their functional limitations to employment, and their experiences were analyzed using data from 354 meetings. Using Lipscomb and colleagues' conceptual model of work and health disparities, the women's experiences were grouped into three categories according to type of injury, assistance gained, and the consequences of a workplace injury; the results have broad implications for policies that influence aging outcomes. Workplace injuries causing permanent functional limitations compound the effects of age and gender on employment outcomes. Policies addressing health disparities should consider work related influences.

Accidents, Occupational - statistics & numerical data

Aged

Aging - physiology

Cohort Studies

Disability Evaluation

Employment - statistics & numerical data

Female

Health Status Disparities

Humans

Incidence

Linear Models

Middle Aged

Mobility Limitation

Needs Assessment

Occupational Health

Risk Assessment

United States

Women's Health

Workers' Compensation - economics

Workers' Compensation - statistics & numerical data

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Title: Subtitle: Work related injury among aging women
Creators: Tracie Harrison - The University of Texas at Austin
Brittany Legarde - The University of Texas at Austin
Sunhun Kim
Janiece Walker - The University of Texas at Austin
Shelley Blozis - University of California, Davis
Debra Umberson - The University of Texas at Austin
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Policy, politics & nursing practice, Vol.14(1), pp.16-25
DOI: 10.1177/1527154413476095
PMID: 23528432
PMCID: PMC3695038
ISSN: 1527-1544
eISSN: 1552-7468
Grant note: R01 NR010360 / NINR NIH HHS R24 HD042849 / NICHD NIH HHS 1F31NR014399-01 / NINR NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 02/2013
Academic Unit: Nursing
Record Identifier: 9984696719002771

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