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Psychosocial Occupational Health—A Priority for Middle-Income Countries?
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: Received: 19 October 2023 / Approved: 20 October 2023 / Online: 20 October 2023 (03:55:30 CEST)
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Siegrist, J. Psychosocial Occupational Health—A Priority for Middle-Income Countries? Healthcare 2023, 11, 2988. Siegrist, J. Psychosocial Occupational Health—A Priority for Middle-Income Countries? Healthcare 2023, 11, 2988.
Abstract
In response to new developments of work and employment in high-income countries (HICs), psychosocial aspects of work and health received increased attention. In contrast, middle-income countries (MICs) are mainly concerned with severe challenges of noxious and dangerous material work environments, poor employment conditions, and deficient social policies, leaving psychosocial aspects in a marginal role at best. More recently, differences between these two worlds were even aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, with economic globalisation and growing worldwide interconnectivity, the world of work in MICs is being rapidly transformed, sharing several concerns with modern Western societies. In this process, psychosocial occupational health will become an increasingly pressing issue. This contribution explores to what extent psychosocial aspects of work and health are already addressed in research originating from MICs. A selective focus on recent findings from two regions, Asia Pacific and Latin America, reveals a high degree of awareness of, and inquiry into, work-stress related problems within these countries. Importantly, in addition to incorporating research progress from HICs, these analyses identify new aspects within specific cultural and socio-economic environments, thus enriching the international state of art.
Keywords
middle-income countries; economic globalisation; psychosocial work environments; occupational health; Asia Pacific; Latin America
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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