title: Black Jobs Matter: Racial Inequalities in Conditions of Employment and Subsequent Health Outcomes.
abstract: African-Americans shoulder an excessive burden of unemployment, precarious employment, and low paying jobs in the United States, which may help explain why they experience some of the worst health outcomes among U.S. citizens. This paper presents a conceptual framework describing this phenomenon. The social determinants of health as described by this framework include racism, social and public policy formation, socioeconomic status, and conditions of employment. The intermediate determinants of health, which include the ability to afford health behavior, depression and addiction, environmental exposures, and access to primary care, are informed by conditions of employment, which leads to poor health outcomes for African-Americans. This paper will explore in detail these relationships.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Megan Sarah
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Doede
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: African-Americans; employment; health outcomes; social determinants of health