AI Article Synopsis
Article Abstract
Background: There is little information on the differential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality by occupation. The objective was to examine changes in mortality during the COVID-19 period compared with the prepandemic period in different occupational groups in Spain.
Methods: Average mortality in the entire period 2020-2021, and each of its semesters, was compared, respectively, with the average mortality in the entire period 2017-2019, and the corresponding semester (first or second) of this last period, across occupational skill levels. For this, age-standardised death rates and age-adjusted mortality rate ratios (MRRs) obtained through Poisson regression were used. Data were obtained from the National Institute of Statistics and the Labour Force Survey.
Results: The excess all-cause mortality during the 2020-2021 pandemic period by the MRR was higher in low-skilled (1.18, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.20) and medium-skilled workers (1.14; 95% CI 1.13 to 1.15) than high-skilled workers (1.04; 95% CI 1.02 to 1.05). However, the greatest excess mortality was observed in low-skilled workers in 2020 and in medium-skilled workers in 2021. Focusing on causes of death other than COVID-19, low-skilled workers showed the highest MRR from cardiovascular diseases (1.31; 95% CI 1.26 to 1.36) and high-skilled workers the lowest (1.02; 95% CI 0.98 to 1.02). However, this pattern was reversed for mortality from external causes, with low-skilled workers showing the lowest MRR (1.04; 95% CI 0.97 to 1.09) and high-skilled workers the highest (1.08; 95% CI 1.03 to 1.13).
Conclusion: Globally, in Spain, during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 epidemic period, low-skilled workers experienced a greater excess all-cause mortality than other occupational groups, but this was not the case during the entire epidemic period or for all causes of death.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-222065 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Giving voice to employees in low-skilled jobs works: Effect and process evaluation of a participatory sustainable employability intervention.
Work
December 2024
Department of Social Medicine, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Background: To improve the sustainable employability (SE) of employees in low-skilled jobs, there is an urgent need to implement more effective approaches for this group.
Objective: This evaluation study aimed to get insight into the effect and implementation process of an organisational intervention called 'Healthy HR' (HHR), which promoted the job control and SE of employees in low-skilled jobs in two Dutch organisations.
Methods: An effect evaluation with a pretest-posttest design and a mixed-methods process evaluation were conducted.
The relationship between artificial intelligence and low-skilled employment in South Africa.
Heliyon
December 2024
School of Economics, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, its impact on employment is a topic of concern. In South Africa, where low-skilled labor forms a significant portion of the workforce, the integration of AI technologies raises questions about the future of employment opportunities and economic stability. This manuscript explores the relationship between AI adoption, low-skilled employment dynamics, and its implications using key economic indicators such as inflation, interest rates, and foreign direct investment (FDI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWork-related injuries and compliance with personal protective equipment among migrant workers in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
Ind Health
December 2024
College of Medicine, Sulaiman Al Rajhi University, Saudi Arabia.
Migrant workers constitute nearly one-third of Saudi Arabia's population, with a significant portion engaged in low-skilled manual labour. Limited data exists on work-related injuries and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) among workers. The current cross-sectional survey focused on seven occupational groups, (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManaging medicines in decentralisation: discrepancies between national policies and local practices in primary healthcare settings in Indonesia.
Health Policy Plan
November 2024
Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
In Indonesia, primary health centres (PHCs) are mandated to provide essential medicines to ensure equal access to medication for all Indonesians, as stated in the national medicine policy. However, limited information is available regarding the actual practices of health workers within the context of decentralised governance. This paper investigates the discrepancies between national policies and local practices in two Indonesian districts, shedding light on coping mechanisms employed in each phase of medicine management within PHCs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubaltern housing policies: Accommodating migrant workers in wealthy Geneva.
Eur Urban Reg Stud
October 2024
EPFL - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland.
In the wealthy and orderly city of Geneva, Switzerland, accommodation centres built in haste between the 1950s and the 1980s to house seasonal guestworkers from southern Europe are still standing and still inhabited. Today's residents are precarious workers, undocumented or with temporary permits as well as asylum seekers. While the seasonal status disappeared in the early 2000s, the demand for low-skilled, flexible labour did not.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!