Primary Care and the Working Patient — Occupational Health Principles in Practice
CDC: Workers Compensation
OCTOBER 7, 2024
What someone does for work, and where and when they do it, can have broad health impacts. This includes direct effects from physical job exposures and hazards. Many aspects of work also affect health in other ways such as through sleep and eating patterns, social connectedness, mental health stressors, and access to benefits like health insurance and paid sick leave.1,2 These are called social determinants of health – non-medical factors that affect health outcomes.3 Why Does a Patient’s Job Mat
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