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Title: Examining National Trends in Worker Health With the National Health Interview Survey
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2013
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Abstract: Objective: To describe data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), both the annual core survey and periodic occupational health supplements (OHSs), available for examining national trends in worker health. Methods: The NHIS is an annual in-person household survey with a cross-sectional multistage clustered sample design to produce nationally representative health data. The 2010 NHIS included an OHS. Results: Prevalence rates of various health conditions and health behaviors among workers based on multiple years of NHIS core data are available. In addition, the 2010 NHIS-OHS data provide prevalence rates of selected health conditions, work organization factors, and occupational exposures among US workers by industry and occupation. Conclusions: The publicly available NHIS data can be used to identify areas of concern for various industries and for benchmarking data from specific worker groups against national averages.
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Authors: Luckhaupt, Sara, E; Sestito, John, P
Periodical (Full): Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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Volume: 55
Pages: S58–S62
Data Collections: IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS
Topics: Health
Countries: United States