Abstract

GAYOSO DOLDAN, María; RODRIGUEZ TUPAYACHI, Shirley; FERNANDEZ FELIPE, M.ª Carmen  and  CRUZ CANTOS, M.ª Luisa de la. Gender inequality in occupational risk prevention. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2015, vol.61, n.238, pp.4-17. ISSN 1989-7790.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0465-546X2015000100002.

Objectives: In order to test the possible gender inequality in labour prevention, we need to know how often women have access to health surveillance, which is the scope of the training and information received by women, the frequency with which the assessment of health risks in the workplace. Methods: Cross-sectional epidemiological study of secondary source data from the «Seventh National Working Conditions Survey, conducted by INSHT in 2011. Results: 56.30% women compared to 43.70% of men say they were not offered the medical examination in the last 12 months, while the 52.80% of women, who were offered medical examination, did not attend. Risk assessment in workplace during the last 12 months was not performed to 51.70% of women versus 48.30% men. 56.10% of women versus 43.90% of men claim to be misinformed about the risks of their job. We got constant risk factors: being female, the absence of prevention delegate, temporary contract, and being foreign worker.

Keywords : Gender; inequality; work environment; work.

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