271 Distribution of Korean safety and health professionals from the perspective of gender equality

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Annals Of Work Exposures and Health Pub Date : 2024-06-27 DOI:10.1093/annweh/wxae035.254

Jeongim Park, Sohyeon Choi, Yeji Sung, Jinjoo Chung, Sangjun Choi

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Background Gender equality in the workplace remains a challenge. This study aimed to investigate the gender gap of human resources in the field of occupational safety and health (OSH) in Korea. Methods Several national statistical data that can confirm the gender distribution of personnel in the OSH sector were reviewed. The gender distribution of industrial technical manpower statistics, professional certificate holders in the OSH field, and the status of the appointment of safety and health managers by industry was analyzed. Results The distribution of professionals in the OSH sector in Korea had a large gender gap with a small number of women. In particular, the proportion of women in the safety field was lower than that in the health field. In the younger age group, while the proportion of women is increasing, the gender gap tends to decrease. Conclusions Few data are available to understand the gender-related aspects of OSH professions. Nevertheless, our results provide basic information for initiating a discussion on the necessity of establishing gender-sensitive culture and policies in the OSH sector.

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271 从性别平等角度看韩国安全与卫生专业人员的分布情况

背景工作场所的性别平等仍然是一项挑战。本研究旨在调查韩国职业安全与健康（OSH）领域人力资源的性别差距。研究方法对能够确认职业安全与健康领域人员性别分布的一些国家统计数据进行了审查。分析了行业技术人力统计数据、职业安全和健康领域专业证书持有者的性别分布情况，以及各行业安全和健康管理人员的任命情况。结果韩国职业安全和健康领域专业人员的分布存在较大的性别差距，女性人数较少。尤其是安全领域的女性比例低于健康领域。在较年轻的年龄组中，虽然女性的比例在增加，但性别差距趋于缩小。结论要了解职业安全和健康专业中与性别有关的方面，目前可用的数据很少。不过，我们的研究结果提供了一些基本信息，有助于就在职业安全和健康领域建立对性别问题有敏感认识的文化和政策的必要性展开讨论。

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期刊介绍： About the Journal Annals of Work Exposures and Health is dedicated to presenting advances in exposure science supporting the recognition, quantification, and control of exposures at work, and epidemiological studies on their effects on human health and well-being. A key question we apply to submission is, "Is this paper going to help readers better understand, quantify, and control conditions at work that adversely or positively affect health and well-being?" We are interested in high quality scientific research addressing: the quantification of work exposures, including chemical, biological, physical, biomechanical, and psychosocial, and the elements of work organization giving rise to such exposures; the relationship between these exposures and the acute and chronic health consequences for those exposed and their families and communities; populations at special risk of work-related exposures including women, under-represented minorities, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups such as temporary, contingent and informal sector workers; the effectiveness of interventions addressing exposure and risk including production technologies, work process engineering, and personal protective systems; policies and management approaches to reduce risk and improve health and well-being among workers, their families or communities; methodologies and mechanisms that underlie the quantification and/or control of exposure and risk. There is heavy pressure on space in the journal, and the above interests mean that we do not usually publish papers that simply report local conditions without generalizable results. We are also unlikely to publish reports on human health and well-being without information on the work exposure characteristics giving rise to the effects. We particularly welcome contributions from scientists based in, or addressing conditions in, developing economies that fall within the above scope.