abstract: 'This policy promotes decent work as a U.S. public health goal through a

  comprehensive approach that builds upon existing APHA policy statements

  and addresses statement gaps. The International Labour Organization

  defines decent work as work that is ``productive, delivers a fair

  income, provides security in the workplace and social protection for

  workers and their families, offers prospects for personal development

  and encourages social interaction, gives people the freedom to express

  their concerns and organize and participate in the decisions affecting

  their lives and guarantees equal opportunities and equal treatment for

  all across the entire lifespan.{''''} The World Health Organization has

  emphasized that ``health and employment are inextricably linked{''''} and

  ``health inequities attributable to employment can be reduced by

  promoting safe, healthy and secure work.{''''} Here evidence is presented

  linking decent work and health and action steps are proposed to help

  achieve decent work for all and, thus, improve public health. In the

  United States, inadequacies in labor laws, structural racism, failed

  immigration policies, ageism, and other factors have increased income

  inequality and stressful and hazardous working conditions and reduced

  opportunities for decent work, adversely affecting workers'' health and

  ability to sustain themselves and their families. The COVID-19 pandemic

  highlighted these failures through higher mortality rates among

  essential and low-wage workers, who were disproportionately people of

  color. This policy statement provides a strategic umbrella of tactics

  for just, equitable, and healthy economic development of decent work and

  proposes research partnerships to develop, implement, measure, and

  evaluate decent work in the United States.'
affiliation: 'Amer Public Hlth Assoc (Corresponding Author), Amer Publ Hlth Assoc,
  800 1 Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 USA.

  Amer Public Hlth Assoc, Amer Publ Hlth Assoc, 800 1 Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
  USA.'
author: Assoc, Amer Public Hlth
author_list:
- family: Assoc
  given: Amer Public Hlth
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/10482911231167089
earlyaccessdate: APR 2023
eissn: 1541-3772
files: []
issn: 1048-2911
journal: NEW SOLUTIONS-A JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH POLICY
keywords: wages; workplace safety; mental health; unions; paid leave
keywords-plus: CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE; JUSTICE; RISK; TIME;
  CARE
language: English
month: MAY
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '86'
pages: 60-71
papis_id: 304a8bb1da070cb730a24d69a57b525f
ref: Assoc2023supportdecent
times-cited: '1'
title: Support Decent Work for All as a Public Health Goal in the United States. (APHA
  Policy Statement Number 20223, Adopted November 2022)
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000981890300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '33'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2023'