REPRODUCTIVE HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE - A CASE-STUDY OF WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS
REPRODUCTIVE HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE - A CASE-STUDY OF WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS
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DOI：
10.1002/ajim.4700090602
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发表时间：
1986-01-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
ROSENSTOCK, L
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作者：
EVANOFF, BA;ROSENSTOCK, L
最近的注意力集中在为妇女提供平等就业机会同时确保工作场所生殖健康的困难上。本文探讨了怀孕的消防员面临的潜在危险，并建议一项政策，寻求就业和胎儿和孕产妇健康之间的合理调节。消防员面临的潜在危险包括体力消耗、体温过高、暴露在一氧化碳和其他有毒气体中。改善生殖健康的理想政策选择是为所有雇员提供安全的工作场所。如果无法做到这一点，而且怀孕期间妇女面临独特的生殖危险，则应找到临时职位，使孕妇远离危险，同时使她能够继续工作。
Recent attention has focused on the difficulties of providing equal employment opportunities for women while ensuring reproductive health in the workplace. This paper examines the potential hazards faced by pregnant firefighters and recommends a policy that seeks a reasonable accommodation between employment and fetal and maternal health. The potential hazards faced by firefighters include physical exertion, hyperthermia, and exposure to carbon monoxide and other toxic gases. The ideal policy option for improving reproductive health is to make the workplace safe for all employees. Where this cannot be accomplished and a unique reproductive hazard exists to women during pregnancy, temporary positions should be found that remove the pregnant woman from the hazard while allowing her to continue work.