Women's Health in Low Wage Jobs

Health Effects of Low Wage Jobs on Women Name: Institution: Annotated bibliography Leigh, J, P., & Du, J. (2012). Are low wages risk factors for hypertension. European Journal of Public Health, 1-5. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr204. This article tries to expound on the fact that income/wages which are part of the social economic status, are highly linked the health status of women that work in jobs that pay minimum wages. Specifically it shows the link between the low wages as one of the risk factors associated with developing hypertension health condition. Interestingly, much of the evidence pointed towards women working in low wages jobs within the age gap of 25 and 44 years. While the paper does well to expound on the fact that majority of the low wages are women, it does not include the teenagers. Jackson, A, P., Bentler, P, M. & Franke, T, M.(2008). Low-Wage Maternal Employment and Parenting Style. National Center for Biotechnology Information, Volume 53(3), 267-278. This authors link the quality of the maternal health the parents’ accord their children while closely linking the same to the mental health of the parents who are poor wages bracket. It is interesting to show the mental health of these women as well as the effect it has on the children. The argument in the article is well placed and supported. Staggs, S, L. & Riger, S. (2005). Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Low-Income Women’s Health and Employment. American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 36(1/2) DOI: 10.1007/s10464-005-6238-1. The authors of this article try to bring out the poor health conditions such as stress and actual physical injuries of the women working in low waged jobs. It is interesting how they also show the amount of violence they are exposed to from their intimate partners. The paper elaborates clearly the kind of life, that these women are exposed, where their human rights are violated. Arendt, J, N. & Lauridsen, J. (2007). Do risk factors explain more of the social gradient in self-reported health when adjusting for baseline health. European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 18, (2), 131–137. This article tries to bring out the social gradient in relation to both men’s and women’s health, tying to the poor wage living standards, which are part of the social economic risk factors. It is interesting how the study relates to the social gradient with relation to the two genders, by comparing them on the basis of their health status. Walker L, O., & Sterling B,S. (2007). The structure of thriving/distress among low-income women at 3 months after giving birth. PubMed, volume 30(1), 95-103. The authors illustrate the kind of stress, poor social support, unhealthy living and the poor self image the low waged women have. It shows how their social status is affected by their poverty levels. Miller S,M., Roussi, P., Altman ,D., Helm, W. & Steinberg, A.(1994). Effects of coping style on psychological reactions of low-income, minority women to colposcopy. PubMed, volume 39(9), 711-8. The study tries to show the responses to the copying mechanisms, while majority of the participants show high signs of depression about their economic status. It was interesting, that some of the participants showed signs of avoidance. It would have been interesting to show how the teenagers in the category would react.  HYPERLINK "...