Community-Engaged Approaches to Occupational Health and Safety
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 969
Special Issue Editors
Interests: community engagement; participatory research; farmworker health; health policy; immigrant health; medical anthropology; occupational health; public health; substance use prevention; young workers
Interests: community-based participatory research; occupational health and safety; immigrant and migrant worker health and safety; migrant and seasonal farmworkers; rural communities; rural health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite gains in occupational health and safety in many countries in recent decades, workers in multiple sectors remain at high risk for occupational injury, illness, and fatality. The United Nations estimates that 2.78 million workers die from work-related incidents and diseases annually, while an additional 374 million workers suffer from non-fatal occupational incidents each year. Improving workplace safety requires collaboration across multiple levels and scales, spanning from individual workplaces up to national and global governing bodies. Across these scales, incorporating the worker and community perspective is critical for success.
This Special Issue focuses on community-engaged approaches to occupational health and safety. Papers reporting results from research, education, and training initiatives across industries and geography are welcome, but they must clearly articulate how the project was informed and driven by a community-engaged approach. Partnerships between academic institutions, governmental entities, labor unions, workers’ centers, community-based organizations, advocacy organizations, and businesses are all responsive to this call. Studies using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods designs are all appropriate. Additionally, conceptual papers examining lessons learned and best practices from real-world examples of successful community partnerships to improve worker safety and health are welcome. Research that reports on occupational health topics but does not include a community-engaged component is outside the scope of this Special Issue.
Dr. Taylor J. Arnold
Dr. Thomas A. Arcury
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- occupational health and safety
- community engagement
- community-based participatory research
- workplace safety
- health equity
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