• Reciprocity: to engage in practices that • Humility: to operate with a willingness to promote respect and mutual relationships, be self-aware and self-reflective of one’s with intertwined obligations between privilege afforded by working in public public health and worker-led groups.4 health; to be open to the perspectives, feedback and knowledge of workers and worker-led groups; and to see ones. [...] VALUES-DRIVEN 8 BU ILDI NTERSECTIONAL I FIGURE 1: PUBLIC HEALTH ROLES FOR ADVANCING DECENT WORK AND HEALTH EQUITY OWER P R E K OR AND RSSESS EP O W A RT NG Assess and report on (a) the existence and health equity impact of precarious employment and hazardous work and (b) effective strategies that promote decent work and health equity. [...] Co-lead, support and participate Modify, orient and with workers, worker- PUBLIC transform interventions led groups and other HEALTH to promote decent work organizations in decent ROLES FOR and to reduce inequities work policy analysis, DECENT caused by precarious development, advocacy, WORK employment and implementation and hazardous work. [...] • Modify and orient public health programs and services to (a) extend reach to workers in precarious employment (e.g., multiple jobs, low wages, schedule uncertainty, lack of paid sick days); and (b) identify, address and mitigate the health impacts of precarious employment and hazardous working conditions in the community. [...] Relationships were key to principles and practices that support containing the COVID-19 outbreak as well as making improved relationships between public the response more equitable by understanding health and primary care, and the important and addressing the ways determinants of health role of communities in strengthening including employment and working conditions health systems.
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