The HEAT-SHIELD project — Perspectives from an inter-sectoral approach to occupational heat stress

Autor: Tiago Sotto Mayor, Alessandro Messeri, Jacob F Piil, Andreas D. Flouris, Tjaša Pogačar, George Havenith, Boris Kingma, Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, Nathan B. Morris, Josh Foster, Lars Nybo, Ana Casanueva, Miriam Levi, Christoph Spirig, Marco Morabito, Urša Ciuha, Sven Kotlarski, Leonidas G. Ioannou
Přispěvatelé: Universidad de Cantabria
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2021, 24(8), 747-755
UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Journal of science and medicine in sport (2021). doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2021.03.001
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Morris N.B.; Piil J.F.; Morabito M.; Messeri A.; Levi M.; Ioannou L.G.; Ciuha U.; Pogacar T.; Kajfez Bogataj L.; Kingma B.; Casanueva A.; Kotlarski S.; Spirig C.; Foster J.; Havenith G.; Sotto Mayor T.; Flouris A.D.; Nybo L./titolo:The HEAT-SHIELD project--Perspectives from an inter-sectoral approach to occupational heat stress/doi:10.1016%2Fj.jsams.2021.03.001/rivista:Journal of science and medicine in sport/anno:2021/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume
Morris, N B, Piil, J F, Morabito, M, Messeri, A, Levi, M, Ioannou, L, Ciuha, U, Pogačar, T, Kajfež Bogataj, L, Kingma, B, Casanueva, A, Kotlarski, S, Spirig, C, Foster, J, Havenith, G, Sotto Mayor, T, Flouris, A D & Nybo, L 2021, ' The HEAT-SHIELD project-Perspectives from an inter-sectoral approach to occupational heat stress ', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 747-755 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2021.03.001
ISSN: 1440-2440
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.03.001
Popis: Objectives: To provide perspectives from the HEAT-SHIELD project (www.heat-shield.eu): a multinational, inter-sectoral, and cross-disciplinary initiative, incorporating twenty European research institutions, as well as occupational health and industrial partners, on solutions to combat negative health and productivity effects caused by working on a warmer world. Methods: In this invited review, we focus on the theoretical and methodological advancements developed to combat occupational heat stress during the last five years of operation. Results: We outline how we created climate forecast models to incorporate humidity, wind and solar radiation to the traditional temperature-based climate projections, providing the basis for timely, policy-relevant, industry-specific and individualized information. Further, we summarise the industry-specific guidelines we developed regarding technical and biophysical cooling solutions considering effectiveness, cost, sustainability, and the practical implementation potential in outdoor and indoor settings, in addition to field-testing of selected solutions with time-motion analyses and biophysical evaluations. All recommendations were adjusted following feedback from workshops with employers, employees, safety officers, and adjacent stakeholders such as local or national health policy makers. The cross-scientific approach was also used for providing policy-relevant information based on socioeconomic analyses and identification of vulnerable regions considered to be more relevant for political actions than average continental recommendations and interventions. Discussion: From the HEAT-SHIELD experiences developed within European settings, we discuss how this inter-sectoral approach may be adopted or translated into actionable knowledge across continents where workers and societies are affected by escalating environmental temperatures. The study has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the grant agreement No 668786
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