Recruitment, Methods, and Descriptive Results of a Physiologic Assessment of Latino Farmworkers
| Autor: | Diane C. Mitchell, Marc B. Schenker, Javier Castro, Sally Moyce, Alondra J. Vega-Arroyo, James H Jones, Deborah H. Bennett, Tracey Armitage, Tord Kjellstrom, Daniel J. Tancredi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology Biomedical Research Hot Temperature Poison control Organism Hydration Status Cardiovascular Suicide prevention California Metabolic equivalent Occupational safety and health Body Temperature 0302 clinical medicine Heat illness Heart Rate Surveys and Questionnaires 80 and over Aged 80 and over Dehydration Temperature Human factors and ergonomics Agriculture Hispanic or Latino Middle Aged 030210 environmental & occupational health Prevention Study Public Health and Health Services Female Adult Adolescent Emigrants and Immigrants Nursing Heat Stress Disorders Article Environmental & Occupational Health Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Clinical Research Occupational Exposure Metabolic Equivalent Injury prevention medicine Humans Obesity Occupational Health Aged business.industry Patient Selection Prevention Body Weight Osmolar Concentration Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030229 sport sciences medicine.disease business Blood Chemical Analysis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, vol 59, iss 7 |
| ISSN: | 1076-2752 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/jom.0000000000000988 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThe California heat illness prevention study (CHIPS) devised methodology and collected physiological data to assess heat related illness (HRI) risk in Latino farmworkers.MethodsBilingual researchers monitored HRI across a workshift, recording core temperature, work rate (metabolic equivalents [METs]), and heart rate at minute intervals. Hydration status was assessed by changes in weight and blood osmolality. Personal data loggers and a weather station measured exposure to heat. Interviewer administered questionnaires were used to collect demographic and occupational information.ResultsCalifornia farmworkers (n = 588) were assessed. Acceptable quality data was obtained from 80% of participants (core temperature) to 100% of participants (weight change). Workers (8.3%) experienced a core body temperature more than or equal to 38.5 °C and 11.8% experienced dehydration (lost more than 1.5% of body weight).ConclusionsMethodology is presented for the first comprehensive physiological assessment of HRI risk in California farmworkers. |
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