Heat Waves Occurrence and Outdoor Workers’ Self-assessment of Heat Stress in Slovenia and Greece
| Autor: | Zala Žnidaršič, Zalika Črepinšek, Andreas D. Flouris, Konstantina Poulianiti, Tjaša Pogačar, Lučka Kajfež Bogataj |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Self-assessment
heat wave Self-Assessment Hot Temperature productivity 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Grčija Slovenia delavci Outdoor workers lcsh:Medicine Efficiency Heat Stress Disorders Global Warming 01 natural sciences Article Occupational safety and health heat stress 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine outdoor workers Occupational Exposure Larisa Humans Slovenija vročinski valovi 030212 general & internal medicine Socioeconomics Productivity 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Greece biology Global warming lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Heat wave zdravje biology.organism_classification udc:551.58 Heat stress Geography climate change 13. Climate action klimatske spremembe vročinski stres occupational health |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 4, p 597 (2019) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 4 International journal of environmental research and public health, vol. 16, no. 4, 597, 2019. |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Changing patterns of heat waves are part of the global warming effect and the importance of changes is reinforced by their negative impact on society. Firstly, heat waves were analyzed in Brnik (Slovenia) and Larisa (Greece) in the period 1981&ndash 2017 to reflect the environment which workers are exposed to. Secondly, outdoor workers (70 from Greece, 216 from Slovenia) provided a self-assessment of heat stress. The heat wave timeline is presented as an effective way of illustrating long-term changes in heat waves&rsquo characteristics for various stakeholders. In both countries, workers assessed as significant the heat stress impact on productivity (Greece 69%, Slovenia 71% p > 0.05), and in Slovenia also on well-being (74% p < 0.01). The main experienced symptoms and diseases were thirst (Greece 70%, Slovenia 82% p = 0.03), excessive sweating (67%, 85% p = 0.01), exhaustion (51%, 62% 0.05) and headache (44%, 53% 0.05). The most common way to reduce heat stress was drinking more water (Greece 64%, Slovenia 82% p = 0.001). Among the informed workers, the prevalent source of information was discussions. Therefore, educational campaigns are recommended, together with the testing of the efficiency of mitigation measures that will be proposed on the Heat-Shield project portal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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