农业工人对气候危害和风险降低策略的看法
Molly Parker1, Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega2, Julie Postma1
1College of Nursing, Washington State University, Spokane, USA.
Journal of agromedicine
|December 28, 2023
概括
农业工人因极端高温和野火烟雾而面临越来越多的健康风险. 改善教育,培训和安全法规的执行对于保护这些必不可少的工人至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 农业科学 农业科学
背景情况:
- 农业劳动力对粮食安全至关重要,但面临着气候变化影响的重大风险,如极端高温和野火烟雾.
- 西方国家正在制定职业健康和安全法规,以应对这些新出现的与气候有关的危险.
研究的目的:
- 了解农业工人与高温和野火烟雾接触的经历.
- 为农业工人制定和实施有效的工作场所安全干预措施提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用社区参与研究和CDC政策评估框架进行的定性描述性研究.
- 与华盛顿中部的12名现任和前任农业工人进行了半结构化采访和焦点小组.
- 数据以西班牙语和英语收集,记录,转录和翻译.
主要成果:
- 五个主要主题出现了:极端天气带来的危险日益增加,雇主缺乏关于劳工法律和安全的培训,雇主恐吓,对监管机构的不信任,以及需要优先考虑工人的安全而不是生产力.
- 工人报告了由于暴露于热量和烟雾而引起的不良健康症状.
- 提出的解决方案包括加强教育,培训,沟通,加强职业健康和安全规则的执行.
结论:
- 有效的政策和干预措施必须纳入工人的观点,以适应气候变化.
- 保护农业工人的健康对于维持稳定的劳动力和促进公共健康至关重要.
- 解决农业中气候驱动的风险需要关注工人的福利以及生产力.
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