探索户外工作者的知识,态度,做法以及尼泊尔热浪的感知风险
Sudim Sharma1,2, Sabina Marasini3, Anjali Joshi3
1Group for Technical Assistance, Nepal.
PloS one
|August 13, 2025
概括
尼泊尔的户外工作者面临着严重的热浪风险,原因是有限的认识和保护措施. 越来越多的知识对热保护产生了积极的影响,突出了针对减轻热应激的有针对性的干预措施的需要.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 适应气候变化 适应气候变化
背景情况:
- 气候变化加剧了热浪,增加了全球户外工作者的风险.
- 像尼泊尔这样的低收入和中等收入国家有脆弱的户外劳动力,原因是政策差距和意识低.
- 这项研究调查了尼泊尔户外工作者对热浪的知识,态度,做法和感知风险.
研究的目的:
- 评估尼泊尔户外工作者对热浪的知识,态度和做法 (KAP).
- 为了确定与热浪相关的感知风险在这个人群中.
- 探索影响热保护实践的因素.
主要方法:
- 这是一项涉及尼泊尔八个地区356名户外工人的跨界混合方法研究.
- 数据收集包括调查和11个重点小组讨论 (FGDs) 与五个职业群体.
- 定量分析使用了描述性统计和STATA-14中的基于内核的规范最小方形 (KRLS);定性分析涉及FGDs的手动主题分析.
主要成果:
- 43%的工人听说过热浪,但86.2%的人知道与热有关的事件,78.6%的人经历过热浪.
- 对热浪的更高认识与热保护实践正相关 (实践得分 = 1.46,p < 0.001).
- 年龄较大 (实践得分 = -0.03,p < 0.001) 和男性 (实践得分 = -0.97,p < 0.001) 与较低的热保护实践有关.
结论:
- 尼泊尔的户外工作者由于对防护措施的知识不足,对热浪具有很大的脆弱性.
- 迫切需要政府主导的干预和社区和政策层面的宣传活动.
- 缓解热应激需要有针对性的策略,以提高这一高风险群体的知识和实践.
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