Abstract
OBJECTIVE:: The California heat illness prevention study (CHIPS) devised methodology and collected physiological data to assess heat related illness (HRI) risk in Latino farmworkers. METHODS:: Bilingual 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. RESULTS:: California 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). CONCLUSIONS:: Methodology is presented for the first comprehensive physiological assessment of HRI risk in California farmworkers.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Journal | Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
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| State | Accepted/In press - Apr 14 2017 |
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Recruitment, Methods, and Descriptive Results of a Physiologic Assessment of Latino Farmworkers : The California Heat Illness Prevention Study. / Mitchell, Diane C.; Castro, Javier; Armitage, Tracey L.; Vega-Arroyo, Alondra J.; Moyce, Sally C.; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Bennett, Deborah H.; Jones, James H.; Kjellstrom, Tord; Schenker, Marc B.
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T1 - Recruitment, Methods, and Descriptive Results of a Physiologic Assessment of Latino Farmworkers
T2 - The California Heat Illness Prevention Study
AU - Mitchell, Diane C.
AU - Castro, Javier
AU - Armitage, Tracey L.
AU - Vega-Arroyo, Alondra J.
AU - Moyce, Sally C.
AU - Tancredi, Daniel J.
AU - Bennett, Deborah H.
AU - Jones, James H.
AU - Kjellstrom, Tord
AU - Schenker, Marc B.
PY - 2017/4/14
Y1 - 2017/4/14
N2 - OBJECTIVE:: The California heat illness prevention study (CHIPS) devised methodology and collected physiological data to assess heat related illness (HRI) risk in Latino farmworkers. METHODS:: Bilingual 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. RESULTS:: California 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). CONCLUSIONS:: Methodology is presented for the first comprehensive physiological assessment of HRI risk in California farmworkers.
AB - OBJECTIVE:: The California heat illness prevention study (CHIPS) devised methodology and collected physiological data to assess heat related illness (HRI) risk in Latino farmworkers. METHODS:: Bilingual 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. RESULTS:: California 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). CONCLUSIONS:: Methodology is presented for the first comprehensive physiological assessment of HRI risk in California farmworkers.
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