Agriculture and Climate Change Impacts on Workers' Health and Safety

农业和气候变化对工人健康和安全的影响

• 批准号: 9341203
• 负责人: KENT Ed PINKERTON
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9341203
• 关键词: Agriculture; Climate; Change; Impacts; Workers

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Climate change is here and is predicted to cause dramatic changes in the environment, especially increased episodes of heat, dust and allergens. Very little is being addressed at this time on the effects of climate change on occupational risks of farmers and farm workers. Latino immigrants make up at least 85% of the agricultural work force in California. Without a basic understanding of the nature and magnitude of climate-induced health risks in these vulnerable populations, effective public health interventions cannot be implemented. In addition these groups experience disproportionate rates of occupational injuries and illness within the agricultural sector because of social or psychosocial factors, which lead to increased workplace exposures and susceptibilities. The overall goal of this project is to understand the knowledge level and perceptions of both farm workers and farmers/farm labor contractors concerning climate change so that stakeholders can obtain a better understanding of the factors that will increasingly affect health and safety in the agricultural environment. Our goal is to obtain quantitative and qualitative data on broad community experiences with climate change to improve health outcomes. The research will take place in California's San Joaquin Valley because this is a major agricultural area that already experiences extended periods of high heat and air pollution. The project has three aims. In Specific Aim 1, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and reported behaviors regarding climate change and its effects on occupational health and safety hazards as a result of poor air quality, extreme heat temperatures and drought will be assessed. Knowledge and perceptions will be examined among a broad base of stakeholders, including farm workers, farmers, and farm labor contractors, using key informant interviews, focus groups and questionnaires. In Specific Aim 2, a coalition of researchers working on climate change and regulators (such as state agencies) will be established and convened to specifically determine possible effects on agriculture, health, disease and safety (e.g., effects on machinery, safety systems) over three years to coordinate information, provide updates and determine likely occupational health and safety effects. Lastly, in Specific Aim 3, findings will initiate translational development of adaptive an educational programs tailored to the agricultural community to increase the awareness of proper practices to reduce the risk climate-change induced safety and health decrements and disease (R2P: Research to Practice). Research effectiveness will be measured through the following outputs: publications, reports, annual community forum proceedings, presentations/posters, investigator career development, tools, guidelines, recommendations and development of educational and training materials. Outcomes measured may include public or private policy changes, trainings or workshops based on project outputs and citations in the literature. The study addresses the following NIOSH/NORA cross sector programs: exposure assessment, occupational health disparities, prevention through design and global collaborations to reduce climate-induced disease in agricultural workers.

 描述（适用提供）：气候变化在这里，预计会导致环境的急剧变化，尤其是热，灰尘和过敏原的发作。目前，关于气候变化对农民和农场工人职业风险的影响，几乎没有解决。拉丁裔移民至少占加利福尼亚州农业劳动力的85％。如果没有对这些脆弱人群中气候引起的健康风险的性质和程度的基本了解，则无法实施有效的公共卫生干预措施。此外，由于社会或社会心理因素，这些群体在农业部门内部的职业伤害和疾病率不成比例，这导致工作场所的暴露和敏感性增加。该项目的总体目标是了解农场工人和农民/农业劳动承包商涉及气候变化的知识水平和看法，以便利益相关者可以更好地了解将会增加影响健康和安全的因素 农业环境。我们的目标是获得有关气候变化的广泛社区体验的定量和定性数据，以改善健康状况。这项研究将在加利福尼亚的圣华金河谷进行，因为这是一个主要的农业领域，已经经历了高热量和空气污染的长时间。该项目有三个目标。在特定的目标1中，知识，与会者对气候变化及其对职业健康和安全危害的影响的行为，由于空气质量差，极端的热温和干旱的影响。知识和看法将在包括农场工人，农民和农业劳动承包商在内的广泛利益相关者基础之间进行研究，并使用关键的线人访谈，焦点小组和问卷调查。在特定的目标2中，将建立并召集了从事气候变化和监管机构（例如州机构）的研究人员联盟，以特别确定对农业，健康，疾病和安全性的可能影响（例如，对机械，安全系统的影响，安全系统的影响），以协调信息，提供更新，提供更新并确定可能占用健康和安全效果。最后，在特定目标3中，发现将启动适应性的自适应发展，该计划是针对农业社区量身定制的，旨在提高对降低气候变化诱导的安全性和健康降低和疾病风险的适当实践的认识（R2P：练习研究）。研究有效性将通过以下输出来衡量：出版物，报告，年度社区论坛会议记录，演讲/海报，研究人员职业发展，工具，指南，建议和教育和培训材料的发展。所测量的结果可能包括基于项目产出和文献中引用的公共或私人政策变更，培训或研讨会。该研究涉及以下NIOSH/NOHA跨部门计划：接触评估，职业健康分布，通过设计和全球合作进行预防，以减少农业工作者气候诱发的疾病。