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（由申请人提供）：气候变化就在这里，预计将导致环境发生巨大变化，特别是热量，灰尘和过敏原的增加。目前，关于气候变化对农民和农场工人职业风险的影响的讨论很少。拉丁裔移民至少占加州农业劳动力的85%。如果不对这些脆弱人群中气候引起的健康风险的性质和程度有基本的了解，就无法实施有效的公共卫生干预措施。此外，由于社会或心理社会因素，这些群体在农业部门遭受职业伤害和疾病的比例过高，导致工作场所的风险和风险增加。该项目的总体目标是了解农场工人和农民/农场劳动承包商对气候变化的知识水平和看法，以便利益相关者能够更好地了解将日益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经验的定量和定性数据，以改善健康结果。这项研究将在加州的圣华金河谷进行，因为这是一个主要的农业区，已经经历了长时间的高温和空气污染。该项目有三个目标。在具体目标1中，将评估关于气候变化及其对因空气质量差、极端高温和干旱而造成的职业健康和安全危害的影响的知识、态度、信念和报告的行为。知识和看法将在广泛的利益相关者，包括农场工人，农民和农场劳动承包商，使用关键的线人访谈，焦点小组和问卷调查。在具体目标2中，将建立并召集一个由气候变化研究人员和监管机构（如国家机构）组成的联盟，专门确定对农业、健康、疾病和安全的可能影响（例如，对机械、安全系统的影响），协调信息，提供最新情况，并确定可能的职业健康和安全影响。最后，在具体目标3中，研究结果将启动针对农业社区的适应性教育计划的转化发展，以提高对适当做法的认识，以减少气候变化引起的安全和健康下降和疾病的风险（R2 P：从研究到实践）。将通过以下产出来衡量研究实效：出版物、报告、年度社区论坛记录、介绍/海报、调查员职业发展、工具、准则、建议以及教育和培训材料的编写。衡量的成果可能包括公共或私人政策变化、基于项目产出和文献引用的培训或讲习班。该研究涉及以下NIOSH/诺拉跨部门计划：暴露评估，职业健康差异，通过设计和全球合作预防，以减少农业工人的气候诱发疾病。