Impacts of extreme meteorological conditions on workers and community health in Central America

项目概要/摘要： 越来越多的证据显示，高温压力，尤其是工作场所的高温压力，是中区的主要健康威胁。 美国目前的状况可能会随着气候变化而恶化。该提案要求部分 支持“极端气象条件对工人的影响”研究培训讲习班， 计划于2022年7月在萨尔瓦多的圣萨尔瓦多举行的“中美洲社区卫生”会议。 具体目标如下。目标1：应对中美洲的EOH风险和脆弱性 特别强调气候变化的后果， 影响这个区域。目标2.鼓励和加强沟通，理解和合作， 执业临床医生、基础科学家、临床研究人员、流行病学家、毒理学家、暴露专家 科学、特殊利益集团（包括行业和工会代表）、政府风险评估员 和监管专家，以改善EOH危害的检测和预防。目标3.组织会议 教程，邀请和免费演示，讨论，辩论，演示和互动，以记录 重大新的研究进展，促进确定具体的研究差距，提出假设， 潜在的实验设计来回答新出现的科学问题。目标4。促进跨学科 从业人员和科学家/研究人员的合作，以帮助促进或启动新的多学科研究 推进EOH科学的方法。目标5。产生可交付成果，包括研讨会的以下产出： 确定紧急EOH危害;和ii）中美洲可持续干预政策的共识。 这些文件将在讲习班结束后通过各种媒体散发，如期刊文章， 新闻媒体和社交媒体 该提案寻求支持，以便为来自中美洲国家的20名与会者提供旅费赠款， 缺乏参加EOH研究培训讲习班的资源。的预期影响 拟议的关于该地区EOH科学家的讲习班包括提高对以下方面的认识和了解： 中美洲EOH威胁和干预战略，特别侧重于预防健康风险 与严重影响这一地区的气象变化有关。考虑到全球气温 在中美洲所经历的挑战可以预测到美国， 不久的将来。我们提议的会议将产生可转移的新见解， 在美国预防气候相关的健康影响。

Project Summary/Abstract: Increasing evidence shows that heat stress, especially in workplaces, is a major health threat in Central America under current conditions that will likely worsen with climate change. This proposal requests partial support for the research-training workshop ‘Impacts of extreme meteorological conditions on workers and community health in Central America’ planned for July 2022 in San Salvador, El Salvador. The specific aims are as follows. Aim 1: Address the EOH risks and vulnerabilities in Central American countries, with special emphasis on the consequences of meteorological modifications that are critically affecting this area. Aim 2. Encourage and enhance communication, understanding and collaboration between practicing clinicians, basic scientists, clinical researchers, epidemiologists, toxicologists, experts in exposure sciences, special interest groups (including industry and Union representatives), governmental risk assessors and regulatory experts to improve detection and prevention of EOH hazards. Aim 3. Organize the conference tutorials, invited and free presentations, discussions, debates, demonstrations and interactions to document major new research advances, facilitate identification of specific research gaps, formulate hypotheses and potential experimental designs to answer to emerging scientific questions. Aim 4. Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration of practitioners and scientist/investigators to help foster or initiate new multidisciplinary research approaches to advance the EOH science. Aim 5. Produce deliverables including the workshop outputs on: i) identification of urgent EOH hazards; and ii) consensus on sustainable intervention policies in Central America. This documentation will be disseminated after the workshop through various media, such as journal articles, news outlets and social media. This proposal seeks support to provide travel grants to 20 participants from the Central American countries that lack the resources to participate in the EOH research training workshop. The anticipated impact of the proposed workshop on EOH scientists from the region includes increased awareness and knowledge of Central American EOH threats and intervention strategies, especially focused on the prevention of health risks related to the meteorological modifications critically affecting this area. Given the worldwide temperature increase, the challenges experienced in Central America can be projected to the United States in the immediate future. Our proposed meeting will generate transferable new insights that will be useful to increase preparedness in the US to prevent climate-related health impacts.