Students' Perceived Heat-Health Symptoms Increased with Warmer Classroom Temperatures.

ABSTRACT: Temperatures in Africa are expected to increase by the end of the century. Heat-related health impacts and perceived health symptoms are potentially a problem, especially in public schools with limited resources. Students (n = 252) aged ~14-18 years from eight high schools completed an hourly heat-health symptom log over 5 days. Data loggers measured indoor classroom temperatures. A high proportion of students felt tired (97.2%), had low concentration (96.8%) and felt sleepy (94.1%) during at least one hour on any day. There were statistically significant correlations, when controlling for school cluster effect and time of day, between indoor temperatures ≥32 °C and students who felt tired and found it hard to breathe. Consistently higher indoor classroom temperatures were observed in clas

SUBMITTER: Bidassey-Manilal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4924023 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature