The multi-level heat education and awareness tools [HEAT] intervention study for farmworkers: Rationale and methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of adverse health effects from heat exposure is substantial, and outdoor workers who perform heavy physical work are at high risk. Though heat prevention interventions have been developed, studies have not yet systematically evaluated the effectiveness of approaches that address risk factors at multiple levels.

Objective

We sought to test the effectiveness of a multi-level heat prevention approach (heat education and awareness tools [HEAT]), which includes participatory training for outdoor agricultural workers that addresses individual and community factors and a heat awareness mobile application for agricultural supervisors that supports decisions about workplace heat prevention, in the Northwest United States.

Design

We designed the HEAT study

SUBMITTER: Krenz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209069 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature