Heat index in migrant farmworker housing: Implications for rest and recovery from work-related heat stress

S.A. Quandt, M.F. Wiggins, H. Chen, W.E. Bischoff and T.A. Arcury

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 8, e24-e26

Abstract: Although the health risk to farmworkers of working in hot conditions is recognized, potential for excessive heat exposure in housing affecting rest and recovery has been ignored. We assessed heat index in common and sleeping rooms in 170 North Carolina farmworker camps across a summer and examined associations with time of summer and air conditioning use. We recorded dangerous heat indexes in most rooms, regardless of time or air conditioning. Policies to reduce heat indexes in farmworker housing should be developed. © 2013 American Journal of Public Health.

Keywords: air conditioning; article; cross-sectional study; female; heat; heat injury; housing; human; male; migration; occupational disease; risk factor; United States, Agricultural Workers' Diseases; Air Conditioning; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Heat Stress Disorders; Hot Temperature; Housing; Humans; Male; North Carolina; Risk Factors; Transients and Migrants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301135

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