Workers and Climate Change: The Need for Academic–Industry Partnerships to Improve Agricultural Worker Health, Safety, and Wellbeing

Miranda Dally, Lyndsay Krisher, Francesca Macaluso, Katherine A. James and Lee S. Newman
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Miranda Dally: Climate, Work & Health Initiative, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Lyndsay Krisher: Climate, Work & Health Initiative, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Francesca Macaluso: Climate, Work & Health Initiative, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Katherine A. James: Climate, Work & Health Initiative, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Lee S. Newman: Climate, Work & Health Initiative, Center for Health, Work & Environment, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045, USA

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-6

Abstract: Climate change will have negative consequences for human health worldwide. Agricultural workers are especially vulnerable to the health consequences of climate change. This communication demonstrates how a Total Worker Health ® approach is utilized to protect Guatemalan agricultural workers from the negative health effects of climate change. DrPH researchers work alongside local partners to develop, implement, and evaluate climate adaptation strategies and other interventions to improve agricultural worker health, safety, and wellbeing. Training in public health ethics, communications, and leadership gives DrPH researchers the tools to help create successful academic–industry partnerships that increase local capacity and have sustainable public health impact.

Keywords: climate change; occupational health; Total Worker Health ®; public health education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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