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

极端气象条件对中美洲工人和社区健康的影响

• 批准号: 10469173
• 负责人: Roberto G Lucchini
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10469173
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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.

项目摘要/摘要： 越来越多的证据表明，热应激，特别是在工作场所，是中部地区的主要健康威胁 美国目前的情况可能会因气候变化而恶化，该提案要求部分。 支持研究培训讲习班“极端气象条件对工人和人员的影响” 中美洲社区卫生计划于 2022 年 7 月在萨尔瓦多圣萨尔瓦多举行。 具体目标如下： 目标 1：解决中美洲的 EOH 风险和脆弱性。 国家，特别强调严重影响气象变化的后果 目标 2. 鼓励和加强相互之间的沟通、理解和合作。 实践人类、基础科学家、临床研究人员、流行病学家、毒理学家、接触专家 科学、特殊利益团体（包括行业和工会代表）、政府风险评估人员 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 重大新研究进展，促进确定具体研究差距，提出假设和 目标 4. 促进跨学科 从业者和科学家/研究人员的合作，帮助促进或启动新的多学科研究 目标 5. 制定可交付成果，包括研讨会的以下成果： i) 确定紧急的 EOH 危害；以及 ii) 就中美洲的可持续干预政策达成共识。 该文件将在研讨会结束后通过各种媒体传播，例如期刊文章、 新闻媒体和社交媒体。 该提案寻求支持，为来自中美洲国家的 20 名参与者提供旅费补助 缺乏参加 EOH 研究培训研讨会的资源。 拟议的该地区 EOH 科学家研讨会包括提高对以下问题的认识和了解： 中美洲 EOH 威胁和干预策略，特别关注健康风险的预防 与严重影响该地区的气象变化有关。 增加，中美洲经历的挑战可以投射到美国 我们提议的会议将产生可转移的新见解，这将有助于增加。 美国为防止气候相关的健康影响做好准备。