Department of Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Aug;103(8):e24-6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301135. Epub 2013 Jun 13.
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.
尽管人们已经认识到农场工人在炎热环境下工作所面临的健康风险，但住房中潜在的过热暴露对休息和恢复的影响却一直被忽视。我们评估了北卡罗来纳州 170 个农场工人营地在整个夏季常见和睡眠房间的热指数，并研究了其与夏季时间和空调使用的关系。无论时间或空调使用情况如何，我们在大多数房间都记录到了危险的热指数。应制定减少农场工人住房热指数的政策。
