Yang Yang, Chan Albert Ping-Chuen
Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.
Ind Health. 2017 Jun 8;55(3):201-209. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2016-0047. Epub 2017 Jan 20.
Developing heat stress interventions for construction workers has received mounting concerns in recent years. However, limited efforts have been exerted to elaborate the rationale, methodology, and practicality of heat stress intervention in the construction industry. This study aims to review previous heat stress intervention research in construction, to identify the major research gaps in methodological issues, and to offer detailed recommendations for future studies. A total of 35 peer-reviewed journal papers have been identified to develop administrative, environmental or personal engineering interventions to safeguard construction workers. It was found that methodological limitations, such as arbitrary sampling methods and unreliable instruments, could be the major obstacle in undertaking heat stress intervention research. To bridge the identified research gaps, this study then refined a research framework for conducting heat stress intervention studies in the construction industry. The proposed research strategy provides researchers and practitioners with fresh insights into expanding multidisciplinary research areas and solving practical problems in the management of heat stress. The proposed research framework may foster the development of heat stress intervention research in construction, which further aids researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in formulating proper intervention strategies.
近年来，为建筑工人制定热应激干预措施受到了越来越多的关注。然而，在阐述建筑行业热应激干预的基本原理、方法和实用性方面所做的努力有限。本研究旨在回顾以往建筑行业热应激干预研究，找出方法问题上的主要研究差距，并为未来研究提供详细建议。共确定了35篇同行评审期刊论文，这些论文提出了行政、环境或个人工程干预措施，以保护建筑工人。研究发现，方法上的局限性，如任意抽样方法和不可靠的仪器，可能是进行热应激干预研究的主要障碍。为了弥合已确定的研究差距，本研究随后完善了一个在建筑行业进行热应激干预研究的框架。所提出的研究策略为研究人员和从业人员提供了新的视角，有助于拓展多学科研究领域并解决热应激管理中的实际问题。所提出的研究框架可能会促进建筑行业热应激干预研究的发展，进而帮助研究人员、从业人员和政策制定者制定适当的干预策略。
