Workers and climate change: the need for academic–industry partnerships to improve agricultural worker health, safety, and wellbeing
Dally, Miranda ; Krisher, Lyndsay ; Macaluso, Francesca ; James, Katherine A. ; Newman, Lee S.
2022
14
11
6717
climate change ; agricultural worker ; occupational health
Occupational safety and health
https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116717
English
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"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."
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