20.500.12556/RUL-131921 Heat waves occurrence and outdoor workers' self-assessment of heat stress in Slovenia and Greece Changing patterns of heat waves are part of the global warming effect and the importance of changes is reinforced by their negative impact on society. Firstly, heat waves were analyzed in Brnik (Slovenia) and Larisa (Greece) in the period 1981–2017 to reflect the environment which workers are exposed to. Secondly, outdoor workers (70 from Greece, 216 from Slovenia) provided a self-assessment of heat stress. The heat wave timeline is presented as an effective way of illustrating long-term changes in heat waves’ characteristics for various stakeholders. In both countries, workers assessed as significant the heat stress impact on productivity (Greece 69%, Slovenia 71%; p > 0.05), and in Slovenia also on well-being (74%; p < 0.01). The main experienced symptoms and diseases were thirst (Greece 70%, Slovenia 82%; p = 0.03), excessive sweating (67%, 85%; p = 0.01), exhaustion (51%, 62%; p > 0.05) and headache (44%, 53%; p > 0.05). The most common way to reduce heat stress was drinking more water (Greece 64%, Slovenia 82%; p = 0.001). Among the informed workers, the prevalent source of information was discussions. Therefore, educational campaigns are recommended, together with the testing of the efficiency of mitigation measures that will be proposed on the Heat-Shield project portal. heat wave outdoor workers occupational health heat stress climate change productivity delavci klimatske spremembe vročinski stres Slovenija Grčija vročinski valovi zdravje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-10-06 12:08:00 2021-10-06 12:08:00 2022-09-10 04:14:36 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2019 0 0 12 str. iss. 4, art. 597 Vol. 16 2019 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 551.58 1660-4601 10.3390/ijerph16040597 9167737 RAZ_Pogacar_Tjasa_2019.pdf RAZ_Pogacar_Tjasa_2019.pdf 1 F2F5E88C40EB898A1C0ADABCC49B7D96 d71378d776d77716820a136485ca8ba4a468446b35b6f32df0dda6e49c6a24f7 5f337ae2-268d-11ec-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=149370 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/4/597 0 5806b210-268d-11ec-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=149369 Biotehniška fakulteta Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko 0 0 0