Heat waves occurrence and outdoor workers' self-assessment of heat stress in Slovenia and Greece

Pogačar, Tjaša (avtor), Žnidaršič, Zala (avtor), Kajfež-Bogataj, Lučka (avtor), Flouris, Andreas D. (avtor), Poulianiti, Konstantina (avtor), Črepinšek, Zalika (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: heat wave, outdoor workers, occupational health, heat stress, climate change, productivity
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta ; FMF - Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2019
• Št. strani: 12 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 16, iss. 4, art. 597
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-131921
• UDK: 551.58
• ISSN pri članku: 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16040597
• COBISS.SI-ID: 9167737
• Datum objave v RUL: 06.10.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of environmental research and public health
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. environ. res. public health
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 1660-4601
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1818965

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 19.02.2019

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: delavci, klimatske spremembe, vročinski stres, Slovenija, Grčija, vročinski valovi, zdravje

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Program financ.: H2020
• Številka projekta: 668786
• Naslov: Integrated inter-sector framework to increase the thermal resilience of European workers in the context of global warming
• Akronim: HEAT-SHIELD