TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - From agricultural fields to urban asphalt: the role of worker education to promote California's heat illness prevention standard
JO  - New solutions: a journal of environmental and occupational health policy
A1  - Riley, Kevin
A1  - Delp, Linda
A1  - Cornelio, Deogracia
A1  - Jacob, Sarah
SP  - 297
EP  - 323
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - This article describes an innovative approach to reach and educate workers and worker advocates about California's outdoor heat illness prevention standard. In 2010, Cal/OSHA initiated a statewide education campaign to reduce heat-related illnesses and fatalities and increase awareness of the standard's requirements. In Southern California, the UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH) focused on three principal strategies of community-based outreach, popular education, and organizational capacity building. Central to the LOSH approach was the integration of health promotores into core program planning and training activities and the expansion of campaign activities to a wide variety of rural and urban workers. We describe each of these strategies and analyze the possibilities and constraints of worker education to support implementation of this standard, particularly given the vulnerabilities of the impacted workforce, the often precarious nature of employment arrangements for these workers, and the resource limitations of Cal/OSHA.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1048-2911
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/NS.22.3.e
ID  - ref1
ER  -