TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Recruitment, methods, and descriptive results of a physiologic assessment of Latino farmworkers: the California Heat Illness Prevention Study
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Mitchell, Diane C.
A1  - Castro, Javier
A1  - Armitage, Tracey L.
A1  - Vega-Arroyo, Alondra J.
A1  - Moyce, Sally C.
A1  - Tancredi, Daniel J.
A1  - Bennett, Deborah H.
A1  - Jones, James H.
A1  - Kjellstrom, Tord
A1  - Schenker, Marc B.
SP  - 649
EP  - 658
VL  - 59
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The California heat illness prevention study (CHIPS) devised methodology and collected physiological data to assess heat related illness (HRI) risk in Latino farmworkers. <br><br>METHODS: Bilingual researchers monitored HRI across a workshift, recording core temperature, work rate (metabolic equivalents [METs]), and heart rate at minute intervals. Hydration status was assessed by changes in weight and blood osmolality. Personal data loggers and a weather station measured exposure to heat. Interviewer administered questionnaires were used to collect demographic and occupational information. <br><br>RESULTS: California farmworkers (n = 588) were assessed. Acceptable quality data was obtained from 80% of participants (core temperature) to 100% of participants (weight change). Workers (8.3%) experienced a core body temperature more than or equal to 38.5 °C and 11.8% experienced dehydration (lost more than 1.5% of body weight). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Methodology is presented for the first comprehensive physiological assessment of HRI risk in California farmworkers.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000988
ID  - ref1
ER  -