Perceptions of heat-health impacts and the effects of knowledge and preventive actions by outdoor workers in Hanoi, Vietnam

Lohrey, Steffen; Chua, Matthew Chin Heng; Gros, Clemens; Faucet, Jerome; Lee, Jason

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148260

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“… 45 , 46 , 47 The vulnerable groups to heat-related health risks included older people, 31 , 32 , 35 , 39 , 48 children, 42 , 49 , 50 , 51 and those frequently working outdoors such as farmers and traffic police. 52 , 53 , 54 The heat-health relationships were modified by the population density, poverty rate, illiteracy rate, household income, access to water supply and hygienic toilets, and the proportion of preschool children and women. 33 , 35 A vulnerability assessment in multiple provinces revealed that Southern provinces were more vulnerable to the health impact of heatwaves than the North.…”

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“…Among ten papers that analysed awareness, communication, and participation in climate change and health, half examined the awareness and involvement of vulnerable populations, such as outdoor workers, 52 people living in cramped shanty houses, 144 children, 145 farmers, and disadvantaged groups. 144 , 146 , 147 Awareness levels of climate change and health impacts varied across studies.…”

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“…There were high demands on communication and education programs to raise awareness and enhance adaptive skills in addressing the adverse effects of climate change, particularly climate change-related diseases. 52 , 151 These studies recommend that communication content should also frame the simplest, most specific, and most effective adaptation and mitigation actions, such as disaster preparedness and health protection, and the economic and health benefits. 147 , 150 , 152 Intervention programs on awareness, communication, and engagement with climate change and health should focus on vulnerable populations, such as those living in poor areas and with low levels of education.…”

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Climate change and human health in Vietnam: a systematic review and additional analyses on current impacts, future risk, and adaptation

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Cam Hong Le,

Pham

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“…Additional information on the nature of injury, such as occupational injuries, was not available so distinguishing work-related and nonwork-related injuries was not possible. Certain occupations are at higher risk of temperature-related injury than others, for example, outdoor workers 37 who are regularly exposed to higher-than-recommended temperatures, 38 39 but the extent to which this populations risk has changed over time is not known. This is also single-city study in a major urban area and the findings may not necessarily be generalisable to other cities in Vietnam or elsewhere.…”

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Temperature-related emergency injury visits in Hanoi, Vietnam

Le,

Berman,

Wattenberg

et al. 2023

Inj Prev

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BackgroundThe short-term association between increasing temperatures and injury has been described in high-income countries, but less is known for low-income and-middle-income countries, including Vietnam.MethodsWe used emergency injury visits (EIV) data for 2017–2019 from 733 hospitals and clinics in Hanoi, Vietnam to examine the effects of daily temperature on EIV. Time-series analysis with quasi-Poisson models was used to estimate a linear relative risk increase (RRI) for overall populations and ones stratified by age and sex. Exposure–response curves estimated non-linear associations as an RR between daily temperature and injury. Models were adjusted for the day of week, holidays, daily relative humidity, daily particulate matter, and long-term and seasonal trends.Results and conclusionsA total of 39 313 EIV were recorded averaging 36 injuries daily. Injuries more likely occurred in males and those aged 15–44, and aged 44–60. For linear effects, a 5°C increase in same day mean temperature was associated with an overall increased EIV (RRI 4.8; 95% CI 2.3 to 7.3) with males (RRI 5.9; 95% CI 3.0 to 8.9) experiencing a greater effect than females (RRI 3.0; 95% CI −0.5 to 6.5). Non-linear effects showed an increase in EIV at higher temperatures compared with the threshold temperature of 15°C, with the greatest effect at 33°C (RR 1.3; 95% CI 1.2 to 1.6). Further research to investigate temperature-injury among different populations and by the cause of injury is warranted.

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“…More importantly, exposure to extreme heat takes broader socio-economic impacts, such as labor productivity losses, inadequate social wellbeing and higher economic burdens [8,9]. Heat stress faced by production workers has received widespread attention [7,[10][11][12], especially in the construction and agricultural industries [13,14], where large numbers of outdoor workers are directly exposed to high temperatures. In the power industry, electricity networks maintain the functioning and stability of society through the transmission of power energy.…”

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Heat Strain Evaluation of Power Grid Outdoor Workers Based on a Human Bioheat Model

Sun

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Power grid outdoor workers are usually exposed to hot environments and could suffer the threats to occupational health and safety like heat strain and injury. In order to predict and assess the thermophysiological responses of grid workers in the heat, the clothing thermal insulation of grid worker ensembles was measured by a thermal manikin and a multi-segment human bioheat model was employed to evaluate the thermophysiological response parameters of grid workers such as core temperature, skin temperature and sweat loss. The results show that working in a hot environment can cause a obvious increase in core temperature and skin temperature of grid workers, and the acceptable maximum working time of grid workers varies greatly in different hot environments. A reasonable work organization strategy can effectively decrease the core temperature and sweat loss, increasing the duration of acceptable maximum working time for grid workers. This study is helpful to assess heat-related risks of grid workers and support power grid companies to rationalize work organization strategies and personal protection guidelines.

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Perceptions of heat-health impacts and the effects of knowledge and preventive actions by outdoor workers in Hanoi, Vietnam

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References 61 publications

Climate change and human health in Vietnam: a systematic review and additional analyses on current impacts, future risk, and adaptation

Climate change and human health in Vietnam: a systematic review and additional analyses on current impacts, future risk, and adaptation

Temperature-related emergency injury visits in Hanoi, Vietnam

Heat Strain Evaluation of Power Grid Outdoor Workers Based on a Human Bioheat Model

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