Heat Stress Prevention

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The Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS) conducts research on important topics related to health and safety in the agriculture, fisheries, and forestry (AFF) sector. The center also conducts safety training and serves as a repository for related training programs throughout the Southeast region. This page focuses on resources related to heat stress and heat-related illness. Please visit this page frequently to find new information on this topic.

Following are links to relevant training programs or Educational Resources on this topic.

Heat-related Illness Prevention: Research and lessons learned from athletics
Coris discusses heat-related pathology including the risk factors, as well as ways of assessing, treating, and preventing HRI.
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Heat Stress and Biomarkers of Renal Disease
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Pesticide & Heat Stress Education for Latino Farmworkers that is Culturally Appropriate
Grzywacz shares his progress and future endeavors of his 5-year project to create and determine the effectiveness of culturally- and contextually-appropriate curricula for Latino farmworkers targeting pesticide exposure and HRI.
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Using Social Marketing to Prevent Heat-related Illness and Improve Productivity Among Farmworkers
Monaghan discusses how his SCCAHS research project is using a social marketing approach to behavior change to help farm labor supervisors be more effective change agents with their workers.
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Heat-Related Illness Informational Video
Video of facts and information about heat-related illness
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Heat-Related Illness Issue Guide (Spanish)
Printable PDF of facts and information about heat-related illness
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Heat-Related Illness Issue Guide
Printable PDF of facts and information about heat-related illness
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Heat-Related Illness Magazine Insert
Learn more about the heat-related illness resources in this magazine insert featured in Ag News and Health News
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State of the Science White Paper
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Heat Related Illness Prevention Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety
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Heat Illness Prevention Plan template
The following Heat-illness Prevention Plan was prepared using guidelines provided by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the American Conference...
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