Climate Change Impacts and Workforce Development Needs in Federal Region X: A Qualitative Study of Occupational Health and Safety Professionals’ Perceptions
| العنوان: | Climate Change Impacts and Workforce Development Needs in Federal Region X: A Qualitative Study of Occupational Health and Safety Professionals’ Perceptions |
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| المؤلفون: | Tania Busch Isaksen, Noah S. Seixas, Marissa G. Baker, Nicole A. Errett, Katherine M Pedersen |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 4 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 1513, p 1513 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, media_common.quotation_subject, Pacific Northwest, lcsh:Medicine, Climate change, 01 natural sciences, Article, Occupational safety and health, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Perception, Humans, Economic impact analysis, Workplace, Occupational Health, Qualitative Research, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, media_common, education, occupational health and safety, training, business.industry, lcsh:R, key informant interviews, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Public relations, climate-related hazards, Workforce development, 030210 environmental & occupational health, climate change, Work (electrical), Workforce, business, Qualitative research |
| الوصف: | Climate change is considered one of the top health threats in the United States. This research sought to (1) to understand the perceptions of occupational health and safety (OHS) professionals regarding the impacts of climate-related hazards on OHS in Region X, and (2) to explore the ideas of these OHS professionals regarding the content of future training programs that would better prepare OHS professionals to identify and mitigate climate-related hazards in Region X. Key informant (KI) interviews with 17 OHS professionals familiar with the climate-related hazards and impacts to OHS in Region X were coded and thematically analyzed. Climate hazards, social and economic impacts from climate-related hazards, and sector-specific worker and workplace impacts from climate-related hazards were described as having interacting relationships that influenced worker health and safety impacts. KIs further described how workplace controls could be used to mitigate OHS impacts of climate-related hazards, and how training of the OHS workforce could influence the ability to successfully implement such controls. Our findings suggest that OHS impacts are sector-specific, influenced by social and economic factors, and can be mitigated through workplace controls designed and implemented by a trained OHS workforce. The findings from this work should inform future educational and training programming and additional research and translation activities in the region, while our approach can inform other regions as they develop regionally specific OHS climate change training and programming. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18041513 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::14d88c697c3314066ecb7d3a88101e2d |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....14d88c697c3314066ecb7d3a88101e2d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16604601 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18041513 |