Implementing an Intervention to Reduce Heat Stress and Chemical Exposures

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

60

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 7, 2024

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2025

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Conditions
DehydrationHeat Stress
Interventions
OTHER

Education and resources provided by community health workers

The intervention will consist of implementing existing tools provided by EPA's Design for the Environment program, CalOSHA and NIOSH sector-specific guidance for agricultural workers, the Imperial County Department of Public Health and materials from California Department of Toxics Substances Control. The investigators will utilize and adjust existing educational tools such as the Heat Illness Prevention plan developed by CalOSHA. In addition to the educational materials, the investigators will give each farmworker cooling working gear to be worn during their work-shift with (specialized clothes that has been used in other occupational settings). The investigators will provide all participants with a low-cost fan filter, known as Corsi-Rosenthal box built jointly by the community health/research team to reduce chemicals at home, and a small A/C unit to reduce heat stress.

Trial Locations (1)

92243

RECRUITING

Lideres Campesinas Imperial, El Centro

All Listed Sponsors
lead

San Diego State University

OTHER