Environmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study

<p>Background</p><p>Heat waves are increasing significantly in frequency and severity and threaten the health and income of outdoor workers. Pregnant women workers are particularly at risk due to their delicate physiological systems and accountabilities to future generations. Anima...

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Autores principales:	Juma Rahman, S.H.M. Fakhruddin, A.K.M. Fazlur Rahman, M.A. Halim
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2017
Materias:	heat stress pregnancy teratogenicity women climate change outdoor worker Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d03d5c43a09f4957b5a1dd9ba692ed122021-12-02T02:40:25ZEnvironmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2016.07.007https://doaj.org/article/d03d5c43a09f4957b5a1dd9ba692ed122017-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/238https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996<p>Background</p><p>Heat waves are increasing significantly in frequency and severity and threaten the health and income of outdoor workers. Pregnant women workers are particularly at risk due to their delicate physiological systems and accountabilities to future generations. Animal and human studies propose that elevated body temperatures during pregnancy can induce adverse pregnancy outcomes.</p><p>Objective</p><p>To measure the change in internal body temperature (Tcore) in young working women before, after, and during work (both outdoor and indoor) on hot humid days and relate threshold temperature to the upshot adverse effects of pregnancy (teratogenicity and related miscarriage).</p><p>Methods</p><p>Tympanic temperatures were measured using infrared ear thermometers and workplace temperatures were collected using Lascar Data Logger. Brief exploratory interviews were conducted to gather qualitative data, and content analysis was also carried out.</p><p>Findings</p><p>Body temperatures were found elevated among outdoor women workers compared with that of indoor women workers.</p><p>Conclusions</p>The present study found that outdoor work during pregnancy in hot, humid days might increase body temperature up to levels that could induce fetal destruction or anomaly.Juma RahmanS.H.M. FakhruddinA.K.M. Fazlur RahmanM.A. HalimUbiquity Pressarticleheat stresspregnancyteratogenicitywomenclimate changeoutdoor workerInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 82, Iss 5, Pp 760-767 (2017)
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spellingShingle	heat stress pregnancy teratogenicity women climate change outdoor worker Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Juma Rahman S.H.M. Fakhruddin A.K.M. Fazlur Rahman M.A. Halim Environmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study
description	<p>Background</p><p>Heat waves are increasing significantly in frequency and severity and threaten the health and income of outdoor workers. Pregnant women workers are particularly at risk due to their delicate physiological systems and accountabilities to future generations. Animal and human studies propose that elevated body temperatures during pregnancy can induce adverse pregnancy outcomes.</p><p>Objective</p><p>To measure the change in internal body temperature (Tcore) in young working women before, after, and during work (both outdoor and indoor) on hot humid days and relate threshold temperature to the upshot adverse effects of pregnancy (teratogenicity and related miscarriage).</p><p>Methods</p><p>Tympanic temperatures were measured using infrared ear thermometers and workplace temperatures were collected using Lascar Data Logger. Brief exploratory interviews were conducted to gather qualitative data, and content analysis was also carried out.</p><p>Findings</p><p>Body temperatures were found elevated among outdoor women workers compared with that of indoor women workers.</p><p>Conclusions</p>The present study found that outdoor work during pregnancy in hot, humid days might increase body temperature up to levels that could induce fetal destruction or anomaly.
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author	Juma Rahman S.H.M. Fakhruddin A.K.M. Fazlur Rahman M.A. Halim
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title	Environmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study
title_short	Environmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study
title_full	Environmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study
title_fullStr	Environmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study
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Environmental Heat Stress Among Young Working Women: A Pilot Study

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