Health Policy Bulletin Spring 2022
Policies in Action to Protect Workers from Heat Stress and Heat-related Illness
Year Developed: 2022
Resource Type: Publication.Primary Audience: Administrative Staff
Clinicians
Secondary Audience: Outreach Staff
Language(s): English
Developed by: Farmworker Justice (See other resources developed by this organization).
Resource Summary: Farmworker Justice\'s Health Policy Bulletin is a summary of policy, program, and research developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on the impact of heat and heat-related illness on farmworker health.
Resource Details: The Health Policy Bulletin is a summary of policy, program, and research developments that affect farmworker health and access to health care. This issue focuses on the impact of health stress and heat-related illness. It features an overview of the current policy landscape for heat stress regulations at the federal and state level, articles by our partners at Migrant Clinicians Network and the Idaho Organization of Resource Councils. It also includes Eye on Farmworker Health, a summary of recent academic research related to heat stress and farmworkers.
Resource Topic: Emerging Issues
Keywords: Agricultural Workers, Environmental Health, Hispanic Americans/Latinos, Latinas, Migrants, Partnerships.This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.