A mixed methods evaluation of Total Worker Health® training transfer in México.

Objectives: This study evaluated training transfer after a Total Worker Health (TWH) training with Mexican safety engineers and occupational medicine physicians and residents.

Methods: We used a mixed methods analysis to assess responses pre- and post-training and 3-months after.

Results: Nearly three quarters (73%) of participants applied a TWH concept from the course into their work.

Heat exposure, heat strain, and off-work recovery of Guatemalan sugarcane workers.

Agricultural workers are at high risk for heat-related illnesses when performing heavy labor in hot conditions. Occupational heat strain, the physiological response to heat stress, is hypothesized to be common in this worker population but has rarely been measured objectively through core body temperature (T). The objective of this study was twofold: ) evaluate workday heat strain and ) examine the trajectory of heat exposure and T from the workday through the off-work hours to advance understanding of the recovery process and conditions of heat-exposed agricultural workers.

Application and comparison of point-of-care devices for field evaluation of underlying health status of Guatemalan sugarcane workers.

With chronic disease prevalence on the rise globally, surveillance and monitoring are critical to improving health outcomes. Point-of-care (POC) testing can facilitate epidemiological research and enhance surveillance systems in limited resource settings, but previous research has identified bias between POC devices and laboratory testing. We compared the performance of two POC blood analyzers, the iSTAT handheld (Abbott, Princeton, NJ, USA) and the StatSensor Creatinine (Nova Biomedical, Waltham, MA, USA) to concurrent blood samples analyzed at a local laboratory that were collected from 89 agricultural workers in Guatemala.

Integration of Total Worker Health ® Training for Occupational Health and Safety Professionals With Efforts to Promote Worker Health, Safety, and Well-being in Mexico.

Objective: We sought to test whether a 2-week Total Worker Health (TWH) training mapped to TWH education competencies could be administered to a Mexican audience of occupational safety and health professionals and could lead to positive changes to knowledge and behaviors.

Methods: This study used robust program evaluation methods collected before and after each of the nine training days and at the end of the course.

Results: Overall course quality received a mean score of 4.