Protecting the Health and Safety of Workers Who Respond to Disasters: Achieving Equity Through Education and Training.

IF 1.8 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
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Workers who respond to disasters are disproportionately at risk of injury, illness, and death, resulting in devastating effects on communities. This policy statement aims to address the health and safety concerns workers face in disaster response and clean-up scenarios and underscores the need for equity, resilience, and capacity building through education and training. Opportunities to strengthen local, state, and federal responses to disasters are needed to ensure the equitable protection of workers across all occupations and backgrounds. Public health professionals must advocate for (1) the establishment of protocols for the proper enforcement of policies and programs related to the health and safety of disaster workers; (2) the provision of high-quality and effective health and safety training to disaster workers, including mental health curricula; and (3) the adoption of a systematic approach to training that includes resources to prepare workers for risks in all stages of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. The inclusion of all people affected in the impacted communities will ultimately benefit the broader public health.

保护救灾工人的健康和安全:通过教育和培训实现公平。
应对灾害的工作人员尤其面临受伤、疾病和死亡的风险,对社区造成毁灭性影响。本政策声明旨在解决工人在灾害应对和清理情景中面临的健康和安全问题,并强调需要通过教育和培训实现公平、复原力和能力建设。需要有机会加强地方、州和联邦对灾害的反应,以确保所有职业和背景的工人得到公平的保护。公共卫生专业人员必须提倡(1)建立适当执行与灾害工作人员的健康和安全有关的政策和方案的协议;(2)向灾害工作人员提供高质量和有效的健康和安全培训,包括心理健康课程;(3)采用系统的培训方法,包括在备灾、响应和恢复的各个阶段为工人做好风险准备的资源。将所有受影响的人纳入受影响社区最终将有利于更广泛的公共卫生。
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3.50
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4.30%
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期刊介绍: New Solutions delivers authoritative responses to perplexing problems, with a worker’s voice, an activist’s commitment, a scientist’s approach, and a policy-maker’s experience. New Solutions explores the growing, changing common ground at the intersection of health, work, and the environment. The Journal makes plain how the issues in each area are interrelated and sets forth progressive, thoughtfully crafted public policy choices. It seeks a conversation on the issues between the grassroots labor and environmental activists and the professionals and researchers involved in charting society’s way forward with the understanding that lack of scientific knowledge is no excuse for doing nothing and that inaction is itself a choice.
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