{"id":1347,"date":"2019-02-04T01:49:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T01:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/epicoh2019\/?page_id=1347"},"modified":"2019-03-25T00:00:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T00:00:55","slug":"post-conference-special-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.confer.nz\/epicoh2019\/post-conference-special-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Conference Special Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\tPost-conference meeting\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

Special Meeting on 3 May 2019<\/h3>\n

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Occupational health and productivity impacts of workplace heat<\/h4>\n

in relation to global and local climate change<\/h4>\n

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Place:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wellington, New Zealand<\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong>\u00a0 3 May 2019, 09.00 – 16.00, the day after the end of EPICOH2019<\/p>\n

EPICOH2019 (29.4 – 2.5) =\u00a0 annual global conference on occupational epidemiology<\/p>\n

Participation via Internet Zoom will be provided for.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in taking part via Internet, please notify Tord Kjellstrom by email: kjellstromt@yahoo.com<\/a>. If you are present at the conference, please just come to this venue on 3 May. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Organisers:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Massey University, Centre for Public Health Research, Wellington, Dave McLean<\/p>\n

ICOH Scientific Committee on Thermal Factors, Chair: Jason Lee, Singapore<\/p>\n

European HEATSHIELD project, Promot. Mgr: Tord Kjellstrom, Sweden\/NZ<\/p>\n

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Aims:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 – to start a process for a scientific consensus report<\/u> on methods for occupational health and productivity assessment of workplace heat as a result of climate change<\/p>\n

– to identify gaps in the available evidence, approaches to filling the gaps and initiatives for international cooperation to fill the gaps<\/p>\n

– to publish a joint report by 2021 providing a comprehensive scientific basis for the Heat at Work issue, which can be a useful complement to more practical advisories produced by international agencies (one report from ILO will be published in 2019, and another is planned by WHO\/WMO in 2020).<\/p>\n

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Follow-up process:<\/strong> \u00a0After this Wellington event, there will be opportunities to continue the discussions and writing at meetings in 2019 in Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, etc……<\/p>\n

The annual main HEATSHIELD meeting in 2020 could be the event for review of final version of the scientific report.<\/p>\n

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Report content and structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heat impact assessments of occupational health and productivity have a series of components listed below. The main aim is to identify gaps in the needed evidence for quantitative assessments, and to find ways to fill these gaps in a consensus manner. The report will contribute to robust analysis of future health and economic impacts in any part of the world.<\/p>\n

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  1. Quantifying climate change related heat exposure levels of relevance to labour impacts<\/li>\n
  2. Describing the range of health effects and related well-being and social effects<\/li>\n
  3. Exposure-response relationships for each effect<\/li>\n
  4. Risk assessment analysis methods; Individual effects vs Population impacts<\/li>\n
  5. Reduced impacts and economic gains from Adaptation and Mitigation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Potential partners:<\/strong>\u00a0 GHHIN, IPCC, Lancet Countdown, EPICOH, ICOH\/SCTF, ISIMIP, HEATSHIELD, ISBiomet, ISO Committee, ACGHI, ILO, WHO, WMO, IOM, UNEP, EU OSHA, EU EPA, WB\/ADB, Urban heat soc, Canada Work-heat,\u00a0 etc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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