Heat-Related Illness Program Development Among Outdoor Farmers Exposed to The Sun

Abstract

Over recent years, temperatures continue to rise, concerns for the health impacts, particularly farmer are especially vulnerable to heat-related illness due to prolonged exposure to solar radiation. This study was aimed to develop the heat-related Illness program among outdoor farmer to assess by themselves implementing programs based on program of occupational health risk assessment on exposure to heat among cultivated farmer [1] and health risk assessment from heat exposure [2]. Data were collected by both the paper of questionnaires and online program. All variables were used to create, calculate, and report the health risk level of heat related illness through online programs. The analysis of the reliability comparison between documents and using online programs was done and to bring to the trial process there were the participants of outdoor farmer. They have been tested through online program assessments by using smartphones and to assess the satisfaction of using the online program. The results showed that this program is reliable, had work efficiently and provided accurate information 0.996 (95% CI 0.991-0.998). We found correlation between this program and program of occupational health risk assessment by using of Spearman’s rank correlation, the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was 0.647 (r=0.647, 95% CI=0.364–0.821. In addition, participants were satisfied with the use of program about understanding, design, program usage, and overall image by the on the whole satisfaction was very satisfy (Mean, S.D.: 4.74, 0.53) from a full score of 5 points. The innovation of this online program of heat-related illness can be used for the surveillance of health risks on heat related illness of outdoor farmer.