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ArticleNew solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS2025

A Content Analysis of Web-Based Heat Stress Materials Published by Occupational Health and Safety Ministries, Associations, and Agencies in Canada.

Emily J Tetzlaff, Brodie J Richards, Katie E Wagar, Roberto C Harris-Mostert, W Shane Journeay, Fergus K O'Connor, Glen P Kenny

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Article in New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors.

Emily J TetzlaffFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4192-474X
Brodie J RichardsFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Katie E WagarFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Roberto C Harris-MostertFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
W Shane JourneayDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Dalhousie University, Saint John, NB, Canada.
Fergus K O'ConnorFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Glen P KennyFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An ever-increasing number of workplaces are becoming heat-exposed due to rising temperature extremes. However, a comprehensive review of Canadian safety materials available to support workplaces in managing this critical hazard has not previously been conducted. We undertook a review and a content analysis of heat stress materials on safety-based ministry, association, and agency websites in Canada (n = 155) to identify content related to heat stress (n = 595). Each document was qualitatively analyzed using NVivo. The most dominant components identified were heat stress control measures (n = 492, 83%), training and education (n = 414, 70%), workplaces and workers at risk (n = 361, 61%), exposure limits and monitoring practices (n = 344, 58%), and emergency response and reporting (n = 249, 42%). However, the content within these programming components was highly variable. While we found that organizations across Canada provide heat stress content, there was evidence of inconsistencies and considerable gaps in the availability of material and the strategies presented to control the critical risk posed by heat.

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Heat Stress DisordersInternetOccupational ExposureOccupational HealthSafety ManagementCanadaHot TemperatureHumansWorkplaceclimate changeheat-illnessheat strainheat stress managementrisk managementworkplace safety

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PMID39703049
PMCPMC11771089

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