Mid seminar: Rebecca Tapper

Cold-risk management, health, and experiences of cold exposure in occupational settings

Welcome to this mid seminar with Rebecca Tapper! Rebecca will present and discuss her project ArctiHealth, what she has done so far, and what she will work on in the next 2 years.

Venue

The seminar will be on the fourth floor in the hospital building.
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Zoom link

Participate online! Here is the zoom-link and password.
https://umu.zoom.us/j/67058272176
Password: 370900

About the project ArctiHealth

The project focuses on expanding the knowledge of cold-risk management, health, and experiences of cold exposure in occupational settings.

Four studies will be a part of this project:

• Paper I: Aimed to describe the current knowledge regarding cold exposure and risk management in the occupational setting. The secondary aim was to examine whether there were differences between sexes in cold exposure and risk management practices.
• Paper II: Aimed to assess cold exposure and activity rates within three different outdoor occupational groups in Northern Sweden to be able to describe everyday exposure. Another aim was to assess subjective experiences of feeling cold at work and if there were individual or occupational/environmental factors associated with feeling cold.
• Paper III: Aims to describe self-rated adverse health effects within three different outdoor occupational groups in Northern Sweden to be able to further describe the impact of working in cold-exposed environments.
• Paper IV: Aims to explore perceptions regarding cold risk management, preventive actions and development possibilities within three different occupational sectors in Northern Sweden, and to further compare perspectives between employees and employers.

Rebecca Tapper is a Doctoral student at the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, and the Arctic Graduate School.