title: Workers With Irregular Hours During Seasonal Work Surges: Promoting Healthy Sleep.
abstract: A significant proportion of the labor force works irregular hours during harvest, summer, or holiday work surges. Unfortunately such workers are often uninformed about the importance of sleep and fatigue management. Seasonally timed worker training can improve health and safety outcomes during work surges.
authors.affiliation: Washington State University pbutter@wsu.edu.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Butterfield
mesh_terms: D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000379:methods; D012890:Sleep; D020178:Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance
keywords: agriculture; irregular hours; occupational health; sleep; workers