Sex, gender or occupational psychology: what matters most to preventing heat-related illnesses and improving outcomes for women in ground close combat?

Since the advent of women in ground close combat (WGCC) roles, the impact on women of the attendant risk of heat stress and heat illness has been considered. Much emphasis has been placed on sex differences in thermal physiology. This article considers the application of evidence of sex-associated t...

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Published inBMJ military health Vol. 169; no. 1; pp. 75 - 77
Main Authors Gifford, Robert M, Taylor, N, Stacey, M, Woods, D R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 01.02.2023
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects
Birth control
Body temperature
Climate change
Exercise
Female
Females
Gender differences
Heat
Heat Stress Disorders
Humans
Illnesses
Laboratories
Male
Metabolism
Military Medicine
Military Personnel
occupational & industrial medicine
Personal protective equipment
Personal view
Physical fitness
Physiology
Roles
Sex Factors
sex steroids & HRT
Steroids
Summer
Women
physiology
occupational & industrial medicine
sex steroids & HRT
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Summary:Since the advent of women in ground close combat (WGCC) roles, the impact on women of the attendant risk of heat stress and heat illness has been considered. Much emphasis has been placed on sex differences in thermal physiology. This article considers the application of evidence of sex-associated thermoregulatory variation to the occupational and environmental setting of WGCC, and weighs the relative importance of physiological differences arising from biological sex, and behaviour associated with gender normatives. Quantifying the risk of heat illness to WGCC should draw on data from their real-world occupational context.
ISSN:2633-3767
2633-3775
DOI:10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001480