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2026 · Letter · BMC public health

Mislabeling and inappropriate analysis render interpretations from "The effect of the participatory heat education and awareness tools (HEAT) intervention on agricultural worker physiological heat strain: results from a parallel, comparison, group randomized study" unreliable

Chelsi M Webster; Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini; Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo; Colby J Vorland; Zachary J Schlader; Blair D Johnson; David B Allison

Challenges the labeling and analysis of a heat-education intervention study in agricultural workers and argues that its interpretations are unreliable.

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Statistical rigorReporting transparency

occupational-health · clinical-trials

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  • Chelsi M Webster: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, 1025 E 7th St, PH 111, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
  • Yasaman Jamshidi-Naeini: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, 1025 E 7th St, PH 111, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
  • Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, 1025 E 7th St, PH 111, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
  • Colby J Vorland: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, 1025 E 7th St, PH 111, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
  • Zachary J Schlader: Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • Blair D Johnson: Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • David B Allison: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, 1025 E 7th St, PH 111, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA. David.Allison@BCM.edu.; USDA Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, and Texas Children's Hospital, 1100 Bates St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA. David.Allison@BCM.edu.

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