Trial reportCancer causes & control : CCC2010
Tobacco use cessation and weight management among motor freight workers: results of the gear up for health study.
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- Keep on truckin': how effective are health behaviour interventions on truck drivers' health? A systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace-based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Workplace interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- What is actually measured in process evaluations for worksite health promotion programs: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2013Pooled it
- Weight Control Intervention for Truck Drivers: The SHIFT Randomized Controlled Trial, United States.American journal of public health · 2016Trial
- A Clinical Trial on Weight Loss among Truck Drivers.The international journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2015Trial
- Linking health lifestyle classes to blue-collar workers' participation in worksite health promotion programs in freight transport: a latent class analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2025Article
- Cigarillo Flavor in Context: Qualitative Analysis of the Social-Ecological Factors Influencing Cigarillo and Cannabis Co-Use Among Young Adults.Health behavior research · 2025Article
- Perceived Factors Influencing Blue-Collar Workers' Participation in Worksite Health Promotion Programs in Freight Transport: A Qualitative Investigation Using the TDF and COM-B.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Factors associated with blue-collar workers' participation in Worksite Health Promotion Programs: a scoping literature review.Health promotion international · 2023Article
- Capturing the impact employees have on their coworkers and leaders: a holistic approach on health-specific support behavior from employees.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Pre-injury health status of truck drivers with a workers' compensation claim.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Quasi-experimental design for using an interactive social media intervention program to improve truck drivers' health beliefs and eating behaviors.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Smoking and obesity among long-haul truck drivers in France.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2021Article
- Overweight and Obesity Among School Bus Drivers in Rural Arkansas.Preventing chronic disease · 2019Article
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- Food choice patterns of long-haul truck drivers driving through Germany, a cross sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2019Article
- Lifestyle counseling in overweight truck and bus drivers - Effects on dietary patterns and physical activity.Preventive medicine reports · 2016Article
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Taxi Drivers.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo present the results of a study of a worksite-based intervention to promote tobacco use cessation and improve weight management among motor freight workers.
methodsThis study used a pre-test/post-test, non-randomized design to assess the effectiveness of a four-month intervention that addressed the social context of the work setting. We evaluated 7-day tobacco quit prevalence among baseline tobacco users, and successful weight management, defined as no weight gain in workers with BMI <25 at baseline and any weight loss among overweight and obese workers.
resultsAt baseline, 40% were current tobacco users, and 88% had a BMI of 25 or greater. Of 542 workers invited to participate, 227 agreed to participate and received at least the first telephone call (42%). Ten-month post-baseline, baseline tobacco users who participated in the intervention were more likely to have quit using tobacco than non-participants: 23.8% vs. 9.1% (p = 0.02). There was no significant improvement in weight management.
conclusionsIncorporating work experiences and job conditions into messages of health behavior change resulted in significant tobacco use cessation among participating motor freight workers.
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