ArticleAmerican journal of health behavior2013
Understanding the durability of a fire department wellness program.
Article in American journal of health behavior, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05753358 (Total Worker Health for Wildland Firefighters), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Total Worker Health for Wildland Firefighters
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Empiric validation of a process for behavior change.Translational behavioral medicine · 2016Trial
- The SHIELD (Safety & Health Improvement: Enhancing Law Enforcement Departments) Study: Mixed Methods Longitudinal Findings.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2016Trial
- Social influences on the occupational dietary behaviour of firefighters: A scoping review.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2026Article
- A Web-Based Total Worker Health Intervention for Those Fighting Wildland Fires: Mixed Methods Development and Effectiveness Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Technology-Enabled Intervention to Enhance Mindfulness, Safety, and Health Promotion Among Corrections Professionals: Protocol for a Prospective Quasi-Experimental Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Exploring Physical Health in a Sample of Firefighters.Workplace health & safety · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo understand the influences associated with durability and diffusion of benefits of a fire service wellness program.
methodsQualitative assessment of group interviews.
resultsFive years following a controlled worksite wellness trial, behavioral improvements were durable and had diffused to control participants. These findings were associated with firefighters' team orientation, enacted healthy norms and competitiveness regarding the results of annual health assessments. The original intervention trial appeared to initiate individual change that coalesced into group effects. Secondary influences included increasing public awareness about health, newly hired younger firefighters, and a modicum of administrative support. Culture shift was achieved at the workplace.
conclusionsAlthough the fire service is a unique occupation, these findings suggest general strategies to achieve durable positive health change in other occupational settings.
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