ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2016
Step On It! Workplace Cardiovascular Risk Assessment of New York City Yellow Taxi Drivers.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Latino Immigrants to the USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Cardiovascular health status of taxi/for-hire vehicle drivers in the United States: A systematic review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2021Pooled it
- Community-based participatory research: a lifeline to achieve people-centered care.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Hierarchical model for taxi crashes considering the intrinsic factors of taxi drivers and companies in South Korea.PloS one · 2025Article
- Working conditions of commercial drivers: a scoping review of psychosocial work factors, health outcomes, and interventions.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Association of Untreated Mental Health Problems with Alcohol and Tobacco use Among New York City Taxi Drivers.Journal of community health · 2023Article
- Food insecurity among New York City taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Health Insurance and Primary Care Access for Taxi/FHV Drivers in New York City: Trends from 2015-2018.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2022Article
- Predictors of Limited Access to Dental Health Care Among NYC Taxi/FHV Drivers.Journal of community health · 2021Article
- Sleep behavior of New York City taxi drivers compared to the general US population.Journal of transport & health · 2021Article
- Factors influencing smoking behaviour of online ride-hailing drivers in China: a cross-sectional analysis.BMC public health · 2021Article
- The prevalence of stress, stressors and coping mechanisms and the socio-demographic factors associated among the auto-rickshaw drivers in Bengaluru city, India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Taxi drivers and modifiable health behaviors: Is stress associated?Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2021Article
- Predictors of Health Insurance, Life Insurance, and Retirement Savings Among NYC's Immigrant Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle Drivers.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Discrimination as a social determinant of stress and health among New York City taxi drivers.Journal of health psychology · 2020Article
- Lurking in plain sight: Hypertension awareness and treatment among New York City taxi/for-hire vehicle drivers.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2020Article
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Access to Healthcare in New York City Taxi Drivers.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Cardiovascular Health in St. Louis Bosnian-Americans.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors of Taxi Drivers.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2016Article
- Step on it! Impact of a workplace New York City taxi driver health intervention to increase necessary health care access.American journal of public health · 2015Article
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Abstract
Multiple factors associated with taxi driving can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in taxi drivers. This paper describes the results of Step On It!, which assessed CVD risk factors among New York City taxi drivers at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Drivers completed an intake questionnaire and free screenings for blood pressure, glucose and body mass index (BMI). 466 drivers participated. 9 % had random plasma glucose values >200 mg/dl. 77 % had elevated BMIs. Immigrants who lived in the US for >10 years had 2.5 times the odds (CI 1.1-5.9) of having high blood pressure compared to newer immigrants. Abnormalities documented in this study were significant, especially for immigrants with greater duration of residence in the US, and underscore the potential for elevated CVD risk in this vulnerable population, and the need to address this risk through frameworks that utilize multiple levels of intervention.
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