ArticleAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2018
A Pilot Study of Healthy Living Options at 16 Truck Stops Across the United States.
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- Conditions of Work that Impact the Health Behaviors of Long-Haul Truck Drivers.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
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- Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Healthy Eating in UK Truck Drivers.Safety and health at work · 2025Article
- Long-Haul Truck Drivers' Perceptions of Truck Stops and Rest Areas: Focusing on Health and Wellness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Describing Physical Activity Patterns of Truck Drivers Using Actigraphy.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
- A systematic review of trucking food, physical activity, and tobacco environments and tractor-trailer drivers' related patterns and practices in the United States and Canada, 1993-2021.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeThere is a growing body of evidence that the built environment influences diet and exercise and, as a consequence, community health status. Since long-haul truck drivers spend long periods of time at truck stops, it is important to know if this built environment includes resources that contribute to the emotional and physical well-being of drivers.
settingThe truck stop environment was defined as the truck stop itself, grocery stores, and medical clinics near the truck stop that could be accessed by a large truck or safely on foot.
designResearchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed and utilized a checklist to record the availability of resources for personal hygiene and comfort, communication and mental stimulation, health care, safety, physical activity, and nutrition at truck stops. SUBJECTS: The NIOSH checklist was used to collect data at a convenience sample of 16 truck stops throughout the United States along both high-flow and low-flow truck traffic routes. MEASURES: The checklist was completed by observation within and around the truck stops.
resultsNo truck stops offered exercise facilities, 94% lacked access to health care, 81% lacked a walking path, 50% lacked fresh fruit, and 37% lacked fresh vegetables in their restaurant or convenience store.
conclusionThe NIOSH found that most truck stops did not provide an overall healthy living environment.
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