The SHIELD (Safety & Health Improvement: Enhancing Law Enforcement Departments) study: mixed methods longitudinal findings

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• Personal Author:
  DeFrancesco C ; Elliot DL ; Garg B ; Kuehl H ; Kuehl KS ; MacKinnon DP ; McGinnis W ; Miocevic M ; O'Rourke HP ; Sleigh A ; Valente M
• Description:
  The SHIELD (Safety & Health Improvement: Enhancing Law Enforcement Departments) Study is a worksite wellness team-based intervention among police and sheriff departments assessing the program's effectiveness to reduce occupational risks and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. The SHIELD program focused on improving diet, physical activity, body weight and sleep, and reducing the effects of unhealthy stress and behaviors, such as tobacco and substance abuse. The SHIELD team-based health promotion program was found to be feasible and effective at 6 months in improving diet, sleep, stress, and overall quality of life of law enforcement department personnel. Both intervention and control groups were followed for 24 months, and we report those durability findings, along with qualitative group interview results that provide insight into the changes of the long-term outcomes. Long-term effects were observed for consumption of fruits and vegetables, and there was some evidence for effects on tobacco and alcohol use. Assessment of dietary habits, physical activity behaviors, weight loss maintenance, and substance use is rare more than 1 year following an intervention, and in general, initial positive changes do not persist in prior research. The SHIELD program was feasible, effective, and durable for improving dietary changes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Diet Emergency Responders Fatigue Health Promotion Law Enforcement Men Mental Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Sleep Stress, Psychological Substance-Related Disorders Tobacco Products Women

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• Keywords:
  Emergency-responders Health-programs Health Programs Health Promotion Humans Law-enforcement Physical-fitness Physical Exercise Physiological-effects Physiological-stress Physiology Police-officers Psychological-effects Psychological-factors Psychological-stress Psychology Quality Of Life Risk Factors Safety-programs Stress Substance Abuse Tobacco

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  492-498
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047992
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2016 May; 58(5):492-498
• Contact Point Address:
  Kerry S. Kuehl, MD, DrPH, Oregon Health & Science University CR110, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 3098
• Email:
  kuehlk@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100801
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20150731
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9a62ce33f9f060ac0a0e51bdb61abc6bb4343177961433c53e9bc6cb74bd3dd82e0f1a0601ccdbd355603afe257f717540e2b3a7db6cb3841836055379ff955b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202888/cdc_202888_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.44 MB ]