Exploring Occupational and Health Behavioral Factors in Obesity and Health Among Urban Bus Operators: A Qualitative Study

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• Personal Author:
  Choi B ; Dobson M ; Garcia J ; Schnall PL ; Seo Y
• Description:
  About 4 million motor vehicle operators, including 0.7 million bus drivers are among the heaviest occupational groups with the greatest rates of obesity in the United States(Caban, Lee et al. 2005). Little is known about occupational and behavioral risk factors for obesity among bus drivers, particularly minority (African-American and Hispanic) urban bus drivers. Bus drivers (n=4,772) in the Los Angeles have a very high percentage (86%) of African American and Hispanic drivers, whose risk of obesity and cardiovascular mortality is high compared to other ethnic groups. There is emerging evidence that several adverse psychosocial working conditions can increase the risk for obesity among working populations (Choi, Schnall et al. 2010; Nyberg, Heikkila et al. 2012; Pandalai, Schulte et al. 2013; Solovieva, Lallukka et al. 2013). To date, little is known about any ethnic and gender differences between work, health behaviors, and obesity in occupations such as bus drivers, which is essential for establishing more culturally sensitive and effective strategies to prevent obesity and reduce health disparity among workers with a diverse background of race, ethnicity, and gender. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Behavior Minority Health Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Transportation
• Keywords:
  Behavior Patterns Drivers Minority Health Obesity Occupational Health Disparities Risk Factors Transportation Workers
• Publisher:
  American Psychological Association
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055981
• Citation:
  Work, Stress, and Health 2015: Sustainable Work, Sustainable Health, Sustainable Organizations, The 11th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, May 6-9, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2015 May; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  Marnie Dobson, Ph.D., Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine, 100 Theory, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, 92617
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Work, Stress, and Health 2015: Sustainable Work, Sustainable Health, Sustainable Organizations, The 11th International Conference on Occupational Stress and Health, May 6-9, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8c7f4ea41fb14a02d63dcf980b1770d49bca0610c2fae2f7e3846e1f85a5fe2444fc5a0613ae7c6a2c3cc2b289f40a9d5be7fcc088294097733e79c1ab371b55
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213714/cdc_213714_DS1.pdf
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