Associations among Work and Family Health Climate, Health Behaviors, Work Schedule and Body Weight

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Buden, Jennifer C. ; Dugan, Alicia G. ; Faghri, Pouran D. ; Huedo-Medina, Tania B. ; Namazi, Sara ; Cherniack, Martin G.
• Description:
  Objectives ; Correctional employees exhibit elevated obesity rates. This study examines interrelations among health behaviors, health climate, BMI, and work schedule. ; Methods ; Using survey results from correctional supervisors (n=157), mediation and moderated-mediation analyses were performed to examine how health behaviors explain relationships between obesity, work health climate (WHC) and family health climate (FHC), and work schedule. ; Results ; Over 85% of the sample was overweight/obese (mean BMI=30.20). Higher WHC and FHC were associated with lower BMI, mediated by nutrition and physical activity. The interaction effect between health behavior and work schedule revealed a protective effect on BMI. Overtime shiftwork may share a relationship with BMI. ; Conclusions ; Findings may have implications for reexamining organizational policies on maximum weekly overtime in corrections. They provide direction for targeted obesity interventions that encourage a supportive FHC and promote healthy behaviors among supervisors working overtime.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Body Mass Index
  • Body Weight
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diet
  • Exercise
  • Family Health
  • Female
  • Health Behavior
  • Humans
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• Keywords:
  • shiftwork
  • overtime
  • work health climate
  • family health climate
  • obesity
  • nutrition
  • physical activity
  • correctional supervisors
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 59(6):588-599
• Pubmed ID:
  28471768
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5477673
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  WT_/Wellcome TrustUnited Kingdom/ ; R01 OH008929/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01OH008929/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U19 OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/46333/cdc_46333_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 963.00 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ebba8c303024c99a00ceda6c912ba75f497ce5fa0238a0dfde6dacc857a45ac3