Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review

R Masters, E Anwar, B Collins, R Cookson… - J Epidemiol …, 2017 - jech.bmj.com
Background Public sector austerity measures in many high-income countries mean that
public health budgets are reducing year on year. To help inform the potential impact of these …

Safety interventions for the prevention of accidents at work: A systematic review

J Dyreborg, HJ Lipscomb, K Nielsen… - Campbell systematic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Limited knowledge regarding the relative effectiveness of workplace accident
prevention approaches creates barriers to informed decision‐making by policy makers …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of total worker health interventions.

WK Anger, DL Elliot, T Bodner, R Olson… - … of occupational health …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Total Worker Health (TWH) was introduced and the term was trademarked in 2011
by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to formally signal the …

An examination of the benefits of health promotion programs for the national fire service

WSC Poston, CK Haddock, SA Jahnke, N Jitnarin… - BMC public …, 2013 - Springer
Background Firefighters suffer from high prevalence of obesity, substandard fitness, and
cardiovascular-related deaths. There have been a limited number of firefighter health …

Randomized, prospective study of the impact of a sleep health program on firefighter injury and disability

JP Sullivan, CS O'Brien, LK Barger, SMW Rajaratnam… - Sleep, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Firefighters' schedules include extended shifts and long work
weeks which cause sleep deficiency and circadian rhythm disruption. Many firefighters also …

Integrated approaches to occupational health and safety: A systematic review

A Cooklin, N Joss, E Husser… - American journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. The study objective was to conduct a systematic review of the effectiveness of
integrated workplace interventions that combine health promotion with occupational health …

Evaluation of a fitness intervention for new firefighters: injury reduction and economic benefits

SC Griffin, TL Regan, P Harber, EA Lutz… - Injury …, 2016 - injuryprevention.bmj.com
Background Firefighting is a hazardous profession and firefighters suffer workplace injury at
a higher rate than most US workers. Decreased physical fitness is associated with injury in …

Obesity prevalence in Brazilian firefighters and the association of central obesity with personal, occupational and cardiovascular risk factors: a cross-sectional study

FC Damacena, TJ Batista, LR Ayres, E Zandonade… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the obesity prevalence in a population of
Brazilian firefighters and the association of central obesity (CO) with sociodemographic …

Relating older workers' injuries to the mismatch between physical ability and job demands

LA Fraade-Blanar, JM Sears, KCG Chan… - … of occupational and …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We examined the association between job demand and occupational injury
among older workers. Methods: Participants were workers aged 50+ enrolled in the Health …

[HTML][HTML] Safer tomorrow: Irish dairy farmers' self-perception of their farm safety practices

T O'Connor, J Kinsella, D O'Hora, J McNamara… - Journal of safety …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction: Encouraging safe work practices (SWPs) is challenging in agriculture. Group-
based social learning has effectively promoted SWPs and health behaviors in other …