Citation

Kuehl KS, Elliot DL, Goldberg L, Mackinnon DP, Vila BJ, Smith J, Miočević M, O'Rourke HP, Valente MJ, Defrancesco C, Sleigh A, McGinnis W. Front. Public Health 2014; 2: 38.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland, OR , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Frontiers Editorial Office)

DOI

10.3389/fpubh.2014.00038

PMID

24847475

Abstract

This randomized prospective trial aimed to assess the feasibility and efficacy of a team-based worksite health and safety intervention for law enforcement personnel. Four-hundred and eight subjects were enrolled and half were randomized to meet for weekly, peer-led sessions delivered from a scripted team-based health and safety curriculum. Curriculum addressed: exercise, nutrition, stress, sleep, body weight, injury, and other unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as smoking and heavy alcohol use. Health and safety questionnaires administered before and after the intervention found significant improvements for increased fruit and vegetable consumption, overall healthy eating, increased sleep quantity and sleep quality, and reduced personal stress.

Language: en