Total Worker Health for Wildland Firefighters

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Total Worker Health; Occupational Health; Health Behavior

Treatments: Other: Total Worker Health for Wildland Firefighters

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT05753358

EMW-2018-FP-00284

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overarching goal is to develop, refine and disseminate a comprehensive, easily accessible and effective Total Worker Health (TWH) program for wildland firefighters (WFF).

The term Total Worker Health® (TWH) (NIOSH) refers to the synergistic combination of 1) health promotion (e.g., healthy nutrition, exercise, restorative sleep), 2) worker safety issues, such as protective equipment and hazard control, merged with 3) work organization change to support and promote TWH.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• any firefighter attending an OHSU-led informational meeting

Exclusion criteria

• Firefighters planning to retire from fire fighting work within 12 months will be excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 1 patient group

Needs Assessment and Total Worker Health Program

Experimental group

Description:

The initial phase was a needs assessment for wildland firefighters across segments and geographic locations to identify and prioritize program components. During the first phase, we recruited firefighters and collected baseline data in order to assess their needs using surveys for quantitative data and interviews and focus groups for qualitative data. The total worker health program includes 14, 30-minute modules on health topics highlighted during the needs assessment phase. Participants completed the program either individually or as part of a group.

Treatment:

Other: Total Worker Health for Wildland Firefighters