Methods for fostering a community academic partnership in a firefighter community.
| Autor: | Delisle AT; Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. tdelisle@hhp.ufl.edu, Delisle AL, Chaney BH, Stopka CB, Northcutt W |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | American journal of health behavior [Am J Health Behav] 2013 Nov; Vol. 37 (6), pp. 721-33. |
| DOI: | 10.5993/AJHB.37.6.1 |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: To describe how a community academic partnership (CAP) created a cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention program for firefighters. Methods: Principles of community based participatory research (CBPR) were integrated with intervention mapping (IM) to guide the development of a physical activity program. Results: Key elements of the CAP program include instituting annual CVD screenings; creating a department-wide program and a pilot intervention for high-risk firefighters; training firefighters to become peer health mentors; improving access to physical activity equipment; instituting policy to promote physical activity, and validating instrumentation for assessing cardiorespiratory fitness. Conclusions: Integrating CBPR with IM was an efficacious approach for engaging firefighters in research for developing an ecological approach to cardiovascular health in firefighters. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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