TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors in adoption of a fire department wellness program
T2 - Champ-and-chief model
AU - Kuehl, Hannah
AU - Mabry, Linda
AU - Elliot, Diane L.
AU - Kuehl, Kerry S.
AU - Favorite, Kim C.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To identify and evaluate determinants of fire departments' wellness program adoption. METHODS: The Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Alternative Models' Effects fire service wellness program was offered for free to all medium-sized fire departments in Oregon and Washington. An invitation to participate was mailed to key fire department decision makers (chief, union president, and wellness officer). These key decision makers from 12 sites that adopted the program and 24 matched nonadopting sites were interviewed and results were analyzed to define adoption determinants. RESULTS: Three adoption requirements were identified: (1) mailer connection, (2) local firefighter wellness champion, and (3) willing fire chief, whereas a fourth set of organizational factors had little or no impact on adoption including previous and ongoing wellness activities, financial pressures, and resistance to change. CONCLUSIONS: Findings identified determinants of medium-sized fire service wellness program adoption.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To identify and evaluate determinants of fire departments' wellness program adoption. METHODS: The Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Alternative Models' Effects fire service wellness program was offered for free to all medium-sized fire departments in Oregon and Washington. An invitation to participate was mailed to key fire department decision makers (chief, union president, and wellness officer). These key decision makers from 12 sites that adopted the program and 24 matched nonadopting sites were interviewed and results were analyzed to define adoption determinants. RESULTS: Three adoption requirements were identified: (1) mailer connection, (2) local firefighter wellness champion, and (3) willing fire chief, whereas a fourth set of organizational factors had little or no impact on adoption including previous and ongoing wellness activities, financial pressures, and resistance to change. CONCLUSIONS: Findings identified determinants of medium-sized fire service wellness program adoption.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31827dba3f
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31827dba3f
M3 - Article
C2 - 23302702
AN - SCOPUS:84876415388
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 55
SP - 424
EP - 429
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 4
ER -