@article{3b31f27da0e34cfea58d6a44f85d97cb,
title = "Primary Prevention of Weight Gain Among New Bus Operators: Results of the {"}Success & Health Impacts For Transit operators during Onboarding{"} (SHIFT Onboard) Pilot Study",
abstract = "Objective This study aimed to test the feasibility and efficacy of an enhanced onboarding intervention to prevent weight gain and support the early job success of new bus operators. Methods Control participants (n = 9) completed usual practice new employee training and onboarding. Intervention participants (n = 14) completed five supplemental trainings and four online challenges during their first year. Primary outcomes were body weight, dietary behaviors, physical activity, and sleep duration/quality. Early job success was evaluated with measures of newcomer adjustment. Results The difference between intervention and control participants in body weight change at 12-month was -6.71 lb (Cohen's d = -1.35). Differences in health behavior changes were mixed, but newcomer adjustment changes favored the intervention group. Conclusions Results support the feasibility of enhanced onboarding for bus operators to prevent worsening health while simultaneously advancing their success as new employees.",
keywords = "body weight, bus operators, diet, health intervention, newcomer adjustment, onboarding, physical activity, sleep",
author = "Ryan Olson and Rice, {Sean P.M.} and Bauer, {Talya N.} and Bradley Wipfli and Anger, {W. Kent} and Todd Bodner and Peter Graven and Greenspan, {Leah S.}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding Sources: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (R01 HL105495); Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University via funds from the Division of Consumer and Business Services of the State of Oregon (ORS 656.630). Funding Information: This work was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI grant # R01 HL105495), as well as by the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University via funds from the Division of Consumer and Business Services of the State of Oregon (ORS 656.630). The study is also an affiliated project, without direct funding support, of the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center—a Center of Excellence in Total Worker Health(NIOSH grant # U19 OH010154). We thank Layla Mansfield for her work as project manager during preliminary data collection, grant application, and planning periods. We thank Nikolas Smart for his work as project manager during implementation. We thank Denise Ernst and Verna Burden for their collaboration in developing training session protocols, and for co-leading training sessions. We thank research assistants Jarred Rimby, Josie Velasco, Caitlyn Trullinger-Dwyer, Courtney Donovan, Melina Rodriguez, Sabina Blizzard, and Paul Weaver for their data collection and processing work, and Alan Rodriguez Tiburcio for his work referencing the manuscript. Finally, we offer a special thanks to the bus operators who participated in this study and to our transit agency and union partners who made the study possible. Total Worker Healthis a registered trademark of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Participation by the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center does not imply endorsement by HHS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. {\textregistered} {\textregistered} Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.",
year = "2023",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1097/JOM.0000000000002699",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "65",
pages = "128--139",
journal = "Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
issn = "1076-2752",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "2",
}