TY - JOUR
T1 - The SHIELD (safety & health improvement: Enhancing law enforcement departments) study mixed methods longitudinal findings
AU - Kuehl, Kerry S.
AU - Elliot, Diane L.
AU - MacKinnon, David P.
AU - O'Rourke, Holly P.
AU - DeFrancesco, Carol
AU - Miocevic, Milica
AU - Valente, Matthew
AU - Sleigh, Adriana
AU - Garg, Bharti
AU - McGinnis, Wendy
AU - Kuehl, Hannah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The SHIELD (Safety &Health Improvement: Enhancing Law Enforcement Departments) Study is a worksite wellness team-based intervention among police and sheriff departments assessing the program's effectiveness to reduce occupational risks and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. The SHIELD program focused on improving diet, physical activity, body weight and sleep, and reducing the effects of unhealthy stress and behaviors, such as tobacco and substance abuse. The SHIELD team-based health promotion program was found to be feasible and effective at 6 months in improving diet, sleep, stress, and overall quality of life of law enforcement department personnel. Both intervention and control groups were followed for 24 months, and we report those durability findings, along with qualitative group interview results that provide insight into the changes of the long-term outcomes. Long-term effects were observed for consumption of fruits and vegetables, and there was some evidence for effects on tobacco and alcohol use. Assessment of dietary habits, physical activity behaviors, weight loss maintenance, and substance use is rare more than 1 year following an intervention, and in general, initial positive changes do not persist in prior research. The SHIELD program was feasible, effective, and durable for improving dietary changes.
AB - The SHIELD (Safety &Health Improvement: Enhancing Law Enforcement Departments) Study is a worksite wellness team-based intervention among police and sheriff departments assessing the program's effectiveness to reduce occupational risks and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. The SHIELD program focused on improving diet, physical activity, body weight and sleep, and reducing the effects of unhealthy stress and behaviors, such as tobacco and substance abuse. The SHIELD team-based health promotion program was found to be feasible and effective at 6 months in improving diet, sleep, stress, and overall quality of life of law enforcement department personnel. Both intervention and control groups were followed for 24 months, and we report those durability findings, along with qualitative group interview results that provide insight into the changes of the long-term outcomes. Long-term effects were observed for consumption of fruits and vegetables, and there was some evidence for effects on tobacco and alcohol use. Assessment of dietary habits, physical activity behaviors, weight loss maintenance, and substance use is rare more than 1 year following an intervention, and in general, initial positive changes do not persist in prior research. The SHIELD program was feasible, effective, and durable for improving dietary changes.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000716
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000716
M3 - Article
C2 - 27158956
AN - SCOPUS:84969752694
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 58
SP - 492
EP - 498
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 5
ER -