Australian bus drivers' modifiable and contextual risk factors for chronic disease: A workplace study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Little is known about workplace health promotion for bus drivers. Bus drivers are at-risk of chronic disease because they are exposed to the risk factor combination of poor nutrition, low levels of physical activity, high levels of sedentary time and are often overweight or obese. The purpose of this paper is to situate the quantitative baseline data collected from bus drivers within qualitative findings about the socio-cultural context of the workplace.

Materials and methods

Baseline data about physical activity, dietary intake and sedentary hours was collected from 58 drivers employed by a large bus company in southeast Queensland. Ten drivers and seven key workplace informants participated in interviews and discussion groups about driver health behaviours, wo

SUBMITTER: Brodie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8321218 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature