Assessment of Firefighters’ Cardiovascular Disease-related Knowledge and Behaviors

Firefighters experience more occupational fatalities due to heart attack than persons in any other profession. Kay et al determine if full time firefighters are aware of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and know how to manipulate their modifiable dietary risk factors, and would be interes...

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Published in:Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2001-07, Vol.101 (7), p.807-809
Main Authors: KAY, BRIDGET F, LUND, MAUREEN M, TAYLOR, PAUL N, HERBOLD, NANCIE H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Behavior
Body Mass Index
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic aspects
Diet
Exercise
Fire fighters
Firefighters
Fires
Food habits
Health aspects
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health risk assessment
Health Surveys
Heart attacks
Humans
Hyperlipidemias - complications
Hyperlipidemias - etiology
Hypertension - complications
Knowledge
Male
Middle Aged
Nutrition education
Nutritional Sciences - education
Obesity - complications
Obesity - epidemiology
Occupational Diseases - etiology
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Firefighters experience more occupational fatalities due to heart attack than persons in any other profession. Kay et al determine if full time firefighters are aware of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease and know how to manipulate their modifiable dietary risk factors, and would be interested in work site intervention programs addressing this topic.
ISSN:0002-8223
2212-2672
1878-3570
2212-2680
DOI:10.1016/S0002-8223(01)00200-0