南佛罗里达州新招募消防员对健康和癌症风险的认知。
Perceptions of health and cancer risk among newly recruited firefighters in South Florida.
机构信息
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
出版信息
Am J Ind Med. 2018 Jan;61(1):77-84. doi: 10.1002/ajim.22785. Epub 2017 Nov 1.
PURPOSE
Despite hazardous exposures to cancer-causing agents in the line of duty, the main health and safety concerns of active firefighters have yet to be studied. We compare the perceptions of health and cancer risks between rookie and experienced firefighters.
METHODS
Focus groups were used to investigate potential risk of job exposures, and broad-based concerns regarding work and health. An 18-item demographic survey was also administered. Five focus group sessions were conducted with a total of 57 firefighters.
RESULTS
Our findings indicate that both rookie and experienced firefighters have a "high risk, high reward" mindset and identify injury, chronic disease, and stress as main health concerns. Experienced firefighters reported a shift in firefighter culture related to health.
CONCLUSION
The perception of health and cancer risk of rookie and experienced firefighters differ in the prioritization of their concerns, however both groups equally report occupational cancer risk as their main health concern.
目的
尽管现役消防员在工作中面临致癌物质的危险暴露，但他们的主要健康和安全问题仍有待研究。我们比较了新手和经验丰富的消防员对健康和癌症风险的看法。
方法
使用焦点小组调查潜在的工作暴露风险，以及对工作和健康的广泛关注。还进行了一项包含 18 个项目的人口统计学调查。共进行了 5 次焦点小组会议，共有 57 名消防员参加。
结果
我们的研究结果表明，新手和经验丰富的消防员都有一种“高风险、高回报”的心态，并将受伤、慢性疾病和压力视为主要健康问题。经验丰富的消防员报告说，与健康有关的消防员文化发生了转变。
结论
新手和经验丰富的消防员对健康和癌症风险的看法在关注重点上有所不同，但两组消防员都同样将职业癌症风险视为他们的主要健康问题。
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