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Occupational Health and Wellness: First Responder Health

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 2741

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jay Dawes

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Tactical Fitness and Nutrition (TFAN) Collaborative, Oklahoma State University, CRC 183 Colvin Center, Stillwater, OK 74074, USA
Interests: tactical strength and conditioning; health and fitness; occupational health
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Dr. Jill Joyce

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Tactical Fitness and Nutrition Lab, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74074, USA
Interests: health promotion and disease prevention programming for tactical populations; dietary quality of Child Nutrition Programs
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Dr. Robert Lockie

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Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
Interests: tactical strength and conditioning; change-of-direction speed; strength and conditioning for team sport athletes
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Dr. Robin Orr

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Tactical Research Unit (TRU), Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD 4229, Australia
Interests: tactical strength and conditioning; injury mitigation; human performance; load carriage
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

First responders (i.e., law enforcement personnel, firefighters, and paramedics) are individuals that have been specially trained to respond to emergencies and threats to public safety. These individuals often put themselves in harm’s way to ensure others remain safe. Consequently, first responders have some of the most physically, mentally and emotionally demanding occupations in our society. Unfortunately, first responders are at a higher risk of experiencing premature morbidity and mortality when compared to the general population. For these reasons, greater attention should be paid to improving the health and wellness among first responders.

Dr. Jay Dawes
Dr. Jill Joyce
Dr. Robert Lockie
Dr. Robin Orr
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • first responders
  • emergency responders’ wellbeing
  • first responders’ welfare

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Wearable Technology: A Wellbeing Option for Serving Police Officers and Staff? A Comparison of Results of a Pilot Study with Firearms Officers and a Group of Mixed Officers and Staff
by Carol Cox, James Yates, Freya O’Brien, Laura Pajon, Amanda Farrell, Moya Ward, Philippa McCabe, Adrian James and Isabella McNamara-Catalano
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(2), 186; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21020186 - 6 Feb 2024
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The high-stress nature of policing contributes to deterioration of officer health and wellbeing as well as high levels of absenteeism and attrition. Wearable technology (WT) has been identified as a potential tool that can help in improving officer health and wellbeing. This pilot [...] Read more.
The high-stress nature of policing contributes to deterioration of officer health and wellbeing as well as high levels of absenteeism and attrition. Wearable technology (WT) has been identified as a potential tool that can help in improving officer health and wellbeing. This pilot study aimed to give initial insight into acceptability and engagement with WT amongst officers. The study also aimed to uncover any notable areas for exploration in future research within the domain of officer health and wellbeing. Two groups were observed, firearms officers and a mixed group of officers. Participants wore the WT for an extended period, completed a variety of health and wellbeing questionnaires and discussed their experience in focus groups. Firearms officers and mixed group officers displayed similar sleep efficiency, but firearms officers have worse sleep consistency and sleep performance. Firearms officers appear to have higher HRV and a slightly lower resting heart rate. Both groups display reasonable acceptance of the use of WT, speaking favorably during the focus groups of how monitoring the data had improved their quality of life in terms of their understanding of sleep, wellbeing and how they had consequently completed lifestyle modification. WT offers some promise in managing officer health and wellbeing; studies with larger sample sizes are needed to confirm this. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Occupational Health and Wellness: First Responder Health)
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