Transportation workers, who constitute a large sector of the workforce, have worksite factors that harm their health. Worksite wellness programs must target this at-risk population. Although physical activity is often a component of worksite wellness logic models, we consider it the cornerstone for improving the health of mass transit employees. Program theory was based on in-person interviews ...

PURPOSE Residency poses challenges for residents' personal relationships. Research suggests residents rely on family and friends for support during their training. The authors explored the impact of residency demands on residents' personal relationships and the effects changes in those relationships could have on their wellness. METHOD The authors used a constructivist grounded theory approac...

Heart disease, diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2, and obesity are three of the most prevalent diseases in USA. Some obesity-related comorbidities disproportionately higher within African-American Hispanic communities. While governmental local health programs offer educational opportunities encouraging long-term behavior changes, accessible have been through faith-based This narrative review investi...

A unique, nontraditional occupational therapy role focusing on primary prevention, community health promotion, and enhancement for a nonpatient population is examined. The purpose of this ongoing consultancy project was to develop a series of life skills and prevocational programs for an ethnic population of native Americans from elementary school through high school and post-secondary adulthoo...

INTRODUCTION Despite substantial research on school-based obesity prevention programs, it is unclear how widely they are disseminated. It is also unknown whether schools use obesity programs that inadvertently promote weight stigma or disordered weight-control behaviors. METHODS In spring 2016, we distributed an online survey about school wellness programming to a simple random sample of US p...

This study explored the effectiveness of a novel technique for police departments to support their officers and promote wellness: use service dogs. We evaluated officer perceptions in two mid-sized, municipal that have wellness programs with dog is permanently assigned full-time handler: Groton Naugatuck, Connecticut. assessed six factors believed influence including: operational organizational...