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PROJECTS
The main aims of this research study are:
- Project 1 - Focus group: Participatory action research (PAR) approach will be used to build a work group of firefighters and researchers in order to develop and validate a questionnaire for assessing working conditions and health behaviors of firefighters.
- Project 2 - Survey: The developed questionnaire will be completed by about 350 firefighters over 15 months.
- Project 3 - Substudy: A subsample of the firefighters (n=80) will be recruited to complete a 3-day food record and to wear an accelerometer during the same 3 days, and to fill in a short-form of the questionnaire for a one-week test and retest reliability.
- During the last 3 months of the study, a work group of firefighters and researchers will assess and evaluate study findings in order to develop recommendations for reducing weight and obesity.