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Clinical Trial
. 2010 Dec;21(12):2113-22.
doi: 10.1007/s10552-010-9630-6. Epub 2010 Aug 20.

Tobacco use cessation and weight management among motor freight workers: results of the gear up for health study

Glorian Sorensen  1 , Anne Stoddard, Lisa Quintiliani, Cara Ebbeling, Eve Nagler, May Yang, Lesley Pereira, Lorraine Wallace
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Clinical Trial

Tobacco use cessation and weight management among motor freight workers: results of the gear up for health study

Glorian Sorensen et al. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: To present the results of a study of a worksite-based intervention to promote tobacco use cessation and improve weight management among motor freight workers.

Methods: This study used a pre-test/post-test, non-randomized design to assess the effectiveness of a four-month intervention that addressed the social context of the work setting. We evaluated 7-day tobacco quit prevalence among baseline tobacco users, and successful weight management, defined as no weight gain in workers with BMI <25 at baseline and any weight loss among overweight and obese workers.

Results: At baseline, 40% were current tobacco users, and 88% had a BMI of 25 or greater. Of 542 workers invited to participate, 227 agreed to participate and received at least the first telephone call (42%). Ten-month post-baseline, baseline tobacco users who participated in the intervention were more likely to have quit using tobacco than non-participants: 23.8% vs. 9.1% (p = 0.02). There was no significant improvement in weight management.

Conclusions: Incorporating work experiences and job conditions into messages of health behavior change resulted in significant tobacco use cessation among participating motor freight workers.

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Social contextual model of health behavior change
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Gear Up for Health Study Schema
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