COPing with Shift Work

描述(申请人提供)：执法人员经常遭受过度疲劳，睡眠障碍，以及其他与倒班工作和长时间工作有关的健康问题。关于疲惫军官的文献毫不含糊：疲惫的军官使用病假的次数更多，使用武力不当的次数更多，经历机动车事故和意外伤害的次数更多，因公死亡的可能性更高。目前，支持执法部门管理轮班工作的健康和安全负担的干预措施很少。基于网络的员工健康干预已显示出改善员工健康的巨大希望。与目前执法培训的趋势相一致，基于网络的干预措施提供了一种切合实际和具有成本效益的方法，可以接触到大量不同时间表的工作人员。这个快速通道项目的总体目标是开发和测试一个基于网络的计划，专门帮助执法人员解决与倒班工作相关的健康和生活方式挑战：睡眠卫生、营养和体力活动。这些行为不仅受到轮班工作的独立影响，而且相互关联，因此从逻辑上讲是用整体方法来解决的。在第一阶段，将开发一个原型，并进行可行性测试。在第二阶段，整个计划将在巴尔的摩县警察局的300名执法人员参加的随机对照试验中开发和测试。最终的计划将通过ISA劳动力健康中心的集中努力[与弗吉尼亚州警察慈善协会和田纳西大学执法创新中心合作]向执法机构推销。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Law enforcement officers frequently suffer from excessive fatigue, sleep disturbances, and other health problems associated with shift work and long working hours. The literature on tired officers is unequivocal: fatigued officers use more sick-leave, engage in the inappropriate use of force more frequently, experience more motor vehicle accidents and accidental injuries, and have a higher likelihood of dying in the line of duty. There currently exist very few interventions to support law enforcement in managing the health and safety burdens of shift work. Web-based workforce health interventions have shown considerable promise for improving employee health. Consistent with current trends in law enforcement training, web-based interventions provide a practical and cost-effective approach to reaching large numbers of officers working various schedules. The overall goal of this Fast-Track project is to develop and test a web-based program designed specifically to help law enforcement officers address the health and lifestyle challenges associated with shift work: sleep hygiene, nutrition, and physical activity. Not only are each of these behaviors independently impacted by shift work, but they are mutually interrelated, and therefore logically addressed with a holistic approach. In Phase I, a prototype will be developed and a feasibility test will be conducted. In Phase II, the full program will be developed and tested in a randomized controlled trial with 300 law enforcement officers of the Baltimore County Police Department. The final program will be marketed to law enforcement agencies through the concentrated efforts by ISA's Center for Workforce Health in [partnership with the Virginia Police Benevolent Association and the University of Tennessee Law Enforcement Innovation Center.]