Active Living In Rural Appalachia: Using The Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) Tools To Explore Environmental Barriers |
2017 |
1139 |
People residing in rural communities are more likely to be physically inactive and subsequently have elevated risks for chronic disease. Recent evidence has shown this could stem from environmental barriers, inadequate programming and policies direct... |
Adult Food Security And The Relationship With Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Residents Of Appalachian North Carolina |
2019 |
297 |
Introduction: The Appalachian region has worse health outcomes than the remainder of the United States. These disparities are often linked to the underlying social and environmental determinants of health. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are ass... |
COVID-19 And Nursing Home Care In The US: Regional Differences Associated With Disparities In Race, Ethnicity And Community And Facility Characteristics |
2020 |
662 |
Purpose: To investigate U.S. nursing homes associated COVID-19 cases in relation to county-level and nursing home facility characteristics. Study Motivation: As of July 2020, there were approximately 1.3 million people residing in 15,483 nursing home... |
Can Subjective Sleep Problems Detect Latent Sleep Disorders Among Commercial Drivers? |
2018 |
1081 |
Long-haul truck drivers experience poor sleep health and heightened accident rates, and undiagnosed sleep disorders contribute to these negative outcomes. Subjective sleep disorder screening tools may aid in detecting drivers’ sleep disorders. This s... |
Health Disparities Of Latino Immigrant Workers In The United States |
2015 |
1439 |
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the literature pertaining to occupational health disparities experienced by Latino immigrant workers in the USA and to advance a general framework based on systems science to inform epidemiologic... |
The Impact Of Work Organization, Job Stress, And Sleep On The Health Behaviors And Outcomes Of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers |
2019 |
2028 |
Background. Compared with other occupations, long-haul truck drivers (LHTD) engage in excessively unhealthy behaviors and experience disproportionately poor health outcomes. Health promotion efforts targeting LHTDs focus on improving individual-level... |
The Journal Of The Blue Cross NC Institute For Health & Human Services, Volume 2: Adverse Childhood Experiences |
2022 |
1128 |
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic experiences that occur during childhood—0 to 17 years of age. In this issue, our authors lay out the basic framework for what constitutes an adverse childhood experience; and they report current know... |
The Journal Of The Blue Cross NC Institute For Health & Human Services: Volume 1 |
2021 |
5145 |
Welcome to our Inaugural Issue! The Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services (IHHS), housed administratively under the Beaver College of Health Sciences, is one of only two institutes at Appalachian State University. The Vision of the IH... |
Occupational Health Disparities Among U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers: The Influence Of Work Organization And Sleep On Cardiovascular And Metabolic Disease Risk |
2018 |
1281 |
The organization of work has undergone vast transformations over the past four decades in the United States and has had profound impacts on worker health and wellbeing. The profession of commercial truck driving is one of the best examples. Particula... |
Prevalence And Domains Of Disability Within And Outside Appalachian North Carolina: 2013–2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
2019 |
1663 |
Background: The health and social conditions of the Appalachian region generally are poorer than in the US overall, and this gap is widening, suggesting disability may be higher in Appalachia. Objective: To describe the prevalence of disability overa... |
Social Determinants Of Health And The Effects On Quality Of Life And Well-Being In 2 Rural Appalachia Communities |
2018 |
1782 |
Recent evidence highlights health disparities among rural communities. The purpose of this study was to learn from members of 2 Appalachia communities in North Carolina about barriers to health and well-being. Researchers conducted 3 focus groups (n ... |
Surveying The Impact Of Work Hours And Schedules On Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Sleep |
2015 |
1082 |
Background: Given the long hours on the road involving multiple and interacting work stressors (i.e., delivery pressures, irregular shifts, ergonomic hazards), commercial drivers face a plethora of health and safety risks. Researchers goal was to det... |
U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Health Demands Integrated Approach |
2016 |
1340 |
The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of both occupational safety and health (OSH) and worksite health promotion (WHP) efforts targeted at long-haul truck drivers (LHTDs) and to identify strengths and weaknesses to inform future interventi... |
U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Work Organization And The Association With Cardiometabolic Disease Risk |
2016 |
1395 |
Work organization, including long working hours, irregular work schedules, and job stress, has been associated with increased cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risk for numerous working populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the associatio... |
Understanding The Role Of Sleep Quality And Sleep Duration In Commercial Driving Safety |
2016 |
379 |
Long-haul truck drivers in the United States suffer disproportionately high injury rates. Sleep is a critical factor in these outcomes, contributing to fatigue and degrading multiple aspects of safety-relevant performance. Both sleep duration and sle... |
What Is Sustainable Health (And Why You Need To Know)? |
2021 |
312 |
Currently, the world has a population nearing eight billion people, with projections for nearly ten billion by 2050. Many questions and concerns persist regarding how we will manage limited resources and take care of humanity, all while not further d... |
Work And Chronic Disease: Comparison Of Cardiometabolic Risk Markers Between Truck Drivers And The General U.S. Population |
2016 |
419 |
Objective: US long-haul truck drivers experience a wide array of excess cardiometabolic disease (CMD) risks unique to their occupation. How these risks translate to, and potentially induce, elevations in the clinical CMD risk profile of this populati... |
Work And Sleep Among Transport Operators: Disparities And Implications For Safety |
2017 |
362 |
The transportation and warehousing sector employs nearly 5 million individuals, many of whom are transport operators. Transport operators have experienced changes in work organization in recent decades; however, little is known about the impacts of t... |
The Work Organization Of Long-Haul Truck Drivers And The Association With Body Mass Index |
2016 |
1307 |
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine relationships between work organization features of work hours, work schedules, and job stress with body mass indexes (BMIs) of long-haul truck drivers. Methods: Face-to-face survey data were collected ... |
Work Organization, Sleep, And Metabolic Syndrome Among Long-Haul Truck Drivers |
2017 |
217 |
The work organization of long-haul truck drivers in the USA contains factors that have been shown to degrade sleep. In combination, these factors generate elevated cardiometabolic risk by inducing components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). However,... |
Work Patterns, Sleeping Hours And Excess Weight In Commercial Drivers |
2015 |
301 |
Background: Work and sleep patterns for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers often include long working hours, shift work and diminished sleep duration and quality, which have been linked to overweight, obesity and other problems. Aims: To explore ... |
Work, Sleep, And Cholesterol Levels Of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers |
2016 |
338 |
Long-haul truck drivers in the United States experience elevated cardiovascular health risks, possibly due to hypercholesterolemia. The current study has two objectives: 1) to generate a cholesterol profile for U.S. long-haul truck drivers; and 2) to... |
Work-Life Conflict Among U.S. Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Influences Of Work Organization, Perceived Job Stress, Sleep, And Organizational Support |
2019 |
1048 |
Work-life balance and job stress are critical to health and well-being. Long-haul truck driving (LHTD) is among the unhealthiest and most unsafe occupations in the U.S. Despite these disparities, there are no extant published studies examining the in... |