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Erschienen in: Cancer Causes & Control 1/2007

01.02.2007 | Original Paper

Tools for health: the efficacy of a tailored intervention targeted for construction laborers

verfasst von: Glorian Sorensen, Elizabeth M. Barbeau, Anne M. Stoddard, Mary Kay Hunt, Roberta Goldman, Ann Smith, Angela A. Brennan, Lorraine Wallace

Erschienen in: Cancer Causes & Control | Ausgabe 1/2007

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Abstract

Objectives

Novel approaches to worksite health promotion are needed for high-risk workers who change job sites frequently, and thus may have limited access to worksite health promotion efforts. The objective of this study was to test a behavioral intervention among construction laborers.

Methods

Using a randomized-controlled design, we tested the efficacy of a tailored telephone-delivered and mailed intervention to promote smoking cessation and increased fruit and vegetable consumption (n = 582).

Results

At baseline, 40% of control group participants and 45% of intervention group participants reported using any tobacco in the last seven days. At final, 8% of baseline cigarette smokers in the control group had quit, compared to 19% in the intervention group (p = 0.03). In both groups, the mean consumption of fruits and vegetables at baseline was over five servings per day. At final, the intervention group had increased consumption by approximately one and one-half servings, compared to a slight decrease in consumption in the control group (p < 0.001).

Conclusions

A tailored intervention can be efficacious in promoting tobacco use cessation and increased fruit and vegetable consumption among construction laborers, a high-risk, mobile workforce.
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Metadaten
Titel
Tools for health: the efficacy of a tailored intervention targeted for construction laborers
verfasst von
Glorian Sorensen
Elizabeth M. Barbeau
Anne M. Stoddard
Mary Kay Hunt
Roberta Goldman
Ann Smith
Angela A. Brennan
Lorraine Wallace
Publikationsdatum
01.02.2007
Verlag
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Erschienen in
Cancer Causes & Control / Ausgabe 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0957-5243
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7225
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-006-0076-9

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